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Innovations in Tax Compliance: Building Trust, Navigating Politics, and Tailoring Reform
New World Bank framework for tax reform developed in partnership with the ICTD

In many developing countries, tax revenues remain far below levels needed to provide citizens with basic…

group photo of G20 leaders at the Summit in Rome
February 2022|
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Is the Inclusive Framework tax deal in the interests of lower-income countries?

by Didier Jacobs

Last October, 137 of the 140 jurisdictions that are members of the Inclusive Framework reached a…

Working Paper

Tax and Governance in the Context of Scarce Revenues: Inefficient Tax Collection and its Implications in Rural West Africa

Journal Article

Enabling Tax Bargaining: Supporting More Meaningful Tax Transparency and Taxpayer Engagement in Ghana and Sierra Leone

One hundred dollar banknotes flying and streaming from white box, isolated on white background.
October 2021|
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Pandora’s box is open: What should lower-income countries do to tax the wealthy now?

by Rhiannon McCluskey & Giulia Mascagni

The recent Pandora Papers leak has exposed yet again the scandal of how the world’s rich…

Current Project

Can rural property taxation generate revenue? Measuring costs and potential revenue in Sierra Leone

Kevin Grieco
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Dr van den Boogaard with two research assistants in Sierra Leone.
Dr Vanessa van den Boogaard authors best political science PhD in Canada 

Photo: Dr van den Boogaard conducting fieldwork with research assistants in Sierra Leone. ICTD Research Fellow…

Cigarette butts
May 2021|
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West African governments must increase taxes on tobacco for better health and public finances

by Jean Tesche

For more than 30 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated May 31 as World…

Event
DELOG event flyer
19 May 2021
Opportunities and Challenges of Property Tax Reforms for Localising the Sustainable Development Goals

The Addis Tax Initiative (ATI), the Development Partners Network on Decentralisation & Local Governance (DeLoG) and…

Event
APTI Webinar 1 Flyer in English
24 March 2021
Effective Property Valuation for Tax Purposes: Balancing Precision and Equity

Property valuation is essential for effectively mobilising property tax revenue. While it may seem straightforward in theory, in practice multiple administrative, legal, political,…

Event
Women in Tax: A Conversation on Research and Policy in Africa
18 March 2021
Women in Tax: A Conversation on Research and Policy in Africa

In celebration of International Women’s Day and alongside the sixty-fifth session of the UN Commission on…

Classroom in a school in Sierra Leone
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…