How can donors strengthen tax systems in developing countries? By complementing their technical approach with measures to build a taxpayer culture, and challenging development countries to take the lead, says CMI researcher Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

The world economy has experienced an enormous growth the past 50 years. Yet the gap between the richest and the poorest countries has increased. ...

Executive summary How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation ...

Recent years have seen a growing interest among donors on taxation in developing countries. This reflects a concern for domestic revenue mobilisation ...

Recent years have seen a growing interest among donors on taxation in developing countries. This reflects a concern for domestic revenue mobilization ...

There is an ongoing debate in Bangladesh in civil society and among policymakers, whether the country should move from a highly centralised ...

Many low income countries face a trilemma with respect to taxation: (1) There is an urgent and obvious need for more revenues to enable resource ...

Legislation prohibiting foreign bribery has been enacted and enforced by several countries, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, ...

Many natural resource abundant countries have established sovereign wealth funds as part of their strategy of managing the resource wealth. ...

In 2010, a UN Resolution explicitly recognized the human right to water and sanitation (HRtWS). But has this international recognition improved ...

Fredskorpset, or FK Norway, is one of the instruments for Norwegian development aid support to civil society in developing countries. It promotes ...

To what extent should multinational corporations doing business in developing countries contribute to improving social conditions? Where should ...

This study analyses the link between social development and foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing countries. Previous empirical studies ...

This report examines Arab aid flows and aid policies, and contrasts them with the broad picture of Western practice in these areas. The lack ...

This paper analyzes the impact of liberalization of trade in producer services, focusing on financial services, telecommunications and transport. ...

This Brief reviews recent research on transition countries which suggests, conceptually and empirically, that lobbying is not only more prevalent ...

This article presents the results of a qualitative study of the uses and abuses of travel compensation in the state administrations of three ...

Limited fiscal capacity poses a significant challenge in developing countries. To mitigate this challenge, the adoption of electronic tax systems ...

The meeting of the Nordic Foreign Ministers in Stockholm on 18 April 2008 adopted a Plan of Action for Nordic Cooperation in Afghanistan to ...

While once considered solely a concern of law enforcement agencies; money laundering, tax evasion and secrecy jurisdictions are now perceived ...