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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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Rethinking climate finance to solve the sustainable urbanisation challenge

Jhora Dasgupta

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Construction of solar panel. Photo by Jon Strand/Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
Climate priorities in developing countries
How reforming energy systems can tackle climate risks: Evidence from Pakistan

Allegra Saggese

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Solar farm in Malakand, Pakistan. Photo by Green Voltaics Energy/Unsplash
The long-term welfare impacts of natural disasters: Evidence from Ugandan landslides

Travis Baseler, Jakob Hennig

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A woman stands and looks at a landslide site in eastern Uganda. Photo by ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images
Can the world afford an increase in Africa’s share of global emissions?

James Dzansi

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Africa
Peace or conflict? The impact of private investment in African countries

Tommaso Sonno, Davide Zufacchi

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Kenya
Industrialising Africa
Industrialising Africa: Why China’s investments matter for Africa

Linda Calabrese

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China
Industrialising Africa
Industrialising Africa: The transformative potential of infrastructure

Marco Sanfilippo

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Industrialising Africa
Industrialising Africa: The role of services

Ben Shepherd

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Industrialising Africa
Industrialising Africa: Anchoring climate adaptation and the AfCFTA

Jonathan Said, Kartik Akileswaran, Jonathan Mazumdar

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industrialization
Climate priorities in developing countries
Lessons for flood risk mitigation in Pakistan

Hina Shaikh

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

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