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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,…

Street vendors
April 2020|
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To fight Covid-19, only the formal economy is getting tax breaks. The informal economy may be asked to foot the bill

by Vanessa van den Boogaard & Max Gallien

As the world grapples with the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, vulnerable workers in the informal…

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…

The impact of Covid-19 on global digital tax negotiations
April 2020|
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The impact of Covid-19 on global digital tax negotiations

by Rasmus Corlin Christensen

Hour for hour, day for day, the world is changing due to the rapid spread of…

Ebola check point
March 2020|
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Fill the gaps, feel the pain: Insights from Sierra Leone on an epidemic’s impact on local taxation, public services, and the poor

by Vanessa van den Boogaard

With over 16,000 deaths globally and the number of cases growing each day, the calamitous impacts…

This Women’s Day, we need to talk about toilet taxes
March 2020|
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This Women’s Day, we need to talk about toilet taxes

by Jalia Kangave

In 2018, the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) published findings from a research study…

cigarette
February 2020|
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Why Nigeria needs a huge tobacco tax hike to curb smoking

by Laura Rossouw

Cigarette sales in most African countries are going up all the time. But smoking rates are much lower than…

For Africa to gain a fair share from its natural resources, we must do more than tweak global tax rules
January 2020|
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For Africa to gain a fair share from its natural resources, we must do more than tweak global tax rules

by Anthony Kibirige

A critical moment Next week sees a critical moment in the reform of global corporate tax…

December 2019|
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Corporate Tax Negotiations at the OECD: Shifts to Ensure Symmetry and Equity

by Valpy FitzGerald & Jayati Ghosh

The negotiations on corporate taxation at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) BEPS Inclusive…

December 2019|
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The future of global corporate taxation is more uncertain than ever

by Martin Hearson & Rasmus Corlin Christensen

The global fight over how—and where—to tax the new digital economy is raging on. Just last…

November 2019|
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Developing countries’ contributions to international tax reform

by Sol Picciotto

Developing countries are making a significant contribution to the current efforts to reform international tax in…

November 2019|
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If developing countries are not listened to at the OECD, they will vote with their feet

by Joy Ndubai

In response to Allison Christians’ blog providing suggestions on how the OECD’s consultation on the unified…