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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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Using technology to improve local revenue collection: Evidence from Malawi

Victoria Delbridge, Lennart Fleck, Dyson Jangia
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Why does Bangladesh tax so little?

Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Aminul Aman
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Can Zambia escape the clutches of the resource curse?

Herryman Moono

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Citizens’ trust in local politicians and implications for good governance

Lata Gangadharan, Tarun Jain, Pushkar Maitra, Joseph Vecci

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Natural resources do not need to be a curse (Part 2 – Avoiding the resource curse)

Paul Collier, Caroline Laroche

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Zero-Draft proposal on Sustainable Development Goals falls short

Jonathan Leape

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Progress on poverty eradication
Eradicating extreme poverty in Bangladesh

Wahiduddin Mahmud

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Natural resources do not need to be a curse (Part 1 – Explaining the resource curse)

Paul Collier, Caroline Laroche

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Delivering sanitation in Kampala

Charles Beck

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Solving India’s sanitation puzzle

Sangita Vyas

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Cross-party involvement and reform in Pakistan

Hina Shaikh

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Cash: A simple remedy for domestic violence?

Johannes Haushofer, Catherine Thomas

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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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