The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and associated containment measures are expected to cause far-reaching damage to economies around the world.
This paper was produced as part of the FCDO funded Centre for Tax Analysis in Developing Countries (TaxDev) project.
The coronavirus pandemic is first and foremost a public health crisis.
With ten years to go to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), attention is on mobilising domestic revenue to support governments in providing effective public services.
In this video, TaxDev Research Fellow Lucie Gadenne discusses research investigating the effects of tax policy on supplier networks in India.
In the UK, the IFS plays a leading role in informing the public debate and scrutinising government and opposition tax and spending policy decisions and proposals.
As in many high-income countries, developing countries often exempt or apply reduced rates of VAT to food and other goods and services in an effort to limit the impacts of VAT on poorer households'
As in many high income countries, VAT systems in low and middle income countries (LMICs) are often characterised by different tax treatments for different types of goods and services.
Low income countries typically raise less than 20% of their GDP from taxation, and this affects their ability to invest in human capital and infrastructure, foster equitable growth and reduce pover
This document outlines the four areas of research which will inform the development of our “cross-cutting” research agenda.
