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Revenue data like you’ve never seen it before
Introducing the GRD Explorer Let’s face it, data is important. It sits at the core of almost everything that we
Taxing Africa: Power, Politics, and Public Participation
Over the past decade, international attention has increasingly focused on the potential contribution of taxation to improved development outcomes. In
Can Wealth Taxation Work in Developing Countries?
Developed countries have recently begun considering wealth taxes to raise revenue and curb rising inequality. Should developing countries follow suit?
How do entrepreneurs in the poorest countries navigate taxes?
In low-income countries, small firms account for the majority of taxpayers (World Bank 2011). Yet we know little about how
China’s challenge to international tax rules
States are currently struggling to reach global agreement on the taxation of digital firms such as Apple and Google, suggesting
The APTI in Senegal: Accompanying the tax and land agency in improving property tax mobilisation
Property Tax Reform in Senegal In recent years there has been much focus in Africa on adopting forms of taxation
Tax Justice – How to integrate local experiences into an international campaign?
Cash on delivery for domestic resource mobilisation? Three key challenges
Nancy Lee from the Centre for Global Development (CGD) recently published a piece arguing for a “surge in support” for
The Land Use Charge controversy in Lagos: What lessons to learn?
Since the turn of the millennium, the Lagos State government has made no secret of its ambitious plans to become
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