Mick Moore

Research Fellow & Publications Editor

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Biography

Professor Mick Moore is a Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and the founding CEO of the International Centre for Tax and Development. He is a political economist whose broad research interests are in the domestic and international dimensions of good and bad governance in poor countries, focusing specifically on taxation in Asia and Africa.

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Research in Brief

Pathways Into the Tax Net: Better Ways to Register African Taxpayers

Edward Groening, Mick Moore, Denis Mukama, Ronald Waiswa

Working Paper

Does Competition from the Informal Sector Reduce Tax Compliance in the Formal Sector? Evidence from Ethiopia

Seid Yimam Mohamed, Fissha Asmare Marye, Mick Moore

Policy Brief

Why Mass Tax Registration Campaigns Do Not Work

Max Gallien, Giulia Mascagni, Mick Moore, Giovanni Occhiali, Wilson Prichard, Fabrizio Santoro, Celeste Scarpini, Vanessa van den Boogaard

Partner Publication

The Alternatives to Universal Tax Registration in Sri Lanka

Mick Moore, Nishan de Mel

Journal Article

Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the informal sector in sub-Saharan Africa

Working Paper

Glimpses of Fiscal States in sub-Saharan Africa

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Conference: Revisiting the past, looking to future — Moving beyond the fiscal contract?

In person

21 October 2025 – 17:30

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Timezone: Europe/Oslo

Litteraturhuset, Wergelandsveien, Oslo, Norway

ICTD’s Mick Moore and Vanessa van den Boogaard to participate in panel sessions for the TaxCapDev conference on ‘moving beyond the fiscal contract’.

Panel: Debt & Tax Dialogue

Virtual

3 September 2025 – 03:30

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Timezone: UTC

ICTD Research Fellow Mick Moore will be speaking at Arutha’s Debt & Tax Dialogue on fair and efficient tax solutions on 3rd of September.