Research Theme

Financing for Development

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Key Resources

Report

Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research and Partnership

Policy Brief

The Tax Era of Development: Taxing Smarter for Equity, Growth, and Resilience

Max Gallien, Martin Hearson, Giulia Mascagni, Giovanni Occhiali, Daisy Ogembo, Vanessa van den Boogaard

Briefing

First Draft of the FfD4 Outcome Document: Recommendations on Domestic Public Resources

Policy Brief

Taxing the Wealthy in Lower-Income Countries: Why It’s Important, and How to Do It

Giovanni Occhiali, Giulia Mascagni, Wilson Prichard, Martin Hearson

Financing for Development Library

Report

Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research and Partnership

Policy Brief

The Tax Era of Development: Taxing Smarter for Equity, Growth, and Resilience

Max Gallien, Martin Hearson, Giulia Mascagni, Giovanni Occhiali, Daisy Ogembo, Vanessa van den Boogaard

Briefing

First Draft of the FfD4 Outcome Document: Recommendations on Domestic Public Resources

Policy Brief

Taxing the Wealthy in Lower-Income Countries: Why It’s Important, and How to Do It

Giovanni Occhiali, Giulia Mascagni, Wilson Prichard, Martin Hearson

Partner Publication

Taxing Informal Economies: Practices, Challenges & Ways Forward

Ezera Madzivanyika, Ronald Waiswa, Nthabiseng Debeila, Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard, Mary Abounabhan

Policy Brief

Getting Targets Right: How Much Revenue can Lower-Income Countries Raise?

Max Gallien, Adrienne Lees, Giulia Mascagni

Policy Brief

Towards Gender Equality in Tax and Fiscal Systems: Moving Beyond the Implicit-Explicit Bias Framework

Caren Grown, Giulia Mascagni

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

Policy Brief

What are ‘Tax Expenditures’ and How Big are Energy-Related Tax Expenditures?

Roel Dom, Neil McCulloch

27 May 2026

From real estate to crypto in Uganda: navigating tax policy in a changing world

Ian Kananura Mwesigye, Stephanie Alkoussa

In this interview, Ian Kananura Mwesigye, a 2018/19 alum of ICTD’s Research on Tax and Development course, reflects on his…

18 May 2026

The future of development starts with getting tax right

Giulia Mascagni

Taxation is a central part of a new era of development that has fiscal resilience, system change and people at…

24 April 2026

Why tax expenditure reporting is a missing link in financing for development

Alexandra Readhead, Agustín Redonda, Christian von Haldenwang, Giovanni Occhiali, Giulia Mascagni, Harshil Parekh

With aid budgets shrinking and debt vulnerabilities mounting, the $4 trillion governments forgo annually through exemptions, credits, and preferential rates…

29 July 2025

Financing development: Gains and gaps of the Sevilla conference

Regan McCort, Wilson Prichard, Moyo Arewa

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

28 April 2025

Why tax matters in fragile states and how donors can support it

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Fragile contexts are home to 24% of the world’s population (1.9 billion people), and three-quarters (73%) of the world’s extreme…

24 April 2025

With aid declining, FfD4 must include a concrete commitment to scale up investment in tax systems

Giulia Mascagni

I recently took part in the third high-level symposium of the UNDP’s Finance, Integrity and Governance Initiative with experts and…

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…

Multilateralism at a Crossroads

In person

4 June 2025 – 09:00

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Timezone: Europe/London

The Conduit, 6 Langley Street, London WC2H 9JA, UK

Multilateralism is facing significant challenges amid geopolitical shifts, rising nationalism, economic instability, unsustainable debt burdens, and sudden cuts to international aid budgets. However, given widening inequalities and the need for more inclusive and sustainable economies, the demand for effective international

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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Researcher

Celeste Scarpini

Researcher

Senior Research Fellow

Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax

Ezera Madzivanyika

Research Affiliate

Fabrizio Santoro

Senior Research Fellow

Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax

Giovanni Occhiali

Senior Research Fellow

Climate and Environmental Tax, Taxing High-Net-Worth Individuals

Giulia Mascagni

Executive Director

Gender and Tax, Tax Administration and Compliance

Research Director

Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax, International Tax

Mary Abounabhan

Researcher

Digital Public Infrastructure and Tax, Inclusive Digitalisation, DPI and Tax

Research Director

Informality and Tax, Tax, Conflict, and Fragility

Research Fellow & Publications Editor

Programme Director, LoGRI

Communications and Engagement Officer

Rhiannon McCluskey

Research Affiliate

Research Affiliate

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Senior Research Fellow

Gender and Tax, Informality and Tax, Tax, Conflict, and Fragility

Wilson Prichard

Associate Research Fellow, ICTD and Chair, LoGRI

Subnational and Property Tax

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