📝 #Kenya's fiscal framework broadly supports climate action, but not always consistently. New ICTD research finds that competing socio-economic objectives and fragmented fiscal measures can weaken alignment between fiscal policy and climate goals. See ➡️ https://ow.ly/o2II50ZtV4A #ClimateFinance

Coherence of Kenya's Fiscal Policy with Climate Change Targets: an Analytical Review - ICTD

Examines the coherence of Kenya’s fiscal policy with national climate objectives through an analysis of climate-related fiscal measures.

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We're celebrating 15 years of research and partnerships and reflecting on the future of development finance ➡️https://ow.ly/mzkC50ZtI4M With the growing pressure to raise revenue and the challenges that come with it, more work needs to be done. Contact us if you're interested in collaborating 📧

Taxing Smarter: Advancing Reform Through Research and Partnership - ICTD

This report reflects what ICTD has learned over the past 15 years, and a look ahead to the questions that will define the role of taxation.

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📄 New research co-authored by ICTD's Frederik Heitmüller compares 12 major exporting countries and finds that remotely delivered services often do not quality for unilateral foreign tax credits. Read the analysis here ⬇️ https://ow.ly/8fs550ZqLHA #TaxExperts #UNTaxConvention #InternationalTax

📝 NEW BLOG: This new ICTD-GlobalDev piece by Kaijamahe Walter Hillary examines how Uganda's Baseline Education Census could help connect education, identity, and tax systems to support tax compliance and revenue mobilisation. Read it here ➡️ https://ow.ly/5lXP50ZqH9c #DigitalPublicInfrastructure

Nigeria doesn't simply adopt or reject international tax standards — it selectively evaluates, modifies, and sometimes rejects them where they conflict with domestic priorities. See what else Marie-Louise Aren's case study for ICTD's cross-country project ➡️ https://ow.ly/5u2250Zja52 #TaxExperts

Join us today for the launch of new research on checkpoints and revenue in conflict settings! From Myanmar to Colombia, findings explain how checkpoints shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts. 📆Today at 1pm UTC / 2pm BST/ 9am ET 🔗Online registration: https://ow.ly/9r6Y50ZfRNY

Hurry up and sign up now to join the discussion on the politics of passage 🚧 From Myanmar to Colombia, findings explain how checkpoints shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts. 📆Tomorrow at 1pm UTC / 2pm BST/ 9am ET 🔗Online registration: https://ow.ly/9r6Y50ZfRNY

From early transfer pricing rules to the relatively reluctant adoption of EOI standards, Ghana’s experience with international tax has been complex. Isaac Danso Agyiri shows why outcomes depend not just on adoption but on capacity, sequencing & policy choices ➡️ https://ow.ly/OHBP50Zhh4S #TaxPolicy

Peru offers an interesting case in looking at how non-OECD countries implement international tax standards. It successfully managed standards adoption by prioritising the country’s needs — but challenges persist. Read Katia Toledo Ruiz' study➡️ https://ow.ly/5y3S50ZfR7s #InternationalTax #TaxPolicy

📢 ICTD is hiring a Policy Engagement & Communications Specialist (consultancy) to support research uptake on tax and global development and engage policy audiences. 🔗 Details + how to apply: https://ow.ly/5zYz50ZfU95 #Tax #GlobalDev #PolicyEngagement #Comms

Consultancy opportunity: policy engagement and communications specialist on tax and global development - ICTD

ICTD is seeking a policy and communication specialist to develop and deliver strategic policy engagement activities.

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Join us for the launch of new research on checkpoints and revenue in conflict settings! From Myanmar to Colombia, findings explain how checkpoints shape governance and everyday life in conflict contexts. 📆Tuesday, 30 June 🕐1pm UTC / 2pm BST/ 9am ET 🔗Register now: https://ow.ly/9r6Y50ZfRNY

Signing up to international tax standards and making them work domestically are two very different things. Muzammal Rasheed's study of Pakistan for ICTD's cross-country project shows exactly why ➡️ https://ow.ly/1hA350ZcczQ 📸 mtcurado/iStock #TaxExperts #InternationalTax #Pakistan #TaxResearch

The countries with the least voice in setting international tax rules are often the ones most affected by cross-border tax challenges. Dan Ngabirano's case study of Uganda is part of our cross-country project that looks at lower-income countries' experience of such rules ➡️https://ow.ly/qmh450ZccSe

Implementation of International Tax Standards in Lower- and Middle-Income Countries: The Experience of Uganda - ICTD

The study assesses the suitability of international tax standards, especially around cross-border services taxation, in Uganda.

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How has Kenya navigated complexities of implementing global tax norms? Daisy Ogembo-Adongo finds that, while Kenya has made significant strides in modernising its tax framework, issues with resource constraints, inconsistency policymaking, and external dependcy persist ➡️ https://ow.ly/ZcP150Z9skG

Evaluating Kenya's Experience with International Tax Standards: Adoption, Suitability, and Effectiveness - ICTD

Analysis of Kenya’s experience in implementing international tax standards, focused on how it aligns global norms with domestic priorities.

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LICs are expected to implement int'l tax standards designed largely without them in mind. How is that going? ICTD's new cross-country project starts to answer that — starting with Zambia, where slow implementation is shaped by capacity gaps & unclear revenue incentives ⬇️ https://ow.ly/xuzv50Z8TWk

When Ian Kananura (2018/19 course alum) first began his career in real estate financing and construction, he didn't imagine his work would eventually lead him into cryptocurrency tax, AI, and policy reform. Ian talks about his journey and the role of in Africa’s future: https://ow.ly/v20z50Z64W7

From real estate to crypto in Uganda: navigating tax policy in a changing world - ICTD

Ian Kananura Mwesigye reflects on his career in Uganda and the growing importance of research-informed tax policy for Africa’s future.

