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busy street in Nairobi city centre
April 2025|
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FfD4 Countdown: A Watered-Down Proposal on Tax Expenditures Risks Undermining Countries’ Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

by Alexandra Readhead, Agustín Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali & Hazel Granger

Governments’ decisions to grant preferential tax treatments have a direct impact on their ability–or inability–to finance their sustainable development goals. At the Fourth Conference on Financing for Development in June, countries must commit to greater oversight of tax expenditures, including implementing minimum reporting standards and rationalising ineffective or harmful tax expenditures….

Close up shot of a person's hands holding loads of Nigerian cash
March 2025|
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Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection

by Giovanni Occhiali

Wealthy Africans face lower effective tax rates than average citizens, replicating a trend already demonstrated for the relative tax burden of small and large companies. This situation is disheartening. But there are immediate steps that African revenue authorities can take to address this unfairness….

Rainforest canopy with morning mist in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
December 2023|
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Just environmental taxation in Africa: how tax policy can curb environmental damage, far beyond just carbon taxes

by Giovanni Occhiali

How can environmental taxes increase the sustainability of economic growth in low-income countries? Environmental taxes can…

November 2022|
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COP27: To what degree can environmental taxes play a role in climate financing?

by Giovanni Occhiali

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as the annual Conference of the Parties…

image of pollution in Africa
September 2021|
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No ‘green bullet’ – should carbon taxes be introduced in Sub-Saharan Africa?

by Giovanni Occhiali, Charlie Lawrie & Diana Szpotowicz

The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report, published in August, is the latest clarion call to decarbonise the…

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June 2021|
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Cannabis taxation – A new revenue source for development?

by Max Gallien, Giovanni Occhiali & Soukayna Remmal

In recent years, the legalisation of cannabis – initially for medical use, and increasingly for recreational…

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