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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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How does profit shifting enable tax avoidance in developing countries?

Saugata Mittra
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Electronic invoice monitoring systems to improve tax compliance: Evidence from Pakistan

Adnan Khan, Anders Jensen, Hamza Afsar, Michael Best, Sher Afghan Asad, Zarnaab Ather
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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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Reforming the urban property tax in Punjab

Hina Shaikh, Sohaib Athar

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Hiring Do-Gooders or Go-Getters: Attracting talent to improve public service delivery

Oriana Bandiera, Julia Tobias

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Religion and health in early childhood: Evidence from South Asia

Elizabeth Brainerd, Nidhiya Menon

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Women’s empowerment and child malnutrition in rural India

Samuel Annim, Katsushi Imai, Veena Kulkarni, Raghav Gaiha

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Eliminating extreme poverty in Africa: The role of policies and global governance

Zorobabel Bicaba, Zuzana Brixiova, Mthuli Ncube

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Getting the most out of local government: Lessons from Uganda

Helen Dempster

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A missing target in the SDGs: Tax systems should not reduce the income of the poor

Nora Lustig

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Reinvigorating India’s manufacturing sector: Integrating the services value chain with Southeast Asia

Arpita Mukherjee, Tanu M. Goyal

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Can Zambia escape the clutches of the resource curse?

Herryman Moono

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