Biography
Harshil Parekh is an in-country tax policy adviser to Rwanda as part of the TAXDEV programme. Harshil joined the TAXDEV programme having been an ODI Fellow in the Rwanda Revenue Authority for the prior two years. Before this, he spent four years as an economist in the UK for a consultancy and an NGO where he analysed policy and regulation in the energy, telecoms and public sectors.
24 April 2026
Why tax expenditure reporting is a missing link in financing for development
With aid budgets shrinking and debt vulnerabilities mounting, the $4 trillion governments forgo annually through exemptions, credits, and preferential rates…