Showing 1-12 of 28 Publications
Partner Publication

Beyond the state, but reinforcing it? Informal tax institutions and state legitimacy in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Partner Publication

Progressive yet unfair: the case of informal taxes in the education sector in the DRC

Working Paper

Zakat as Non-State Social Welfare Provision: Distributional Dynamics and Gender Equity in Pakistan

Working Paper

Thinking Beyond Revenue: Estimating the Cost Effectiveness of Ghana’s Presumptive Tax Stamp

Cultural Parade in Zaria City, Nigeria where informal tax has become a lifeline for basic services
October 2025|
Blog

How faith and culture shape accountability in Nigeria’s informal tax system

by Jacob Aondohemba Iormbagah

In early October, I was in Cape Town for the 10th ATAF Annual Congress, where I…

Wide shot of people in a street in Lahore, Pakistan.
March 2025|
Blog

Pakistanis are paying over 1.7 billion GBP in zakat every year—mostly to women

by Max Gallien, Umair Javed & Vanessa van den Boogaard

Every year, hundreds of millions of Muslims across the world pay a proportion – broadly 2,5%…

Factsheet

Zakat Payments in Pakistan Exceed State Social Protection

Event
An aerial shot of a busy market place.
18 February 2025 - 21 February 2025
Workshop: Tax and Informal Economies in Africa: Charting Ways Forward

ICTD is hosting a focused workshop in Akosombo, Ghana from 18th to 21st February 2024 that seeks to chart new ways forward in how revenue authorities engage with informal economies….

Research in Brief

Presumptive Taxation and Equity: Evidence from the Ethiopian Informal Sector

African Tax Administration Paper

Presumptive Taxation and Equity: Evidence from the Ethiopian Informal Sector

Research in Brief

Between God, the People, and the State: Citizen Conceptions of Zakat

Ethiopia - Planting Avocado Trees in Katbare - July 2011
July 2023|
Blog

Informal Taxation in Ethiopia: Typologies, Prospects, and Challenges

by Misganaw Gashaw Beza & Geremew Worku

Formal tax and non-tax revenue sources, which are estimated to account for 50 to 80% of…

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