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Digital Eye Pakistan
May 2026|
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Using technology to encourage voluntary compliance: Digital Eye in Pakistan

With support from the REMIT programme, Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue is deploying new technologies to try and boost tax collections, and Digital Eye is leading the way….
Medium-rise buildings along a road, with a prominent yellow building sticking out
April 2026|
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The IRD is finding its mojo

by Mick Moore

The government recently promised to build the department a new HQ. Not entirely coincidentally, the IRD itself has recently begun to look more lively and pro-active….
Empty prison building in a circular architecture
February 2026|
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The Panopticon taxman: How digital surveillance is impacting tax compliance in Uganda

by Adrienne Lees, Maria Jouste, Joseph Okello Ayo, Nicholas Musoke & Marie-France Boucher

In the 18th century, philosopher Jeremy Bentham envisioned the panopticon: a circular prison where guards could…
Man in the middle of the frame sitting on a table in a conference room with people around him either in the background or sitting near him on the same table. The man is not looking at the camera but is focused writing on a paper in front of him.
August 2025|
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From agriculture to tax: How the ICTD course changed one man’s career

by Seid Yimam Mohamed & Stephanie Alkoussa

After completing the ICTD Research on Tax and Development course, Seid Yimam experienced a career switched, he shares more in this interview….
A three-floor building of clothing shops in a market
June 2025|
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Uganda’s tax system is a drain on small businesses: how to set them free

by Adrienne Lees

The complexity of Uganda’s tax system makes for a time-consuming tax filing process, compounded by low taxpayer knowledge and high levels of distrust in the Uganda Revenue Authority. The time, money, and effort incurred by taxpayers to meet their tax obligations adds to their total tax burden….
A customer counts cash before having funds transferred to his phone at a mobile money exchange.
April 2025|
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Taxes, trust, and transparency: Lessons for Ghana’s fiscal future

by Avi Ahuja

Ghanaian President John Mahama’s government presented its much-awaited 2025 budget last month. In it, Finance Minister…
Fingerprint scanner on transparent screen
April 2025|
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From Identification to Stronger Tax Administration: Can Digital IDs Deliver?

by Fabrizio Santoro & Lucia Rossel

In many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), strengthening state capacity and expanding the tax base are…
Photo of a phone screen sending mobile money load
April 2025|
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Ghana’s e-levy: 3 lessons from the abolished mobile money tax

by Max Gallien, Martin Hearson & Mary Abounabhan

The e-levy’s intense politicisation and complex design made it an interesting case of a wider trend of mobile money taxes in the region. We learned more about the e-levy’s impact on informal sector workers in Accra, knowledge and sentiments, registered merchant exemptions and mobile money usage….
December 2024|
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Four priority areas for next year’s Financing for Development Conference

by Rhiannon McCluskey

At a recent UN side event, experts outlined how the new financing for development proposals on can be strengthened for better outcomes in four priority areas….
Warehouse worker hand pointing at inventory statistics on tablet
November 2024|
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The digital transformation of tax administrations: What’s in it for low-income countries?

by Awa Diouf, Caroline Khene & Becky Faith

As governments worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), push towards digital transformation, the platformisation…
Wide shot view from above of a condensed area in Freetown, Sierra Leone
November 2024|
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Does Information about Public Services Boost Tax Compliance? I conducted an experiment in Freetown to find out

by Laura Montenbruck

This research was conducted alongside the ICTD/LoGRI-led initiative to implement comprehensive property tax reforms in Freetown, Sierra Leone….
Close up shot on a pair of hands holding a stack of Malawian Kwacha
October 2024|
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We interviewed 83 tax collectors in Malawi and here is what we learnt

by Nyanyiwe Sulu & Mick Moore

Tax specialists have a great deal to say about how African tax collectors could work better…
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