Maria Jouste

Maria Jouste is a Research Associate at UNU-WIDER, where she leads the collaborative research programme with the Uganda Revenue Authority as part of the Tax Research for Development project. Her work involves curating administrative tax data and co-managing the URA’s research lab to make this data available for research purposes. Maria is experienced in conducting policy-relevant research on tax policies and administration. Additionally, she is skilled in microsimulation modelling and evaluating social protection policies in Sub-Saharan African countries. Maria holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Turku.