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July 2025
Taxing Smarter: How Research Collaboration is Strengthening Tax Systems in Africa

Amidst growing fiscal pressures, rising debt service costs, and shrinking aid budgets, strengthening domestic resource mobilisation…

Working Paper

Participation, Legitimacy and Fiscal Capacity in Weak States: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting

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May 2025
ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax

Revenue authorities, researchers and civil society actors now have a space to map new ways for…

Journal Article

Tax reform coalitions for urban development: the politics of property tax reform in Sierra Leone

Aerial view of township beside wealthy suburb in South Africa
January 2025|
Blog

Strengthening subnational taxation within the Financing for Development agenda

by Wilson Prichard

Wilson Prichard argues that property taxes, as the backbone of local government finances, should be explicitly included in the Financing for Development outcome document….

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November 2024|
Blog

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….

Journal Article

Sub-national property tax reform and tax bargaining: Lessons from a quasi-randomized reform program in Sierra Leone

Research in Brief

How Might the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone Enhance Revenue Collection by Taxing High Net Worth Individuals?

Research in Brief

Implementation Obstacles and Political Appeal of Environmental Taxes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reflections from Selected Countries

Research in Brief

Building Fiscal Capacity with Traditional Political Institutions: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone

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May 2024
Consultancy Opportunity: Technical Coordinator (LoGRI/IGC), Sierra Leone

LoGRI is seeking a Technical Coordinator to support ongoing property tax reforms in Sierra Leone, engaging with innovative projects in Freetown, Kenema City, and other municipalities….

Working Paper

Building Fiscal Capacity with Traditional Political Institutions: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone

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