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April 2021|
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Digitising taxation in Nigeria: Challenges and recommendations

by Abimbola AbdurRahman Lekki

In 2016, Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council recognised that Nigeria should not be left behind…
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April 2021|
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Making the UN Tax Committee more effective for developing countries

by Abdul Muheet Chowdhary

As the current membership of the UN Tax Committee meets for the last time this week,…
January 2021|
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Open Societies, Tax, and the British Aid Programme

by Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard & Giulia Mascagni

What is the connection between taxation and more open societies that the British aid programme aims…
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January 2021|
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Informal Work and Auto-Entrepreneurship Laws in the Maghreb: What can Tunisia learn from Morocco?

by Max Gallien & Othmane Bourhaba

Informal economies in North Africa have frequently captured public attention in recent years. They not only…
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December 2020|
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The Addis Tax Initiative Declaration 2025: Renewing commitment for action on domestic revenue mobilisation

by Laura Wilson & Mamadou Gueye

It is widely recognised that “business as usual” will not close the estimated financing gap of…
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November 2020|
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The inequity of informal financing of public education in Sierra Leone

by Vanessa van den Boogaard

Though education is a core duty of the state, public education in Sierra Leone is financed…
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November 2020|
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Civil society organisations and taxation: Emerging trends and priorities

by Ruvimbo Chidziva & Fariya Mohiuddin

During the summer of 2020, the International Budget Partnership (IBP) and the International Centre for Tax…
October 2020|
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Addressing the tax challenges of the digital economy: More of the same?

by Fritz Brugger

When work on the taxation of the digital economy kicked off as part of the OECD/G20…
Visualisation of the Netherlands’ tax treaties with developing countries
October 2020|
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Have the Netherlands’ tax treaties with developing countries become fairer?

by Maarten Hietland

A vast network of tax treaties to facilitate investment When comparing countries’ foreign direct investment, you…
Training session of tax payers in Rwanda
September 2020|
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Taxpayer education: Why it matters and how research can help

by Giulia Mascagni

Despite being recognised as a critical aspect of tax compliance, taxpayer knowledge is a very under-explored…
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September 2020|
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How governments can use the coronavirus pandemic to build better tax systems

by Roel Dom, Anna Custers & Benjamin Holzman

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, changes that might ordinarily take a few years are now occurring in…
DRC Kananga
August 2020|
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The Participation Dividend of Taxation in DRC and Beyond: Recent Evidence and Paths for Future Inquiry

by Jonathan Weigel & Elie Kabue Ngindu

One of the strongest arguments for investing in the tax capacity of developing countries is the…