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July 2025
ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global research and advocacy network WIEGO last week, formalising an existing collaboration on various research around informal sector taxation….
Event
4 April 2023
Webinar – Taxing the Informal Economy: Policy, Evidence and Lessons for the Future

Watch the Webinar Recording In the wake of the pandemic, developing and middle-income countries are facing…
News
Event summary and resources: Covid-19 and the informal economy: Covid19 and the informal economy
April 2020
Event summary and resources: Covid-19 and the informal economy

On April 16th, ICTD Research Fellows Max Gallien and Vanessa van den Boogaard hosted a virtual…
News
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February 2025
ICTD launches new collaborative project exploring tax policy in Ghana’s informal sector

Multi-stakeholder event in Accra see launch of new ICTD project building on years of research and policy dialogues, in partnership with WIEGO, on taxation and informal economies in Africa….
Event
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18 February 2025 - 21 February 2025
Workshop: Tax and Informal Economies in Africa: Charting Ways Forward

ICTD is hosting a focused workshop in Akosombo, Ghana from 18th to 21st February 2024 that seeks to chart new ways forward in how revenue authorities engage with informal economies….
Event
COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Responses, Relief, and Research
16 April 2020
COVID-19 and the Informal Economy: Responses, Relief, and Research

Read the summary of this event, and see the speakers’ presentations here.  As the world grapples…
Event
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24 June 2022
Webinar “Ghana’s E-Levy: two months in, what do we know?”

This is the first in a series of webinars on Taxes and Digital Financial Services (DFS) organised by the ICTD. …
Current Project

Informal taxation and gender in the informal economy in Accra

Max Gallien, Institute of Development Studies & Vanessa van den Boogaard, University of Toronto
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March 2025|
Blog

Reasons to be Optimistic about Tax and the Informal Sector

by Max Gallien & Vanessa van den Boogaard

There are many reasons to be anxious about the taxation of informal sectors in lower income…
News
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May 2025
ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax

Revenue authorities, researchers and civil society actors now have a space to map new ways for…
News
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July 2025
The Financing for Development Conference is over, what now? – Reflections from experts

The 4th International Financing for Development Conference concluded last week in Seville, with the focus now moving from the final outcome document, the Compromiso de Sevilla, to implementation and the Seville Platform for Action (SPA), which brings together more than 130 initiatives aiming to deliver on the commitments set out in the Compromiso….
Partner Publication

Tight Tax Net, Loose Safety Net: Taxation and Social Protection in Accra’s Informal Sector

December 2022
Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Ghida Ismail, Florian Juergens-Grant, Michael Rogan & Vanessa van den Boogaard
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