Equity, incidence and social protection

9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries

9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries

December 16th-17th 2024, in Zurich, Switzerland

Cash Transfers and the Local Economy: Evidence from Brazil

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

Wage effects of means-tested transfers: Incidence implications of using firms as intermediaries

This paper shows that how countries disburse tax credits matters for economic incidence.

Ethiopia publishes its first National Medium-Term Revenue Strategy

In October 2024, the Government of Ethiopia published its first National Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (NMTRS), setting out a roadmap for reform of key elements of tax policy and administration for

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

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

Presentation: Gendered fiscal incidence analysis and tax-benefit microsimulation models: Overview, opportunities, and caveats

On Tuesday 10th September 2024, TaxDev researcher Laura Abramovsky, and Pia Rattenhuber from UNU-WIDER, jointly delivered a presentation on “Gendered fiscal incidence analysis and tax-benefit micro

Presentation: Taxing the rich

On Tuesday 3rd September 2024, TaxDev researcher Hazel Granger joined an expert panel to discuss how to tax the super-rich.

Look beyond the tampon tax: alternative solutions to close gender gaps

This blog was originally published on odi.org on 10 July 2024

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

Call for papers: 9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries

9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries

December 16th-17th 2024, in Zurich, Switzerland | Submission by July 8th, 2024.