In a wrap report for its panel on domestic revenue in the sidelines of the WB-IMF Annual Meetings, Devex cited ICTD’s argument on the shift towards a “tax era of development“. Quoting ICTD Research Fellow Vanessa van den Boogaard, who was part of the panel, was quoted in part, saying: “We are firmly in the tax era of development, but we also know that there is a lot of work to be done.”
“Governments should not just be trying to tax harder or truing to do a blanket approach, but to do it in a smarter, targeted, tailored way, using data, using the tools that we already have at our disposal, to ensure that this critical moment is one that leads to progress and not to further inequality and popular unrest.”
