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News
Man with his back to the camera reading the ICTD report on Taxing Smarter
July 2026
ICTD launches report on 15 years of research and the future of development finance

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) has officially released its major report, Taxing Smarter:…

News
the north to south road and the landscape in a village near the city of Myeik in the south in Myanmar in Southeastasia.
July 2026
From Afghanistan to Venezuela, new research shows how roadblocks shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts

A new special issue in the leading development studies journal Development and Change puts roadblock politics squarely on the academic agenda….

Report

Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research and Partnership

African Tax Administration Paper

Tax Competition and Fragmentation in Somalia: Implications for Revenue Mobilisation

Completed Project

The Logic of Armed Group Taxation

Event
Flyer of the webinar on roadblocks and the politics of passage
30 June 2026
Webinar: The politics of passage – New research on checkpoints and revenue in conflict

This webinar launches the Development and Change special issue, The Politics of Passage: Checkpoints and Authority amidst Conflict, drawing on the Roadblocks and Revenues research series….

Journal Article

‘Escaping Isn’t for Everyone’: Kurdish Smugglers’ Navigational Tactics at Checkpoints in Iran

Journal Article

Opium Pathways: Mountains, Mules and Resource Extraction in Shan State, Myanmar

Journal Article

Isbaaro: Checkpoints and World Making beyond the State in Somalia

Journal Article

The Politics of Passage: Studying Checkpoints and Claim Making in Conflict-affected Settings

Journal Article

State–Crime Cooperation and Extra-legal Governance in Colombia and Venezuela

Journal Article

Roadblocks, Relationality and Resilient Resistance in Pre-coup Myanmar

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