The coordinated reform of tariffs and domestic indirect taxes (English)

Tariffs on imports protect domestic producers and raise public revenue. The World Development Report 1987 finds that effective rates of protection to manufacturing in developing countries typically exceed 40 percent; while the World Development Report 1988 estimates that the importance of import taxes in tax revenue is over 20 percent in Asia, sub-Saharan Africa and in the Middle East and North Africa, compared to 2 percent in the industrial countries...
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Mitra,Pradeep K..

The coordinated reform of tariffs and domestic indirect taxes (English). Policy, Research, and External Affairs working paper ; no. WPS 490. Public economics Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/570631468741293290

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