This research has been conducted in partnership with the World Bank. The paper examines the potential of technology in transforming tax administration by helping to identify the tax base, facilitate compliance, and monitor compliance. It also identifies possible limitations to the use of technology arising from inadequate connectivity infrastructure, lack of adoption (or resistance) by taxpayers and/or tax collectors, lack of institutional mainstreaming, and an unsupportive regulatory environment. The paper is now published here as World Bank Working Paper WPS9848.

Researchers

Oyebola Okunogbe

Oyebola Okunogbe is an Economist in the World Bank Development Research Group, with a focus on topics in the intersection of development economics, public finance and political economy. She is also affiliated with the Bureau of Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), and the Nigerian Tax Research Network.

Fabrizio Santoro

Fabrizio is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, and the Research Lead for the second component of the ICTD's DIGITAX Research Programme. His main research interests relate to governance, public finance, and taxation, with a strong focus on impact evaluation methodologies and statistical analysis. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sussex.