Administration, compliance and enforcement

Beyond aid: reflections on tax policy reform as a path to sustainable financing in Ethiopia

On 17 July 2026, TaxDev and the Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) co-organised a panel discussion, “Beyond Aid: Tax Policy Reforms as a Path to Sustainable Financing”, as part of the EEA’s 23rd

EEA panel discussion | Beyond aid: tax policy reform as a path to sustainable development financing

Background and rationale

Discretion versus algorithms: bureaucrats, tax equity and acceptability

We study how replacing bureaucrats’ discretion with algorithmic assessment affects the accuracy, equity, and public acceptance of tax decisions.

Introduction à l’évaluation des politiques fiscales

L’évaluation d’une politique est un processus qui permet aux décideurs politiques de mener des réflexions de manière critique aux objectifs et aux incidences d’une modification proposée d’une polit

Presentation | Sub-national funding arrangements and fiscal equalisation in the United Kingdom

On 27th January 2026, policymakers from Nigeria’s Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) gathered at Keble College - Oxford University for a workshop on Fiscal Federalism and

Kenya’s National Treasury engages stakeholders on Capital Gains Tax reforms, with support from TaxDev

The National Treasury held a stakeholders’ consultation workshop on reforming Capital Gains Tax (CGT) in February 2026, as policymakers weigh measures to improve equity, fairness, efficiency and re

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

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

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

Algorithms and bureaucrats: evidence from tax audit selection in Senegal

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

Firm networks and tax compliance: experimental evidence from Uganda

How do policy interventions diffuse through firm transaction networks?