Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific is jointly produced by the Organisation for Economic Co‑operation and Development (OECD)’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTP) and the OECD Development Centre (DEV) with the co-operation of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Islands Tax Administrators Association (PITAA), and the Pacific Community (SPC), with financial support from the governments of Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The OECD staff with responsibility for producing the publication were: Leonie cedano, Emmanuelle Modica, Talita Yamashiro Fordelone of CTP under the supervision of the Director Manal Corwin, Deputy Directors David Bradbury and Achim Pross, the Acting Head of the Tax Policy and Statistics Division, Kurt Van Dender and Alexander Pick, Acting Head of the Tax Data and Statistical Analysis Unit; and Jingjing Xia of DEV under the supervision of the Director Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Deputy Directors Ayumi Yuasa and Federico Bonaglia, and Kensuke Tanaka, Head of the Asia Unit. The special feature was written by Yuho Myoda and Donghyun Park (ADB) based on a study by William McCluskey, Roy Bahl and Riël Franzsen. Elizabeth Nash and Delphine Grandrieux at DEV and Karena Garnier and Carrie Tyler at CTP assisted with the production and publication of this report.
The authors would like to thank other officials from OECD, ADB, PITAA and SPC for their invaluable help in preparing this publication. Advice and support were provided by Daisuke Miura and Go Nagata, Public Management Specialists (Taxation) in the Sectors Group at the ADB; Nilima Lal, Economic Statistics Advisor at the SPC; George Mow, Head of Secretariat, and Petero Maivucevuce, Training Coordinator at PITAA; Piera Tortora at the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate; and Sarah Perret at CTP. The authors would also like to thank colleagues working in national administrations with whom they have consulted regularly. These institutions include finance ministries, national tax agencies and national statistical institutes of the participating economies.
This document was produced with financial support from the governments of Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion or policies of the governments of Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom.