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Presentation/Lecture | May 2024

Dar es Salaam: International Policy Research Workshop

Espen Villanger,Magnus Hatlebakk,Vincent Somville,Viola Asri

CMI Report | 2021

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Ottar Mæstad, Jo Borghi, Farida Hassan, Eskindir Shumbullo Loha, John Maiba, Iddy Mayumana, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Peter Binyaruka

CMI Report | 2021

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

Peter Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Insight | 2021

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, George Hellar, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

Journal Article | 2021

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Josephine Borghi, Peter John Binyaruka, Iddy Mayumana, Siri Lange, Vincent Somville, Ottar Mæstad

BMJ Global Health

Journal Article | 2021

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Sosina Bezu Chiksa, Peter John Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Social Science and Medicine

Blog post | 2021

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen & Vincent Somville

Presentation/Lecture | 2020

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Presentation/Lecture | 2020

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Journal Article | 2020

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

World Development

Projects

Current projects

Sep 2021 - Dec 2025

Trust And Norms: voluntary tax compliance in Zanzibar And mainland Tanzania (TANZAN)

Jan 2021 - Jul 2025

Successful Advances in Fiscal ARchItecture (SAFARI): Evidence from a new tax in Zanzibar

Completed projects

Apr 2019 - Jun 2024

Tax Compliance, VAT Revenues and Business Development in Tanzania

Jul 2014 - Dec 2019

Tanzania as a Future Petro-State: Prospects and Challenges

Aug 2014 - Jul 2019

Performance-based financing of health services in Tanzania

Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

Life Skills in Non-Formal Contexts for Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

Experiences with Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) in Tanzania

Jan 2013 - Dec 2016

Saving Behaviour and the Introduction of Mobile Banking in India

Jan 2013 - Dec 2014

Girl Power - Economic Empowerment in Tanzania

Dec 2010 - Jun 2014

Gender of children, education and occupational choice in Nepal

Publications

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Journal Articles

Journal Article | 2021

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Sosina Bezu Chiksa, Peter John Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Social Science and Medicine

Journal Article | 2021

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Josephine Borghi, Peter John Binyaruka, Iddy Mayumana, Siri Lange, Vincent Somville, Ottar Mæstad

BMJ Global Health

Journal Article | 2020

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

World Development

Journal Article | 2018

Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal

François Libois and Vincent Somville

World Development

Journal Article | 2014

Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay

Jean-Philippe Platteau, Vincent Somville and Zaki Wahhaj

Journal of Development Economics

Journal Article | 2013

Facing misfortune: Expenditures on Magico-religious Powers for Cure and Protection in Benin

Philippe Lemay-Boucher, Joël Noret, Vincent Somville

Journal of African Economies

Book Chapters

Book Chapter | 2018

Reducing Early Pregnancy in Low-Income Countries

Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Amina Mohamed Maalim, Vincent Somville, Bertil Tungodden

Towards Gender Equity in Development

Reports

Report in External Series | 2018

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen and Vincent Somville

Report in External Series | 2015

Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

CMI Reports

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

Peter Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Ottar Mæstad, Jo Borghi, Farida Hassan, Eskindir Shumbullo Loha, John Maiba, Iddy Mayumana, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Peter Binyaruka

CMI Working Papers

CMI Working Paper | 2017

Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India

Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle

CMI Working Paper | 2016

Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India

Rahul Mehrotra, Vincent Somville, Lore vandewalle

CMI Working Paper | 2014

Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption

Ivar Kolstad, Arne Wiig, Vincent Somville

CMI Working Paper | 2014

Ungrateful children: migration intensity and remittances in Nepal

François Libois and Vincent Somville

CMI Working Paper | 2014

Fertility, household’s size and poverty in Nepal

François Libois and Vincent Somville

CMI Briefs

CMI Brief | 2017

Prospects for peace in a petro-state: Gas extraction and participation in violence in Tanzania

Andreas Stølan, Benjamin Engebretsen, Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Vincent Somville, Cornel Jahari, Kendra Dupuy

CMI Brief | 2017

Petroleum populism: How new resource endowments shape voter choices

Andreas Stølan, Benjamin Engebretsen, Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Vincent Somville, Cornel Jahari, Kendra Dupuy

CMI Insights

CMI Insight | 2021

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, George Hellar, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

Other Publications

Popular Dissemination | 2015

Switching from cash to account-based transfers triggers savings among the poor

Vincent Somville, Lore vandewalle

Popular Dissemination | 2015

Can bank account-based payments boost savings?

Vincent Somville, Lore vandewalle

Conference Papers/ Presentations

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2015

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2014

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Girl Power: Randomized trials in Tanzania

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay

Jean-Philippe Platteau, Vincent Somville and Zaki Wahhaj

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

La religion: un phénomène économique?

