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Discussing fairer approaches to taxing the informal sector
The first ATI–ICTD webinar on tax and informality brought together research, workers’ experiences, and The Gambia’s reform plans to discuss how taxing the informal sector can be done in a fair, transparent, and efficient way. On 30 September 2026, the International Centre for…
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When tax data travels, who protects the taxpayer?
Data shared through digital public infrastructure (DPI) can make tax administration more effective and compliance easier. By connecting tax data with information held by other agencies or the private sector – like payrolls, bank records, or property registers – tax authorities…
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ICTD hosts digital payments discussion at IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
Researchers from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) joined policymakers, researchers, and development partners in Bangkok this month, on the sidelines of this year’s IMF/World Bank Annual meetings. ICTD Senior Research Fellow Fabrizio Santoro, who co-leads…
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Max Gallien, Vanessa van den Boogaard pen letter to the editor at FT
Research Director Max Gallien and Senior Research Fellow Vanessa van den Boogaard, co-leads of ICTD’s Informality and Tax programme, wrote a letter to the editor of the Financial Times responding to a recent article about Africa’s urbanisation boom. “There is no question that…
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ICTD study on tax outreach and trust in Tanzania featured in The Conversation Africa
External authors Christopher Hoy and Revocatus Paul wrote about their recently published ICTD study, State Visibility and the Fiscal Contract: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania, for The Conversation Africa. It has since been syndicated across several local media outlets,…
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How research helped ICTD alum strengthen marine insurance implementation in Uganda
In 2022, Martha Marunga Murungi, working in financial investigation at the Uganda Revenue Authority, joined ICTD’s Research on Tax and Development course to strengthen her research skills and learn how to turn observations from her day-to-day work into evidence-based…
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Can Property Taxes Fund Africa’s Urban Future?
This Urban October, the Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI), an initiative of ICTD, releases a new video which discusses how African cities can strengthen property tax systems to finance sustainable urban development. In the coming decades, Africa’s population is…
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Adrienne Lees co-authors The Conversation Africa piece on VAT digtalisation in South Africa
ICTD Researcher Adrienne Lees, along with Amina Ebrahim, Ada Jansen, and Maria Jouste, published a piece at The Conversation Africa about the digitalisation of VAT payments in South Africa. The piece has since been syndicated across several local media outlets, including The…
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Daisy Ogembo pens op-ed for TechPolicy Press on digital payments in Africa
In an op-ed for TechPolicy Press, ICTD Senior Research Fellow Daisy Ogembo reflects on the risks and opportunities for tax collection via digital payments in the African context.
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What Bhutan’s GST rollout teaches small digitalising economies
On 1 January 2026, Bhutan introduced a 5% goods and services tax (GST), replacing its fragmented sales tax regime. Like value added tax (VAT), GST taxes consumption while allowing registered businesses to recover tax on eligible purchases. For a small, mountainous and…