Alexandra Readhead

Alexandra Readhead leads IISD's Tax and Sovereign Debt Program. Her work focuses on strengthening policies and enhancing capacities to enable governments to increase tax revenues and use debt sustainably to fund their development and climate priorities. She provides legal and technical assistance to tax authorities, finance ministries, and investment agencies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Publications

Partner Publication

Toolkit for Transfer Pricing Risk Assessment in the African Mining Industry

September 2017
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Blogs

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April 2026|
Blog

Why tax expenditure reporting is a missing link in financing for development

by Alexandra Readhead, Agustín Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali, Giulia Mascagni & Harshil Parekh

With aid budgets shrinking and debt vulnerabilities mounting, the $4 trillion governments forgo annually through exemptions, credits, and preferential rates demands greater transparency and accountability. The Coalition on Tax Expenditure Reform argues that minimum reporting standards are a precondition for reform and should be a priority for the G7 and G20….
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April 2025|
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FfD4 Countdown: A Watered-Down Proposal on Tax Expenditures Risks Undermining Countries’ Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

by Alexandra Readhead, Agustín Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali & Hazel Granger

Governments’ decisions to grant preferential tax treatments have a direct impact on their ability–or inability–to finance…
International tax experts
May 2020|
Blog

What should a ‘new deal’ on international tax look like for developing countries?

by Alexandra Readhead, Michael Durst, Sol Picciotto, Mustapha Ndajiwo, Catherine Ngina Mutava, Lakshmi Narayanan, Joy Ndubai, Anthony Kibirige, Allison Christians & Alexander Ezenagu

The OECD secretariat recently proposed a “stock taking exercise” to “re-examine how international tax rules currently…
potential reallocation of taxing rights
November 2019|
Blog

Resource-Rich Countries and the Digital Tax Agenda

by Alexandra Readhead

Those of us involved in the mining sector could be forgiven for thinking that the OECD’s program…
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March 2018|
Blog

A withhold up in Mongolia? Thoughts on the renewed tax debate around Oyu Tolgoi

by Alexandra Readhead & David Mihalyi

This piece is available in Mongolian here. Governments of mining countries are vulnerable to investors using…
miningtoolkit
December 2017|
Blog

New Toolkit Aims to Curb Transfer Mispricing in African Mining

by Alexandra Readhead

Recently, 38 African tax authorities convened in Abuja for the International Conference on Tax in Africa,…

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Side view of the stage with all speakers facing the audience at the FCDO Global Partnerships Conference
May 2026
Fiscal sustainability through partnerships and evidence: insights from the Global Partnerships Conference

At the Global Partnerships Conference, experts and representatives from government and civil society argued that the future of development increasingly depends on “getting tax right”….
Event
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19 May 2026
A Roadmap for Fiscal Sustainability: Taxing Smarter for Growth and Equity | Global Partnerships Conference side event

Organised on the sidelines of the Global Partnerships Conference, our side event will provide practical lessons drawn from research on tax reform in lower-income countries….