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Girl's Economic Empowerment: a randomized experiment in Tanzanian schools

Lars Ivar O. Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Tausi Kida, Linda Sekei, Vincent Somville, Bertil Tungodden

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

An Intra-household Model of Counter-Productive Aid

Jean-Marie Baland, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2013

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Thou shalt host dependents: fertility, household composition and poverty in Nepal

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Informal Savings and Intra-- Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Double, Double Toil and Trouble An Investigation on Occult Forces Expenditures in the Heartland of Voodoo

Joël Noret, Philippe Lemay-Boucher, Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Vincent Somville

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2012

Double, Double Toil and Trouble: An Investigation on Occult Forces Expenditures in the Heartland of Voodoo

Joël Noret, Philippe Lemay-Boucher, Vincent Somville

Blog posts

Blog post | 2021

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen & Vincent Somville

Summary

Contact

Economist focusing on informal finance and entrepreneurship.

Vincent is an Associate Professor of Economics at NHH Norwegian School of Economics. He specializes in development and experimental economics and is currently working in Tanzania on result-based financing of the health sector, on young people’s transition from school to the labor market and on tax reforms. Vincent got his Phd from Namur-Louvain in Belgium and he also worked as an expert in economic analysis and health policies to the Belgian Government and as a lecturer at the Louvain School of Management.

Most recent publications

Presentation/Lecture | May 2024

Dar es Salaam: International Policy Research Workshop

Espen Villanger,Magnus Hatlebakk,Vincent Somville,Viola Asri

CMI Report | 2021

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Ottar Mæstad, Jo Borghi, Farida Hassan, Eskindir Shumbullo Loha, John Maiba, Iddy Mayumana, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Peter Binyaruka

CMI Report | 2021

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Peter Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Report | 2021

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

Peter Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

CMI Insight | 2021

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, George Hellar, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

Journal Article | 2021

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Josephine Borghi, Peter John Binyaruka, Iddy Mayumana, Siri Lange, Vincent Somville, Ottar Mæstad

BMJ Global Health

Journal Article | 2021

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Sosina Bezu Chiksa, Peter John Binyaruka, Ottar Mæstad, Vincent Somville

Social Science and Medicine

Blog post | 2021

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen & Vincent Somville

Presentation/Lecture | 2020

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Presentation/Lecture | 2020

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

Ottar Mæstad, Peter John Binyaruka, Jo Borghi, Vincent Somville, Sarah Tobin, Farida Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Eskindir Loha Shumbullo

Journal Article | 2020

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen, Vincent Somville

World Development

Vincent Somville

Dar es Salaam: International Policy Research Workshop

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Fertility, household size and poverty in Nepal

Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay

Facing misfortune: Expenditures on Magico-religious Powers for Cure and Protection in Benin

Reducing Early Pregnancy in Low-Income Countries

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Saving by Default: Evidence from a Field Experiment in India

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Access to Formal Banking and Household Finances: Experimental Evidence from India

Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India

Devolutionary delusions? The effect of decentralization on corruption

Ungrateful children: migration intensity and remittances in Nepal

Fertility, household’s size and poverty in Nepal

Prospects for peace in a petro-state: Gas extraction and participation in violence in Tanzania

Petroleum populism: How new resource endowments shape voter choices

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Switching from cash to account-based transfers triggers savings among the poor

Can bank account-based payments boost savings?

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Saving by default: Evidence from a field experiment in rural India

Girl Power: Randomized trials in Tanzania

Elite Capture Through Information Distortion: A Theoretical Essay

La religion: un phénomène économique?

Girl's Economic Empowerment: a randomized experiment in Tanzanian schools

An Intra-household Model of Counter-Productive Aid

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Ungrateful Children - Theory and Evidence on old Age Support from Nepal

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Thou shalt host dependents: fertility, household composition and poverty in Nepal

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Informal Savings and Intra-­- Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Double, Double Toil and Trouble An Investigation on Occult Forces Expenditures in the Heartland of Voodoo

Informal Savings and Intra-Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin

Double, Double Toil and Trouble: An Investigation on Occult Forces Expenditures in the Heartland of Voodoo

Dar es Salaam: International Policy Research Workshop

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Contact

Economist focusing on informal finance and entrepreneurship.

Dar es Salaam: International Policy Research Workshop

Direct Financing of Health Facilities. Experiences from financing reforms in Tanzania.

Direct health facility financing in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #3

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #2.

Results-based financing in the health sector in Tanzania. Process evaluation. Phone Survey #1

VAT receipt lotteries: Can they increase tax revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Long-term effects of payment for performance on maternal and child health outcomes: evidence from Tanzania

Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania

Customers play an important role in shaping firms’ VAT compliance

Direct health financing in Tanzania (RBF and HBF-DHFF)

RBF / HBF-DHFF study. Preliminary findings

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania

Informal Savings and Intra-- Household Strategies: Theory & Evidence from Urban Benin