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Working Paper

Forest Taxation and REDD+: An Analysis of Potential Impacts in Cameroon, Ghana and Sierra Leone

March 2018
Stephen Spratt, Philip M. Kargbo, Emmanuel Marfo, Emmanuel Ngungoh, Sabaheta Ramcilovik-Suominen

Book

Taxation, Responsiveness and Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Dynamics of Tax Bargaining

September 2015
Wilson Prichard

Working Paper

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

September 2015
Wilson Prichard, Vanessa van den Boogaard
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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Tax and Accountability: How to strengthen the links?
9 July 2019

Tax and Accountability: How to strengthen the links?

David Pedley, Rhiannon McCluskey

British civil servants sign up to core values enshrined in the Civil Service Code: integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. Implicit…

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ICTD secures $1m from Founders Pledge to support collaborative research to strengthen tax administration
6 August 2026

ICTD secures $1m from Founders Pledge to support collaborative research to strengthen tax administration

Max Gallien
The International Centre for Tax and Development has secured US$1 million from Founders Pledge to fund a new three-year programme…
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New ICTD research shows uneven adoption of international tax standards by lower-income countries
29 June 2026

New ICTD research shows uneven adoption of international tax standards by lower-income countries

Martin Hearson, Frederik Heitmüller
This paper by Martin Hearson, Frederich Heitmüller and Florian Dierich, draws together findings across all seven country case studies, identifying…
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ICTD signs new partnerships for largest study of market taxation in Accra
15 April 2026

ICTD signs new partnerships for largest study of market taxation in Accra

Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard
ICTD signs three new MOUs with municipal authorities in Ghana for a project on the taxation of Accra’s markets….
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ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation
23 July 2025

ICTD, WIEGO extend research partnership on informal sector taxation

Vanessa van den Boogaard, Michael Rogan, Max Gallien
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with global research and advocacy network…
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Taxing Smarter: How Research Collaboration is Strengthening Tax Systems in Africa
21 July 2025

Taxing Smarter: How Research Collaboration is Strengthening Tax Systems in Africa

Amidst growing fiscal pressures, rising debt service costs, and shrinking aid budgets, strengthening domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) has become an…

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ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax
27 May 2025

ICTD launches new community of practice on informality and tax

Vanessa van den Boogaard, Max Gallien

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

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Completed

Digital Payment Tax Factsheets

Start date: 01/01/2022

Current

Tobacco tax reform in West Africa

Start date: 22/10/2018

Current

The fiscal and public health impact of a change in tobacco excise taxes in Ghana

Start date: 22/11/2019

Completed

The Enigma of Central and Local Governments Relationship and the Impact on Property Tax Administration in Ghana

Start date: 20/08/2017
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