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Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Our work in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Partner Publication

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

February 2026
Vanessa van den Boogaard, Yannick Lokaya Bokasola, Gayatri Sahgal, Caleb Jérémie Dohou

Partner Publication

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

February 2026
Bienvenu Matungulu, Tom De Herdt, Kamala C. Kaghoma

Research in Brief

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

August 2025
Yannick Lokaya Bokasola, Eddy Junior Ngwakoyo, Gayatri Sahgal, Vanessa van den Boogaard

Working Paper

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

May 2025
Yannick Lokaya Bokasola, Eddy Junior Ngwakoyo, Gayatri Sahgal, Vanessa van den Boogaard

Research in Brief

Using Machine Learning to Create a Property Tax Roll: Evidence from the City of Kananga, D.R. Congo

October 2024
Augustin Bergeron, Arnaud Fournier, John Kabeya Kabeya, Gabriel Tourek, Jonathan L Weigel

Research in Brief

Does Collecting Taxes Erode the Accountability of Informal Leaders? Evidence from the DRC

September 2024
Augustin Bergeron, Elie Kabue Ngindu, Gabriel Tourek, Jonathan L Weigel

Partner Publication

Roadblocks at the Rhythm of the Country: A Political Sociology of Roadblocks in DR Congo

September 2024
Judith Verweijen, Kasper Hoffmann, Godefroid Muzalia

Working Paper

Indirect Rule: Armed Groups and Customary Chiefs in Eastern DRC

February 2024
Soeren J. Henn, Gauthier Marchais, Christian Mastaki Mugaruka, Raul Sanchez de la Sierra
Why tax matters in fragile states and how donors can support it
28 April 2025

Why tax matters in fragile states and how donors can support it

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Fragile contexts are home to 24% of the world’s population (1.9 billion people), and three-quarters (73%) of the world’s extreme…

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Taxes and fees in the informal sector shed new light on why engendering tax research matters
22 March 2024

Taxes and fees in the informal sector shed new light on why engendering tax research matters

Deanndre Chen

In low-income countries, women make up a significant portion of the informal sector. They are also concentrated in the group…

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ICTD’s new web portal on taxation of digital financial services in Africa
25 July 2023

ICTD’s new web portal on taxation of digital financial services in Africa

Awa Diouf, Hannelore Niesten
Across Africa, the rapid growth of digital financial services (DFS) has led to increased interest in effectively taxing these services….
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Mobile-money taxation in East Africa: Harmonisation or laissez-faire?
8 September 2022

Mobile-money taxation in East Africa: Harmonisation or laissez-faire?

Hannelore Niesten
Regional tax harmonisation is controversial, with compelling arguments for and against. Is it desirable? Or beneficial? And if so, to…
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The Participation Dividend of Taxation in DRC and Beyond: Recent Evidence and Paths for Future Inquiry
19 August 2020

The Participation Dividend of Taxation in DRC and Beyond: Recent Evidence and Paths for Future Inquiry

Elie Kabue Ngindu, Jonathan Weigel

One of the strongest arguments for investing in the tax capacity of developing countries is the supposed participation dividend of…

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Unpacking Formalisation: The need for a new research agenda on taxation and the informal economy
21 April 2020

Unpacking Formalisation: The need for a new research agenda on taxation and the informal economy

Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard

ICTD Informality and Taxation blog series The ICTD’s Informality and Tax programme seeks to conduct, connect, and support novel research…

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Completed

Using Machine Learning and Computer Vision to Increase Property Tax Collection in the DRC

Start date: 03/02/2022

Completed

What is the incidence of informal taxation on inequality in access to school?

Start date: 18/01/2021

Completed

Tax and Gender in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Start date: 01/03/2021

Completed

Tax Collection and Bureaucrat Accountability: Experimental Evidence from the DRC

Start date: 15/03/2019

Current

Direct and Network Effects of Tax Enforcement: Experimental Evidence from the D.R. Congo

Start date: 15/04/2019
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