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November 2024|
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The digital transformation of tax administrations: What’s in it for low-income countries?

by Awa Diouf, Caroline Khene & Becky Faith

As governments worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), push towards digital transformation, the platformisation…
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November 2024|
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CoP on Gender & Tax Explores Gendered fiscal incidence analysis and tax-benefit microsimulation models

by Daisy Attu

At the last meeting of the Community of Practice on Gender and Tax (CoPGT), held on…
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November 2024|
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Does Information about Public Services Boost Tax Compliance? I conducted an experiment in Freetown to find out

by Laura Montenbruck

This research was conducted alongside the ICTD/LoGRI-led initiative to implement comprehensive property tax reforms in Freetown, Sierra Leone….
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October 2024|
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We interviewed 83 tax collectors in Malawi and here is what we learned

by Nyanyiwe Sulu & Mick Moore

Tax specialists have a great deal to say about how African tax collectors could work better…
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October 2024|
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Why don’t governments collect more revenue? The answer is complex but here are some new insights

by Bernard Baimwera & Mick Moore

Why don’t governments collect more tax revenue? This question is particularly relevant to lower income countries…
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October 2024|
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How digital public infrastructure could transform tax administration in Africa

by Fabrizio Santoro & Lucia Rossel

Evidence suggests that digital public infrastructure (DPI) can greatly simplify tax administration and boost tax compliance….
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October 2024|
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Design features of simplified tax regimes for small businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Christopher Hoy, Thiago Scot, Alex Oguso, Anna Custers, Daniel Zalo, Ruggero Doino, Jonathan Karver & Nicolas Orgeira Pillai

Our new working paper highlights to the challenges of designing appropriate tax regimes for small businesses as governments face stark trade-offs between raising revenue, maximizing simplicity, and maintaining equity. …
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September 2024|
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No “winners or losers”? Reflections on the UN tax negotiations

by Frederik Heitmüller

Read Frederik Heitmüller’s insights and reflections on the Ad Hoc Committee to draft Terms of Reference for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (Second Session)….
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September 2024|
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How to support women through policy: what I learned from feminist economists

by Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

Earlier this summer, the ICTD Gender team attended the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Association…
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September 2024|
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Addressing Gender Disparities in Tax Expenditures

by Sofia Berg, Giulia Mascagni & Caroline Othim

Understanding the interaction between tax expenditures and gender-based inequalities is essential to ensure that the tax system is fair and equitable – including gender equality in tax matters and the economy more broadly….
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July 2024|
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The era of Reform? Agenda-Setting, Decision Making and S&DT in International Tax and Trade

by Mbakiso Magwape

With the UN Framework Convention tax negotiations currently underway, one of the most promising but politically…
July 2024|
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Taxing mobile money: Five critical strategies for policymakers

by Awa Diouf, Hannelore Niesten & Mary Abounabhan

Revenue authorities, policymakers, industry, and researchers met to explore how taxes on mobile money could be effectively and equitably designed….