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Data, Statistics and Tools for Development-focused Public Finance

The increasing complexity of development challenges requires sophisticated data and statistical frameworks to inform public finance decisions and accelerate SDG progress.

The Impact of COVID-19 on Formal Firms: Lessons from Administrative Tax Data

Most low-income countries lack high-frequency firm-level data to monitor the effect of economic shocks in real time.

9th Zurich Conference on Public Finance in Developing Countries

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

Resource windfalls, public expenditures and local economies

This paper uses plausibly exogenous variation in the redistribution of natural resource tax revenues in Peru to study whether transfers to local gov

Announcement: François Gerard joins TaxDev as new Research Director

We are pleased to announce the appointment of François Gerard as TaxDev’s new Research Director.

Job announcement: Senior Technical Advisors

ODI is seeking applications for Senior Technical Advisors (STA) to work closely with TaxDev Country Economists and partners in country governments.

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.

African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) 2024 Environmental Tax Handbook

The ATAF Environmental Tax Handbook is a practical guide for policymakers seeking to use taxation as a tool for environmental protection and sustainable economic growth.

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.

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