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Last month, we launched a national taxpayer compliance survey in Eswatini, in close partnership with the Eswatini Revenue Service, aimed at building a clearer picture of taxpayer behaviour, compliance costs, and perceptions of the tax system. Details below 👇 https://ow.ly/1cW450Z53Fx #TaxResearch

National tax compliance survey launched in Eswatini - ICTD

ICTD and the Eswatini Revenue Service launch new taxpayer compliance survey, covering Manzini, Mbabane, Matsapha, Ezulwini and Nhlangano.

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Tobacco taxes: strong on revenue, strong on evidence -- and still underused across many lower-income countries. Check out our research to see what works and what doesn't 👉https://ow.ly/a4pr50Z53g5 #WorldNoTobaccoDay #TobaccoTax #TaxExperts #TaxPolicy

Explore our work on tobacco taxation

Increasing taxes on tobacco is the most effective way to curb consumption while also raising government revenue.

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📸 Last week, our founder, Mick Moore, joined friends and collaborators at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) to celebrate Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and his long contribution to tax research, including during his time as a senior research fellow at ICTD 👇 #TaxResearch #TaxExperts

Mandating e-filing and payment for large taxpayers in Senegal had little effect on compliance -- but it cut missing data by 90%, revealing formal employment is at least 20% larger than paper records suggested. Read it here ➡️ https://ow.ly/70sa50YY8Y7 #TaxExperts #TaxCompliance #Digitalisation

Pakistan's Federal Board of Revenue is using AI to monitor cement production in real time across every factory, 24/7. The logic: when all firms are monitored equally, the incentive to under-report shrinks. Read REMIT Pakistan's analysis ➡️ https://ow.ly/5n5X50YWxOl #TaxCompliance #Digitalisation

Using technology to encourage voluntary compliance: Digital Eye in Pakistan - ICTD

The Federal Board of Revenue is deploying new technologies to try and boost tax collections, and Digital Eye in Pakistan is leading the way.

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🏫 Sri Lanka's tax authority has been neglected for decades but ICTD's Mick Moore sees early signs of a turnaround: the first major staff recruitment in 20 years, improved VAT refund processing, and new coordination between the IRD and Customs. Read 👉 https://ow.ly/SHNG50YRxvu #TaxExperts

The IRD is finding its mojo - ICTD

Mick Moore blogs about recent developments in Sri Lanka's Inland Revenue Department, ofted regarded as bureaucratic and long neglected.

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🌍 In August, negotiators at #UNTaxConvention face tough talks on how new rules would impact the vast web of bilateral tax treaties already in force around the world. Read more: ow.ly/v49l50YwTFl #TaxExperts #InternationalTax #GlobalTaxGovernance

Tax treaties in spotlight as UN Tax Convention negotiations deepen - ICTD

News story on how bilateral tax treaties are being considered in negotiations for a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

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Pay up or pile up. That's the choice facing Conakry, Guinea, where just 44% of daily waste is collected — and the current system covers only 22% of its own costs. New ICTD research asks: can tax-based financing close the gap? ➡️ https://ow.ly/ZVSu50YveHl #TaxExperts #GlobalRecyclingDay

#BookRecommendations: Looking for a book to start this weekend? The women in the ICTD & Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) teams have curated a list of must-read books either about women or written by women➡️ https://ow.ly/O6jO50YsNka #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomenAuthors

🚺This International Women’s Day, we celebrate our colleagues and students! We are proud to announce that two of our early-career researchers, Adrienne Lees & Sripriya Iyengar Srivatsa, have successfully submitted their PhD theses. Read their story: https://ow.ly/i4nY50YrLlM #IWD2026 #TaxReseach

ICTD early-career researchers submit PhDs, advancing tax research in low-income countries - ICTD

ICTD is proud to announce that two of its early-career researchers have successfully submitted their PhD theses on tax systems.

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📈The number of women in parliaments globally has slowly but steadily increased over the years. In Uganda, this went from 2 women in 1962 ➡️189 women in the current parliament. Does this translate into more gender-focused tax policies? More➡️ https://ow.ly/q6e950YqthS #IWD2026 #InternationalWomensDay

Catch ODI Global's webinar next week to see what's the latest on the ongoing negotiations for protocol 1 (cross-border services taxation) under the #UNTaxConvention. ICTD's Frederik Heitmüller will join the panel of experts. 📅 March 17 | 14:00-15:30 GMT 👉 Register: https://ow.ly/x65j50Yq7EG

Webinar: Protocol 1 in focus - progress and the way forward - ICTD

This webinar will give you a clear picture of where things stand and what comes next on the UN Tax Convention Protocol 1.

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At ICTD, gender has always been a central pillar of our work. And this work is becoming much more urgent. For #IWD2026, We’ve selected 5 essential reads that explore the intersection between gender and tax ➡️ https://ow.ly/l1s650YqrAz #InternationalWomensDay #TaxResearch #TaxExperts #TaxReads

Five recommended reads on gender and tax for International Women’s Day 2026 - ICTD

For International Women's Day, we’ve selected five essential ICTD reads that explore the intersection between gender and tax.

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🚺This International Women's Day, we celebrate the insipiring women in our network! When people talk to colleagues who work on gender and tax, their reactions vary from confusion to curiosity. Jalia Kangave reflects on the realities of her work through poetry ➡️ https://ow.ly/75UM50YpAY5 #IWD2026