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Dr Wilson Prichard

Associate Research Fellow

Chair, Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI)

Wilson Prichard is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Chair of the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) and former Executive Director of the International Centre for Tax and Development (2020-2024). His research focuses on the relationship between taxation and citizen demands for improved governance in Africa.
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Publications

Partner Publication

Reforming Self-Declaration Property Tax Systems: Illustrations from Rwanda

January 2026
Wilson Prichard, Colette Nyirakamana & Regan McCort
Working Paper

Building Comprehensive Property Tax Systems in Lower-Income Countries: ‘Cadaster-First’ vs ‘Property Tax First’ Approaches

September 2025
Wilson Prichard, Camille Barras & Colette Nyirakamana
Partner Publication

Property Taxes for Development: Building the Foundation for Accelerated Subnational Development

August 2025
Wilson Prichard
Research in Brief

Norms, Power, and the Socially Embedded Realities of Market Taxation in Northern Ghana

August 2025
Wilson Prichard, Vanessa van den Boogaard & Tracy Beyuo
Partner Publication

Points-Based Valuation for Property Taxation: Improving Equity and Revenue Performance in Local Property Tax Systems

August 2025
Nicolas Orgeira Pillai, Wilson Prichard & Graeme Stewart-Wilson
Partner Publication

Extending Property Taxation in Areas of Customary Authority and Tenure

July 2025
Wilson Prichard & Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa
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Blogs

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July 2025|
Blog

Financing development: Gains and gaps of the Sevilla conference

by Regan McCort, Wilson Prichard & Moyo Arewa

Much has changed in the 10 years since the last financing for development conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia….

Aerial view of township beside wealthy suburb in South Africa
January 2025|
Blog

Strengthening subnational taxation within the Financing for Development agenda

by Wilson Prichard

Wilson Prichard argues that property taxes, as the backbone of local government finances, should be explicitly included in the Financing for Development outcome document….

January 2021|
Blog

Open Societies, Tax, and the British Aid Programme

by Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard & Giulia Mascagni

What is the connection between taxation and more open societies that the British aid programme aims…

How should we tax after the pandemic?
November 2020|
Blog

Comment faut-il taxer après la pandémie ?

by Mick Moore & Wilson Prichard

Le recouvrement fiscal est en baisse dans le monde. Les gouvernements ont annulé ou reporté certains…

How should we tax after the pandemic?
May 2020|
Blog

How should we tax after the pandemic?

by Mick Moore & Wilson Prichard

Globally, tax collections are declining. Governments have cancelled or postponed some tax dues in the effort…

Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue
May 2020|
Blog

Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue

by Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakarr Kamara & Niccoló Meriggi

In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills…

News and events

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News
December 2025
LoGRI conference in Cotonou, Benin drives dialogue on property tax reform in lower-income countries

The two-day event, themed “Frontier Issues, Evidence, and Reform Directions,” brought over 100 leading property tax experts, policymakers, and practitioners from around the world to Cotonou to foster interactive exchange and mutual learning on property tax reform….

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June 2025
ICTD at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Members of the ICTD team will be in Seville to speak at events, launch a new initiative, and participate in discussions on successful domestic resource mobilisation strategies for financing sustainable development. …

Event
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3 December 2024
Building More Effective and Equitable Tax Systems: Priorities and Strategies for FfD4

The ICTD will be hosting a side event at the Second Preparatory Committee Session of the Financing for Development Conference….

Research Projects

Completed Project

Digital financial services and digital IDs: What potential do they have for better taxation in Africa?

Fabrizio Santoro, Laura Munoz, Wilson Prichard & Giulia Mascagni
Completed Project

Should Governments Tax Digital Financial Services? A Research Agenda to Understand Sector-Specific Taxes on DFS

Laura Munoz, Giulia Mascagni, Wilson Prichard & Fabrizio Santoro
Completed Project

Block management system and formalisation: An ethnography and evaluation of the registration process in Freetown

Giovanni Occhiali, Wilson Prichard & Moyo Arewa
Current Project

Mapping Property Tax Compliance in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakarr Kamara, Niccoló Meriggi, Kevin Grieco & Julian Michel
Current Project

Does the Expansion of Tax Demands Lead to Greater Political Engagement and Demands for Accountability? Evidence from a Property Tax Reform in Sierra Leone

Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakar Kamara, Niccoló Meriggi, Kevin Grieco & Julian Michel
Current Project

The Political Economy of Property Tax Reform in Freetown, Sierra Leone: Lessons from an Innovative Reform Programme

Wilson Prichard, Abou Bakar Kamara, Niccoló Meriggi & Graeme Stewart-Wilson
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International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Brighton, BN1 9RE, United Kingdom
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