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Conference Paper / Presentation | 2018

Pre-colonial centralisation, fragility and state capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa

Merima Ali (2018)
Presented at: Presentated at the conference The New Politics of Development: Fragility, Taxation and State-building. Organised by the TaxCapDev-network, Oslo, 8-9 November 2018
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https://www.nupi.no/en/Events/2018/The-New-Politics-of-Development-Fragility-Taxation-and-State-building
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https://www.nupi.no/en/Events/2018/The-New-Politics-of-Development-Fragility-Taxation-and-State-building

Merima Ali

Affiliated Senior Researcher
  • merima.ali@cmi.no
  • Tax and Public Finance
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Tax
  • State capacity
  • Fragility

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Pre-colonial politics affects tax compliance in modern day Uganda

Merima Ali and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

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Pre-colonial centralization and tax compliance norms in contemporary Uganda

Merima Ali and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

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