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Government of Ghana implements major VAT reforms

On 1st January, the Government of Ghana implemented major reforms to its Value Added Tax (VAT) system, with a higher registration threshold and a rationalised structure to simplify compliance and i...

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Tax expenditures in the United Kingdom: An international perspective

This blog was originally published on taxexpenditures.org on 15 December 2025 ...

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Principles of taxation for mining operations in Uganda

This report was originally published on odi.org on 27 November 2025 ...

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When taxpayers see unfairness, they may stop paying their tax bill

This blog was originally published on voxdev.org on 16 September 2025 ...

Publication

Algorithms and bureaucrats: evidence from tax audit selection in Senegal

This Working Paper was originally published on worldbank.org on 5 September 2025 ...

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Firm networks and tax compliance: experimental evidence from Uganda

How do policy interventions diffuse through firm transaction networks?...

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Building fairer fiscal systems: principles and tools to design a holistic approach for closing gender gaps

This article is part of the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development compendium “...

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Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio has fallen, even as the country has got richer

This blog was originally published on blogs.lse.ac.uk on 11 September 2025 ...

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Why supporting domestic revenue mobilisation matters even more in an era of aid cuts – and how it could be improved

This blog was originally published on odi.org on 30 June 2025 ...

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7th World Bank / ODI Global / IFS Public Finance Conference

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Enlisting consumers in tax enforcement: a policy review

Over the last decades, governments worldwide have adopted incentive programmes that enlist consumers in tax enforcement efforts through monetary rewards....

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Effective tax rates, firm size and the global minimum tax

This paper documents new facts on corporate taxation and the revenue potential of corporate minimum taxes, leveraging firm-level tax returns from 16 countries....

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Electronic payment technology and tax compliance: evidence from Uruguay's financial inclusion reform

Does the digitization of transactions in an economy increase tax compliance?...

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Cash transfers and the local economy: evidence from Brazil

Cash transfers have been adopted worldwide and credited with significant reductions in poverty....

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