Tax and Public Finance
Improved taxation is a key for developing countries to escape from aid or singular natural resource dependency.
Current projects
Completed projects
Strengthening Fragile States through Taxation (FRAGTAX)
Public services, security and the legacy of pre-colonial states in Uganda
Tax Compliance, VAT Revenues and Business Development in Tanzania (TaCoTa)
Norad Governance and Transparency Section: Theory of Change
TaxCapDev-network
Tanzania as a Future Petro-State: Prospects and Challenges
Mapping Tax Compliance Cost for Businesses in Africa
Taxation in fragile states
Experiences with Electronic Fiscal Devices (EFDs) in Tanzania
Tax evasion: a review of the literature
Taxing the urban boom in Tanzania: Interests, incentives and real estate in Dar
Electronic Sales Register Machines, Tax Enforcement and Tax outcomes
Revenue mobilization at sub-national levels in Sudan
International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
The political-economy of property tax collection in Tanzania
Peoples' views of taxation in Africa
Local government taxation and tax administration in Africa
The tax systems in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia: capacity and constraints
The Construction Transparency Initiative (CoST)
Linking procurement and political economy
The Basics of Integrity in Procurement. A Guidebook
Capital flight and the banking sector
Participation, representation and taxation in local governance in Angola
From curse to development: Natural resources, institutions and public revenues
The Political Economy of Natural Resource Management - Ghana and Nigeria
Building welfare
Improved taxation is a key for developing countries to escape from aid or singular natural resource dependency.
We study how governments in poor countries can raise financial resources in ways that enhance their effectiveness and political legitimacy. Through high quality, practically-oriented political economy research and communication activities, our research has informed reform agendas and policy debates on tax reforms in developing countries for decades.
We provide both empirical and theoretical insights and policy recommendations to governments, development agencies, private enterprises and civil society.
Our research and evaluation expertise:
- Tax compliance
- Taxation and governance
- Tax reform in natural resource rich countries
- Sub-national and informal sector taxation
- Intra-governmental fiscal relations
- International taxation and capital flows
- Tax and SDGs
Read the Tax Group's Annual Report 2023 here
Read about CMI's Research and Advisory Work on "Taxation and Public Finance Management in Tanzania 1993-2023" here