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March 2025|
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Reasons to be Optimistic about Tax and the Informal Sector

by Max Gallien & Vanessa van den Boogaard

There are many reasons to be anxious about the taxation of informal sectors in lower income…
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March 2025|
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Why Mainstreaming Gender in Public Institutions Matters, and How We did it for Tax

by Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa

ICTD research on gender and tax aims to accelerate the shift in international policy debates in…
February 2025|
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In the Midst of Conflict and Gang Rule: What Would Make Haiti’s Wealthy Supportive of Property Tax?

by Ana Isabel López García & Sarah Berens

Imagine living in a country where non-state actors provide most basic services instead of the state,…
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January 2025|
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Effective and Equitable Formalisation within the Financing for Development Agenda

by Max Gallien

Max Gallien argues for key changes to the draft text of the Financing for Development outcome document, given that dominant strategies for formalising and taxing the informal economy are often ineffective and highly regressive. …
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January 2025|
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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….
December 2024|
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Four priority areas for next year’s Financing for Development Conference

by Rhiannon McCluskey

At a recent UN side event, experts outlined how the new financing for development proposals on can be strengthened for better outcomes in four priority areas….
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November 2024|
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The digital transformation of tax administrations: What’s in it for low-income countries?

by Awa Diouf, Caroline Khene & Becky Faith

As governments worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), push towards digital transformation, the platformisation…
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November 2024|
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Does Information about Public Services Boost Tax Compliance? I conducted an experiment in Freetown to find out

by Laura Montenbruck

This research was conducted alongside the ICTD/LoGRI-led initiative to implement comprehensive property tax reforms in Freetown, Sierra Leone….
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October 2024|
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We interviewed 83 tax collectors in Malawi and here is what we learnt

by Nyanyiwe Sulu & Mick Moore

Tax specialists have a great deal to say about how African tax collectors could work better…
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October 2024|
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Why don’t governments collect more revenue? The answer is complex but here are some new insights

by Bernard Baimwera & Mick Moore

Why don’t governments collect more tax revenue? This question is particularly relevant to lower income countries…
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October 2024|
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How digital public infrastructure could transform tax administration in Africa

by Fabrizio Santoro & Lucia Rossel

Evidence suggests that digital public infrastructure (DPI) can greatly simplify tax administration and boost tax compliance….
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October 2024|
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Design features of simplified tax regimes for small businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa

by Christopher Hoy, Thiago Scot, Alex Oguso, Anna Custers, Daniel Zalo, Ruggero Doino, Jonathan Karver & Nicolas Orgeira Pillai

Our new working paper highlights to the challenges of designing appropriate tax regimes for small businesses as governments face stark trade-offs between raising revenue, maximizing simplicity, and maintaining equity. …