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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…
Pettah Sri Lanka
June 2016|
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A home-grown remedy for Sri Lanka’s revenue crisis?

by Mick Moore

Sri Lankans sometimes like to claim perverse records for their country. You will likely have heard…
April 2016|
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Why African governments should tax the rich

by Rhiannon McCluskey

A great deal of attention has been paid to the obstacles African governments face in effectively…
taxgdpratioGRD
March 2016|
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The ICTD government revenue dataset: still the best option for researchers

by Kyle McNabb & Wilson Prichard

In 2010, the ICTD launched efforts to create the ICTD government revenue dataset (GRD), which is…
February 2016|
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Malawi Can’t Afford Evidence-Free Tax Campaigns

by Maya Forstater

Over the past couple of weeks Malawi has become the latest poster child for UK campaigns…