Social protection and transfers

Well-designed tax policy reforms are key to successful post-COVID fiscal consolidation in Africa

Given the massive impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public finances globally, it is little surprise that the IMF’s October 2021 forecasts of debt and debt servicing costs in sub-Saharan Africa are

Informal taxes and transfers in sub-Saharan Africa: a review and analysis of incidence in Rwanda

This paper profiles and analyses informal taxes and transfer payments made by households in Rwanda, and considers their incidence, scale and distributional effects on household welfa

Religious taxes and transfers in Pakistan

Analysing the fiscal incidence of religious taxes and transfers

What can surveys tell us about informal taxes and transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa?

What do household survey instruments include in their coverage of informal taxes and transfers?