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The Great Tax Awakening? Three Reservations
May 2013|
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The Great Tax Awakening? Three Reservations

by Mick Moore

  Never has there been such extensive popular and political interest in tax reform. Never have…

Tax exemptions for aid-funded projects: reasons for change
March 2013|
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Tax exemptions for aid-funded projects: reasons for change

by Ismaïla Diallo

In recent years, tax exemptions for donor-financed projects have come to the fore within the international…

February 2013|
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A world upside down? New approach to international tax

by Sol Picciotto

A new report from the OECD is contemplating major changes to international tax rules. This is a progress…

Donors, be strategic. Aid and domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa
January 2013|
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Donors, be strategic. Aid and domestic resource mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa

by Mick Moore

Along with a colleague who is a specialist on Latin America, I recently attended a meeting…

The political economy of tax incentives in low-income countries
January 2013|
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The political economy of tax incentives in low-income countries

by Vanessa van den Boogaard

The ICTD Annual Centre Meeting on tax exemptions concluded with a presentation by Professor Richard Bird….

Taxed to death (really)
November 2012|
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Taxed to death (really)

by Katherine Haver

For people living in the Eastern villages of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), it is…

Better coordination key to more tax and less aid
November 2012|
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Better coordination key to more tax and less aid

by Mick Moore

  In August of this year, the UK Parliament’s International Development Select Committee published a report on…

November 2012|
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Are You Getting Excited about ‘Formulary Apportionment’?

by Mick Moore

I thought not. And, by the way, formulary apportionment is not directly connected to children’s milk food formulae…

What’s trust got to do with it?
October 2012|
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What’s trust got to do with it?

  Trust in local government authorities and social influence affects people’s decision to pay for local…

International Information Sharing
October 2012|
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International Information Sharing

by Nadine Riedel

Capital flight by high net worth individuals is a serious problem for many developing countries. Although…

New Research on the role of tax havens
October 2012|
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New Research on the role of tax havens

by Nadine Riedel

In recent years, the literature has brought forward interesting insights and stimulating new research activities, but…

Do tax policy failures explain the state of the world?
September 2012|
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Do tax policy failures explain the state of the world?

  Across the world, tax effort has been increasingly based on regressive consumption and payroll taxes,…