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Overseas Development Institute Institute for Fiscal Studies

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News

Survey of the Ghanaian Tax System

Ghana’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published an updated Survey of the Ghanaian Tax System, produced jointly with TaxDev researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (UK)....

News

Job announcement: Research Assistant

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) is seeking a Research Assistant to join the TaxDev team....

Blog

How Rwanda embedded tax expenditure reporting: 7 key lessons for practitioners

This blog was originally published on odi.org on 29 September 2024 ...

News

Ugandan Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development publishes tax expenditure report for 2022/23

In August 2024 the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) published its tax expenditure report for the fiscal year 2022/23....

Event

6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference | Driving Progress: Public Finance and Structural Transformation

This conference brought together leading researchers and policymakers to discuss recent research on the political economy of public finances....

Picture of workers looking at electricity pylons with details of the 6th World Bank/IFS/ODI Public Finance Conference

Blog

The problem with tax potential estimates – key considerations to develop sustainable tax systems

This blog was originally published on odi.org on 3 June 2024 ...

Publication

The financial inclusion agenda: Examining the role of conventional banks in deepening access to formal credit

We investigate the impact of banking system penetration on financial inclusion in Ghana....

Publication

Does the value-added tax add value? Lessons using administrative data from a diverse set of countries

The value-added tax (VAT) is a cornerstone of the modern tax system....

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