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LoGRI inaugural conference receives national media coverage in Kenya
The Local Government Revenue Iniatiative (LoGRI) inaugural conference on “Building Progressive and Equitable Property Tax Systems in Lower-Income Countries” received coverage in a number of Kenyan media outlets in June. Highlights include:
- “WILSON PRICHARD: Property taxes are a benefit rather than levy on wealth” interview in the The East African in print and online 20/06/23
- “Musalia Mudavadi Asks Governors to Expand County Tax Base to Fund Operations” story in TUKO 13/06/23
- “Mudavadi Urges Counties To Enhance Own Sources Of Revenues” story in Citizen Digital 13/06/23
- “Enhance own sources of revenues, Counties urged” story in KBC 13/06/23
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Global Tax Governance conference garners significant national media attention in Kenya
The ICTD/KRA organised “Global Tax Governance at a Crossroads” conference garnered significant Kenyan print and television media coverage in June. Highlights include:
- “Global Tax Governance conference to be hosted in Nairobi on June 5-7” story on HapaKenya 2/06/23
- “Tax Experts, Policy makers converge to deliberate the future of Global Tax Governance” Editorial in Bizna Kenya 2/06/23
- “KRA and International Centre for Tax & Development host conference” Television report on Citizen TV Kenya 5/06/23
- “Tax Collabo I Insufficient information derailing optimum tax collection” KBC Business television report 5/06/23
- “Kenya makes progress in international taxation, says Treasury CS” story in KBC 6/06/23
- “Global Tax Conference Kicks Off In Nairobi Amid Finance Bill Row” Top Story on Capital Business 5/06/23
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Part two of Mick Moore’s “Making the IMF Work for Sri Lankans” series is published in Groundviews
The second op-ed in Mick Moore’s series on Sri Lanka has been published in Groundviews. You can read his piece here.
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ICTD Ghana E-Levy features prominently story by African Wireless Communications
Media outlet African Wireless Communications has heavily featured ICTD research on the Ghana E-Levy in their piece on Letshego Mobile Money. Read here.
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ICTD authored article receives lots of coverage
An article about the Ghana E-Levy, co-authored by two ICTD researchers Max Gallien and Vanessa van den Boogaard, was published in The Conversation and republished in The Ghana Report among other local media outlets in March. In April it was featured in Indian outlet News Azi.
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Max and Giovanni published in the New Left Review
ICTD Researchers Max Gallien and Giovanni Occhiali were published in the New Left Review for their article High Income, about Cannabis Taxation in lower income countries.
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ICTD Ghana E-Levy research mentioned in South African media
ICTD research on the Ghana E-Levy is cited in media outlet iWeb.
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Research in Brief 82 republished in Bangladeshi The Daily Star
ICTD’s research in brief about the promise and limits of IT technology was republished in The Daily Star, a Bangladeshi outlet.
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ICTD research on property tax and land leasing in Ethiopia cited in the Ethiopian Reporter
Here can read their interesting article here.
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Mick Moore published in Groundviews and quoted in Sri Lankan outlet Daily FT
ICTD founder and expert on Sri Lanka had an op-ed published in Groundviews. His research was also written up in an article by the Daily FT.
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ICTD research cited in Opinion Nigeria
ICTD research on fuel subsidies in Nigeria is cited in media outlet Opinion Nigeria.
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ICTD mentioned in Bloomberg Tax news
José Antonio Ocampo’s blog on the ICTD website was picked up by Bloomberg Tax news;
“The summit of Latin American and Caribbean finance ministers is scheduled for July 27-28 in Cartagena, Colombia. The region’s interests “have not been visible enough in the international tax policy debate so far, and this must change,” Jose Antonio Ocampo, Colombia’s finance minister, said in a statement Tuesday on the website of the International Centre for Tax & Development.”