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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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Residents line up
Taxing effectively

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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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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Why does Bangladesh tax so little?

Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Aminul Aman
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If we want the full benefit from resources; this is what we need

Paul Collier, Caroline Laroche

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Creating a nation-state, and an economy, in South Sudan

Daniel Bromley

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The value of democracy in the world's poorest region: Evidence from Kenya's road building

Ameet Morjaria

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Managing bureaucrats

Imran Rasul, Daniel Rogger

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Growth through exports: should governments intervene?

Eric Verhoogen

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Challenges in banking the rural poor: evidence from Kenya's western province

Pascaline Dupas, Jonathan Robinson, Anthony Keats

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Macroeconomic research in low-income countries: a conversation with Christopher Adam

Christopher Adam

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The costs of employment protection

Kala Krishna, Sean Dougherty, Veronica Frisancho

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Determinants of the exchange rate and policy implications for Zambia

International Growth Centre

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Helping India’s Informal Manufacturing Sector to Grow

Kunal Sen

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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.