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Doris Akol

Technical Assistance Advisor, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department
Doris Akol is a Ugandan lawyer and consultant on revenue administration. She is currently the chair of the ICTD’s Centre Advisory Group, and a Senior Economist at the IMF Fiscal Affairs Department. She was formerly the Senior Policy and Engagement Advisor with ICTD Digitax Programme. Prior to that she was the Commissioner General at the Uganda Revenue Authority, a position she held until March 2020.
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Publications

Working Paper

ICT and Tax Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Adopting ITAS in Uganda and Sierra Leone

October 2022
Giovanni Occhiali, Doris Akol & Philip M. Kargbo
Research in Brief

There and Back Again: The Making of Uganda’s Mobile Money Tax

October 2021
Adrienne Lees & Doris Akol
Working Paper

There and Back Again: The Making of Uganda’s Mobile Money Tax

July 2021
Doris Akol & Adrienne Lees
Research in Brief

How Effective has the TADAT Framework Been in Improving Tax Administration in Uganda?

December 2020
Doris Akol, Margaret Magumba, Patrick Loke, Milly Isingoma Nalukwago & Tina Kaidu Barugahara
African Tax Administration Paper

Who can make Ugandan Taxpayers more Compliant?

July 2020
Ronald Waiswa, Doris Akol & Milly Isingoma Nalukwago
African Tax Administration Paper

How Effective has the TADAT Framework Been in Improving Tax Administration in Uganda?

December 2019
Doris Akol, Margaret Magumba, Patrick Loke, Milly Isingoma Nalukwago & Tina Kaidu Barugahara
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Event
Art card of the ICTD event "Getting Targets Right: How much tax can low-income countries rasie?"
17 April 2024
Webinar: Getting Targets Right – How much tax can low-income countries raise?

A panel of researchers and practitioners are set to discuss the role that targets can play in building tax capacity. Are optimistic targets helpful or hurtful? And how can we make targets better?…

Research Projects

Completed Project

How do African tax administrations adopt new technology?

Giovanni Occhiali, ICTD & Doris Akol, ICTD
Completed Project

The Mobile Money Tax in Uganda: Study of the Policymaking Process

Adrienne Lees, ICTD & Doris Akol, ICTD
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International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Brighton, BN1 9RE, United Kingdom
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