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Journal Article

Not-so-Freeway: A Relational Approach to Checkpoints and Conflict in Northeast India

Working Paper

Variations in Accountability Systems of Informal Taxation Across Regions in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Addis Ababa busy street view
February 2026|
Blog

Roadblock taxation: the dangers of extra-legal payments in Ethiopia

by Zerihun Asegid

In recent years, Ethiopia has witnessed a significant rise in one particularly harmful extra-legal practice: roadblock taxation. …

Policy Brief

Why the Informal Sector Is Not a Tax Goldmine

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…

Research in Brief

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

Working Paper

Unpacking Informality for Tax Purposes: Evidence from Urban Zimbabwe

Research in Brief

The Politics of Passage: Roadblocks, Taxation, and Control in Conflict

Research in Brief

Unpacking Informality for Tax Purposes: Evidence from Urban Zimbabwe

Research in Brief

Informality, Tax, and Markets in Kinshasa: Everyday Realities and Resistance

News
Wide shot of a large group of people facing the camera.
May 2025
ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax

Revenue authorities, researchers and civil society actors now have a space to map new ways for…

Working Paper

Informality, Tax, and Markets in Kinshasa: Everyday Realities and Resistance

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