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Labourers work at a construction site of a road bridge in Lahore
Taxing effectively

Four ways in which technology and behavioural insights can improve tax collection in Pakistan

Hina Shaikh
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Cocoa farmer Ivory Coast
Taxing effectively

How does profit shifting enable tax avoidance in developing countries?

Saugata Mittra
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A man working for a forex bureau displays some Ugandan shilling notes
Taxing effectively

Drivers and implications of tax evasion in Uganda

Michael Best, Nada Eissa, Parijat Lal, Joseph Okello Ayo, Sandra Sequeira, Jakob Rauschendorfer
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Zambian students training
Taxing effectively

Zambia's debt crisis is affecting its ability to collect tax

Twivwe Siwale, Boyang Gong
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Blantyre Streets

Using technology to improve local revenue collection: Evidence from Malawi

Victoria Delbridge, Lennart Fleck, Dyson Jangia
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Taxing effectively

Why does Bangladesh tax so little?

Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Aminul Aman
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Why is Maharashtra's Average Income Five Times that of Bihar?

Areendam Chanda

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Harnessing Africa’s oil wealth: Lessons from Ghana

Rick van der Ploeg, Samuel Wills

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Road networks and enterprise performance in Ethiopia: Evidence from the road sector development programme

Admasu Shiferaw, Måns Söderbom, Eyerusalem Siba, Getnet Alemu

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Are economic conditions historically determined? Evidence from violence in Africa

Tim Besley

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Beating the addiction to dollars: Policy options for Tanzania

Pantaleo Kessy

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Can easier access to credit help lift Ghanaian farmers out of poverty?

Chris Udry

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Evaluating the effects of microfinance

International Growth Centre

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Financing Africa: New hopes and continuous challenges

Thorsten Beck

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Has the recent financial crisis had an impact on sub-Saharan Africa?

Nicolas Berman, Philippe Martin

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Should we believe the hype about adolescent girls?

Markus Goldstein

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Ideas for India

Research-based analysis and commentary on Indian growth and development to promote more evidence-based policy.

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A platform for economists, policymakers, practitioners, donors, the private sector and others interested in development to discuss key policy issues. Supported by the IGC, CEPR, and PEDL.