Governments’ decisions to grant preferential tax treatments have a direct impact on their ability–or inability–to finance their sustainable development goals….

28 March 2025

Time for a broader, bolder approach to tax justice for women

Giulia Mascagni, Caren Grown, Rhiannon McCluskey

As policymakers gather to discuss gender and tax at the UN today, this blog draws on research to call for…

24 March 2025

Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection

Giovanni Occhiali

Wealthy Africans face lower effective tax rates than average citizens, replicating a trend already demonstrated for the relative tax burden…

29 January 2025

Effective and Equitable Formalisation within the Financing for Development Agenda

Max Gallien

Max Gallien argues for key changes to the draft text of the Financing for Development outcome document, given that dominant…

28 January 2025

Strengthening subnational taxation within the Financing for Development agenda

Wilson Prichard

Wilson Prichard argues that property taxes, as the backbone of local government finances, should be explicitly included in the Financing…

20 December 2024

Four priority areas for next year’s Financing for Development Conference

Rhiannon McCluskey

At a recent UN side event, experts outlined how the new financing for development proposals on can be strengthened for…

12 August 2026

Take part in public consultation on minimum standards for tax expenditure reporting

Giovanni Occhiali

The Coalition on Tax Expenditure Reform (COATE), co-founded by the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), has launched a…

27 July 2026

ICTD launches report on 15 years of research and the future of development finance

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) has officially released its major report, Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research…

27 May 2026

Fiscal sustainability through partnerships and evidence: insights from the Global Partnerships Conference

Giulia Mascagni, Yani Tyskerud, Alexandra Readhead

At the Global Partnerships Conference, experts and representatives from government and civil society argued that the future of development increasingly…

21 July 2025

Taxing Smarter: How Research Collaboration is Strengthening Tax Systems in Africa

Amidst growing fiscal pressures, rising debt service costs, and shrinking aid budgets, strengthening domestic resource mobilisation (DRM) has become an…

8 July 2025

The Financing for Development Conference is over, what now? – Reflections from experts

Max Gallien, Giulia Mascagni

The 4th International Financing for Development Conference concluded last week in Seville, with the focus now moving from the final…

1 July 2025

New Coalition to Drive Reform on Tax Expenditures launches at FFD4 in Seville

Giulia Mascagni, Giovanni Occhiali, Rhiannon McCluskey, Emilie Wilson

Five leading global research and policy organizations launched a coalition to accelerate reforms of tax expenditures through evidence-based research and…

A Roadmap for Fiscal Sustainability: Taxing Smarter for Growth and Equity | Global Partnerships Conference side event

Virtual

19 May 2026 – 15:05

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Timezone: Europe/London

Organised on the sidelines of the Global Partnerships Conference, our side event will provide practical lessons drawn from research on tax reform in lower-income countries.

Webinar: The Role of ODA in Strengthening the Capacity of Accountability Stakeholders for Domestic Revenue Mobilisation

Virtual

9 April 2026 – 13:00

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Timezone: Europe/London

This webinar, hosted by ATI’s Consultative Group 4, will look into the role of Official Development Assistance in building up the capacity of “accountability stakeholders” — including civil society, academia, and the media — around domestic revenue mobilisation.

Taxing Smarter after Aid: Accountability, Equity and Public Finance in a New Global Reality

Virtual

16 October 2025 – 15:30

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Timezone: America/New_York

Join the ICTD, Accountability Lab, and the TAI Collaborative during the IMF/WB Annual Meetings for an afternoon of discussion on pressing fiscal and fairness issues in the ‘tax era of development’.

FfD4 Side Event | From Insight to Impact: Harnessing Research Collaboration to Build Better Tax Systems

In person

3 July 2025 – 08:30

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Timezone: Europe/Madrid

Fibes, Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos, Avenida Alcalde Luis Uruñuela, Seville, Spain

On July 3rd, the ICTD will host a side event at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in Seville, Spain, in partnership with the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and ODI Global.