Wilson Prichard

Wilson Prichard

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Biography

Dr Wilson Prichard is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Chair of the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) and former Executive Director of the International Centre for Tax and Development (2020-2024). His research focuses on the relationship between taxation and citizen demands for improved governance in Africa.

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Journal Article

The Political Economy of Domestic Tax Reform in Bangladesh: Political Settlements, Informal Institutions and the Negotiation of Reform

May 2016
Mirza Hassan, Wilson Prichard

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Rebuilding Local Government Finances After Conflict: Lessons from a Property Tax Reform Programme in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

May 2016
Samuel Jibao, Wilson Prichard

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The Politics of Taxation: Introduction to the Special Section

May 2016
Mick Moore, Wilson Prichard, Giulia Mascagni, Muhammad Mujtaba Piracha, Samuel Jibao, Armin von Schiller, Christian von Haldenwang, Maksym Ivanyna, Ingo Bordon, Oliver Morrissey, Mirza Hassan

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Electoral Competitiveness, Tax Bargaining and Political Incentives in Developing Countries: Evidence from Political Budget Cycles Affecting Taxation

April 2016
Wilson Prichard

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Reassessing Tax and Development Research: A New Dataset, New Findings, and Lessons for Research

December 2015
Wilson Prichard

Research in Brief

Donors, Aid and Taxation in Developing Countries – An overview

September 2015
Wilson Prichard, Jean-François Brun, Oliver Morrissey
Financing development: Gains and gaps of the Sevilla conference
29 July 2025

Financing development: Gains and gaps of the Sevilla conference

Much has changed in the 10 years since the last financing for development conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Lower- and…

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Strengthening subnational taxation within the Financing for Development agenda
28 January 2025

Strengthening subnational taxation within the Financing for Development agenda

Wilson Prichard argues that property taxes, as the backbone of local government finances, should be explicitly included in the Financing…
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Response to Richard Bird's Critique of "Innovations in Tax Compliance"
26 January 2021

Open Societies, Tax, and the British Aid Programme

What is the connection between taxation and more open societies that the British aid programme aims to support? In long-term…

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How should we tax after the pandemic?
26 May 2020

How should we tax after the pandemic?

Globally, tax collections are declining. Governments have cancelled or postponed some tax dues in the effort to bolster economies and…

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Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue
22 May 2020

Freetown just implemented a new property tax system that could quintuple revenue

In the next few weeks, residents of Freetown are expecting to receive new property tax bills as part of a…

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To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich
22 April 2020

To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich

So far, policy discussions about tax responses to Covid-19 have focused overwhelmingly on how to offer immediate tax relief. There…

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LoGRI conference in Cotonou, Benin drives dialogue on property tax reform in lower-income countries
16 December 2025

LoGRI conference in Cotonou, Benin drives dialogue on property tax reform in lower-income countries

The two-day event, themed “Frontier Issues, Evidence, and Reform Directions,” brought over 100 leading property tax experts, policymakers, and practitioners…
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ICTD at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development
26 June 2025

ICTD at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development

Members of the ICTD team will be in Seville to speak at events, launch a new initiative, and participate in…
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Announcing Giulia Mascagni as new ICTD Executive Director
28 June 2024

Announcing Giulia Mascagni as new ICTD Executive Director

We are delighted to announce Giulia Mascagni will be ICTD’s new Executive Director from 1st July 2024. Mascagni is taking…

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Wilson Prichard Leads Session on Revenue Systems at Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum
10 May 2024

Wilson Prichard Leads Session on Revenue Systems at Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum

Harvard University hosted its annual Harvard Ministerial Leadership Forum last month welcoming finance and economic planning ministers from Africa, the…

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High Net Worth Individuals calling to be taxed more at World Economic Forum, but how does this work in practice?
25 January 2024

High Net Worth Individuals calling to be taxed more at World Economic Forum, but how does this work in practice?

Underscoring the “dramatic rise of economic inequality,” more than 260 billionaires and millionaires recently called on global leaders to introduce…

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Can the UK’s new international development strategy support fairer and more effective taxation systems?
28 November 2023

Can the UK’s new international development strategy support fairer and more effective taxation systems?

Last week, the UK government published a new White Paper on International Development which sets out its approach to international…

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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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LoGRI at the World Bank Land Conference 2024

LoGRI at the World Bank Land Conference 2024

Virtual

13 May 2024 – 00:00

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Timezone: America/Detroit

LoGRI joins the World Bank’s Land Conference in Washington DC, May 13-17, 2024, hosting a panel session and team members presenting at the research session.
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Wilson Prichard quoted in Bloomberg Tax article
18 May 2020

Wilson Prichard quoted in Bloomberg Tax article

The ICTD’s CEO Wilson Prichard was interviewed for Bloomberg Tax’s article “Countries Seek New Revenue Sources to Pay for Virus…

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Wilson Prichard blog republished to African Arguments and AllAfrica
18 May 2020

Wilson Prichard blog republished to African Arguments and AllAfrica

ICTD CEO Wilson Prichard’s blog “To help respond to Covid-19, African governments should prioritise taxing the rich” was republished by…

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Taxing Africa makes Foreign Affairs' List of Best Books in 2019
29 December 2019

Taxing Africa makes Foreign Affairs’ List of Best Books in 2019

Our book, Taxing Africa, was selected as 1 of the 3 best books on Africa in 2019 by Foreign Affairs…

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Taxing Africa reviewed by Foreign Affairs magazine
11 March 2019

Taxing Africa reviewed by Foreign Affairs magazine

ICTD’s book “Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development” was reviewed by Nicolas van de Walle in Foreign Affairs’ January/February 2019…

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Taxing Africa excerpts published in AfricaFocus Bulletin
12 November 2018

Taxing Africa excerpts published in AfricaFocus Bulletin

Excerpts from chapter 5 of ICTD’s book Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development were published in the AfricaFocus Bulletin, released…

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Taxing Africa discussed in Daily Nation blog
22 October 2018

Taxing Africa discussed in Daily Nation blog

ICTD’s new book “Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development” was recently discussed in a Daily Nation blog by Tom Odhiambo…

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