ICTD researchers Dr. Wilson Prichard, Dr. Samuel Jibao and Vanessa van den Boogaard won the “Best Paper Award”, for their paper on Informal Taxation in Sierra Leone, at the just concluded Africa Tax Research Network (ATRN) conference held in Cape Town, South Africa.
The ATRN inaugural conference was convened by ATAF and ATRN under the theme: “Contemporary Tax Challenges in Africa”, and attracted over 130 delegates from 25 different countries.
The ATRN annual congress presents an opportunity for academics, researchers, tax administrators, students, tax practitioners, consultants and decision-makers on fiscal and tax policy in Africa, to gather and discuss different aspects relating to national, regional and international tax matters.