Colette Nyirakamana

Colette Nyirakamana

  • Research Lead, LoGRI
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Biography

Dr Colette Nyirakamana is Research Lead for the Local Government Revenue Initiative, and Senior Research Associate at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on building the fiscal autonomy of subnational governments across sub-Saharan Africa.

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Partner PublicationPolicy Brief

Reforming Self-Declaration Property Tax Systems: Illustrations from Rwanda

January 2026
Wilson Prichard, Colette Nyirakamana, Regan McCort

Working Paper

Building Comprehensive Property Tax Systems in Lower-Income Countries: ‘Cadaster-First’ vs ‘Property Tax First’ Approaches

September 2025
Wilson Prichard, Camille Barras, Colette Nyirakamana

Research in Brief

Land and Property Taxation to Finance Urban Development in Somaliland: Challenges and Prospects for Reform

January 2025
Colette Nyirakamana, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Warsame Ahmed, Deanndre Chen

Partner Publication

Inter-Institutional Collaboration Dynamics in Property Tax Administration: The Experience of Senegal

December 2024
Camille Barras, Colette Nyirakamana, Marie Reine Mukazayire

Partner PublicationPolicy Brief

Challenges and Strategies for Advancing Property Registration Efforts in Senegal

December 2024
Camille Barras, Colette Nyirakamana, Marie Reine Mukazayire

African Tax Administration Paper

Land and Property Taxation to Finance Urban Development in Somaliland: Challenges and Prospects for Reform

August 2024
Colette Nyirakamana, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Warsame Ahmed
Building public support for property tax reform in senegal through sensitization and communication campaigns
8 May 2025

Building public support for property tax reform in senegal through sensitization and communication campaigns

The authors would like to thank the officials of the DGID and the Treasury of Senegal, met during field research,…

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ICTD wraps in Accra this year’s course on Research on Tax and Development
26 September 2024

ICTD wraps in Accra this year’s course on Research on Tax and Development

Twenty-two tax and finance professionals mostly from countries across Africa successfully completed ICTD’s last module for the Research on Tax…

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21 September 2015

2nd ICTD Annual Centre Meeting

11-13 December 2012 – Cape Town, South Africa in association with ISS…
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Building More Effective and Equitable Tax Systems: Priorities and Strategies for FfD4

Building More Effective and Equitable Tax Systems: Priorities and Strategies for FfD4

In person

3 December 2024 – 10:00

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Timezone: America/New_York

United Nations Headquarters, East 45th Street, New York, NY, USA
The ICTD will be hosting a side event at the Second Preparatory Committee Session of the Financing for Development Conference.
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Panel: Beyond the money: How tax policies are shaping politics and society in Africa

Panel: Beyond the money: How tax policies are shaping politics and society in Africa

Virtual

12 September 2024 – 15:00

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Timezone: Europe/London

This interactive panel will discuss the relationship between taxes and trust in the state, elections and public mobilisation, informality, and gendered social relations.
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ICTD at 10th EPRN Annual Economic Research Conference on boosting economic resilience to economic shocks

ICTD at 10th EPRN Annual Economic Research Conference on boosting economic resilience to economic shocks

Virtual

27 June 2024 – 14:00

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Timezone: Africa/Kigali

We are delighted to contribute to the 10th Annual Conference of the Economic Policy Research Network, Rwanda, which this year has been organised around the theme Boosting Economic Resilience to Economic Shocks. ICTD Research Director, Giulia Mascagni, has given welcome

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