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Beggar in Paris
April 2017|
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The UN Tax Committee holds out the begging bowl

by Sol Picciotto

Last week the UN Committee of Experts on International Tax (UNTC) met at the United Nations…

April 2017|
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Tax Justice for Women’s Rights: The Real Issues in Developing Countries

by Jalia Kangave

For the past twenty years, Maama Sula (let’s say) has run a small fast-food restaurant in…

Cobham Jansky 2017 WIDER 14
March 2017|
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Estimating tax avoidance: New findings, new questions

by Alex Cobham

There are now a range of estimates of the global scale of tax avoidance. These include:…

February 2017|
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New Book Examines Alternative Approach to Taxing Multinational Companies

by Alex Cobham

International tax rules for multinational companies appear to be approaching a major crossroads, for three reasons….

CIGARETTE
February 2017|
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The IMF Finally Speaks on Tobacco Taxes

by Bill Savedoff

Last November, I got a birthday gift from the International Monetary Fund: my very own copy…

lagosair
January 2017|
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Reducing Incentives for Fiscal Indiscipline at Nigeria’s Subnational Government Level

by Eustace Uzor

The need to achieve fiscal convergence and consolidation in Nigeria cannot be overemphasised. This is especially…

January 2017|
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Improving Natural Resource Taxation in Developing Countries

by Michael Durst

Policy-makers in developing countries, when choosing a mix of fiscal instruments to govern a mining or…

tax dispute MAP
December 2016|
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Improving International Tax Dispute Settlement

by Sol Picciotto

What are international tax disputes? Formally, international tax disputes are between the tax authorities of two…

November 2016|
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Make informal businesses profitable, then seek taxes

by Anzetse Were

Last week I participated in a panel discussion at the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Tax Summit…

Nigeria blog chart
September 2016|
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How to fix Nigeria? Seven Key Issues

by Oluseun Onigbinde

A secure nation On a visit to Kigali, a lady extolled their army and why they…

Kampala
August 2016|
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How One African City Is Flipping the Script on Urban Development

by Liam Taylor

From Wall Street to the World Bank, people are looking at Kampala as a model for…

ICTD panel pic 50th
July 2016|
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Give and you shall receive? Taxation and fiscal contracts in Africa

by Rhiannon McCluskey

Last week, the Institute of Development Studies hosted its 50th anniversary conference titled “States, Markets and…