The centre for tax analysis in developing countries

Institute for Fiscal Studies

Research Projects

This page provides information about TaxDev's current research projects

Current projects

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Fuel and vehicle taxes in Africa

Why are fuel and vehicle taxes important?...

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World Personal Income Tax Database: extending the TaxDev employment income taxes dataset (EITD) to self-employment and capital income

This project aims to extend the TaxDev Employ...

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Building political coalitions for effective tax reform: Lessons from Uganda

This project explores how sufficiently influential political coalitions are built to pass and implement tax reforms, and what the implications are ...

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Attitudes toward social assistance in the developing world

Voters’ views towards social assistance...

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Tax audits do not deter tax evasion in developing countries

Tax evasion and resource misallocation: theory and evidence from Pakistan...

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Attacking tax evasion in production networks

Attacking tax evasion in production networks: theory and evidence from Paraguay...

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Carbon pricing and redistribution in low- and middle-income countries

Who would be most affected by carbon pricing in developing economies?...

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Exploring government spending in Brazil

State paralysis: the impacts of procurement risk on government effectiveness...

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Combining administrative databases to improve public procurement performance

Measuring and preventing waste in procurement spending...

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Exploring business-level taxes in Uganda

Exploring the relationship between the VAT and the Business Income Tax in Ugand...

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The distributional effect of environmental tax policy in developing countries

What is the distribution of environmental footprints from consumption across the globe?...

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The incidence of VAT with an informal sector

Who pays for VAT in the presence of an informal sector?...

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Effective taxation of the mining sector

Alternatives to income-based taxes for mining...

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Is VAT really neutral?

Do VAT rates affect the competitive behaviour of firms?<...

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