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Sierra Leone
October 2015|
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Taxpayers’ perceptions on local government taxation in Sierra Leone

The Centre for Economic Research and Capacity Building (CERCB), just concluded a week-long regional dialogue workshops,…
Kampala
September 2015|
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Wanted Worldwide: Sensible Property Taxes, and a Property Tax Champion

by Mick Moore

What are property taxes? Broadly, they are taxes on the ownership, occupation or legal transfer of…
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August 2015|
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The 2015 edition of the ICTD Government Revenue Dataset (GRD)

by Kyle McNabb

Highlights of the Updated GRD – Contains new government revenue data until 2012 and in many cases,…
More than naming and shaming needed to stop corporate tax avoidance
August 2015|
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More than naming and shaming needed to stop corporate tax avoidance

by Kerrie Sadiq & Antony Ting

The report of the Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into corporate tax avoidance comes with the subtitle –…
Promoting Tax Bargains in Uganda and Beyond: The Importance of Civil Society and Parliamentarians
July 2015|
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Promoting Tax Bargains in Uganda and Beyond: The Importance of Civil Society and Parliamentarians

by Jalia Kangave

While developing countries have acknowledged the importance of domestic resource mobilization in development, in practice, not…
Row over UN tax body is a needless distraction for developing nations
July 2015|
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Row over UN tax body is a needless distraction for developing nations

by Paddy Carter

When an international development conference in Addis Ababa almost collapsed last week, the confrontation emerged from an obscure and…
Making VAT more visible can be an efficient tool in building a tax-paying culture
June 2015|
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Making VAT more visible can be an efficient tool in building a tax-paying culture

A new study shows that Value-Added-Tax can be used to educate people outside the reach of…
April 2015|
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The Sustainable Development Goals – Reject Tax Targeting

by Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Nora Lustig, Richard Bird, Nancy Birdsall & Richard Manning

There is good news in the agenda for the Third Financing for Development Conference to be held in…
New UNCTAD Paper on Corporate Tax in Developing Countries
April 2015|
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New UNCTAD Paper on Corporate Tax in Developing Countries

The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has published a major new study on corporate tax, which…
DRC
April 2015|
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ICTD Supports New Project On Conflict And Taxation In Congo

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) is supporting two new and important projects in…
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January 2015|
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How Property Tax Would Benefit Africa

by Mick Moore & Nara Monkam

New publication by Nara Monkam and Mick Moore The developmental benefits of governments taxing citizens, even…
Governing Lagos: The Politics of Reform in Nigeria’s Megacity
January 2015|
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Governing Lagos: The Politics of Reform in Nigeria’s Megacity

An excellent new study shows how reforming Governors of Lagos State, Nigeria constructed a new social contract around…