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The unintended consequences of taxing mobile money transactions
July 2020|
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The unintended consequences of taxing mobile money transactions

by Killian Clifford

Mobile money taxation is, for some, a controversial topic. One the one hand, it is critical…

How can mirror statistics help combat customs fraud in developing countries?
June 2020|
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How can mirror statistics help combat customs fraud in developing countries? 

by Gaël Raballand & Christopher Grigoriou

International money laundering and international illicit financial flows (IFFs) are major problems for poor and rich…

Kampala, Uganda
June 2020|
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Uganda should tax “Covid-19 winners” to fill revenue gaps

by Graeme Stewart-Wilson & Ronald Waiswa

Globally, governments are adjusting their tax policies to help address the effects of the coronavirus pandemic….

Market with street vendors
April 2020|
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Unpacking Formalisation: The need for a new research agenda on taxation and the informal economy

by Vanessa van den Boogaard & Max Gallien

ICTD Informality and Taxation blog series The ICTD’s Informality and Tax programme seeks to conduct, connect,…

woman at cashier
April 2020|
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How can African tax collectors help cope with the economic impacts of Covid-19?

by Mick Moore

There is no scarcity of criticism of the methods that OECD governments have used – and…

November 2019|
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Response to Richard Bird’s Critique of “Innovations in Tax Compliance”

by Wilson Prichard

At the request of the ICTD, Professor Richard Bird generously agreed to review the new World…

November 2019|
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Review of new World Bank framework “Innovations in Tax Compliance”

by Richard Bird

See here for a response to Professor Bird’s critique by the World Bank framework’s lead author…

November 2019|
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Enforcement, facilitation and trust: why pay taxes?

by Wilson Prichard & Marijn Verhoeven

The government of Kaduna State, Nigeria, has been working to increase tax collection by broadening the…

March 2019|
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What Nigerians really think about tax

by Neil McCulloch & Tom Moerenhout

Nigeria’s performance on collected taxes is poor. Non-oil revenue in the country is around 3-4 percent…

Kampala
March 2019|
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Improving property tax collection: Lessons from Uganda

by Nyah Zebong, Fred Andema & Robert Raikes Mugangaizi

Local governments (LGs) across Uganda have recently been looking for ways to improve yields from their…

downtown Limon
February 2019|
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How to cast a wider tax net? Experimental evidence from Costa Rica

by Anne Brockmeyer, Spencer Smith, Marco Hernandez & Stewart Kettle

Many firms around the world fail to file their tax declarations, even if they are formally…

Protest for MPs to pay their taxes in Uganda
December 2018|
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Taxing Africa: Power, Politics, and Public Participation

by Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard & Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

Over the past decade, international attention has increasingly focused on the potential contribution of taxation to…

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