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ICTD Update, Issue 14
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International Centre for Tax and Development
Widening the Debate on Tax and Development

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Tax and Development Short Course: Apply Now!

The ICTD and ATAF will be offering a short course on Tax and Development from the 15-18th of May in Tanzania. This is the perfect opportunity for non-specialists to learn about tax and development issues from top experts in the field. The course will cover the role of taxation in development, international taxation, subnational taxation, and the experience of African tax administrations. Places are limited, so apply now! 

Research Methods and Dissemination Workshop

The ICTD and ATAF are hosting a workshop on quantitative and qualitative research methods as well as publication and dissemination in Angola from May 10-12th. Africans who have a research paper on taxation in progress are invited to apply by March 20th to participate in this fully-funded learning opportunity. 

ICTD Staff Update

The ICTD is pleased to welcome several new members to our team! 
Alexander Ezenagu is a doctoral candidate in international tax law at McGill University and an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES) in Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. He will be conducting research on our 'Beyond BEPS' research project. 
Catherine Ngina Mutava is the Associate Director of the Strathmore Tax Research Centre in Nairobi. With a masters' in international tax law, and experience working for the International Bureau for Fiscal Documentation (IBFD) and KPMG, she will be conducting research on tax treaties for ICTD. 
Nicolas Orgeira has a masters in experimental economics and previously worked as a researcher with Innovations for Poverty Action in Ghana and Burkina Faso. He is now working as an ICTD Research Associate on tax perceptions and burdens in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 
Nyah Zebong wrote his Phd thesis on taxation of the extractive industries, and has extensive experience working on tax issues with the Ministry of Finance of Cameroon. He is now the Project Leader for ICTD's new African Property Tax Initiative - more on that soon! 
Research in Partnership with African Revenue Authorities
A new Summary Brief about ICTD's partnerships with the revenue authorities in Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Uganda explores how researchers and practitioners can work together to produce impactful research using administrative tax data. 

Recent Blogs

If you missed them, check out the blogs that have been posted since our last update!
Improving Natural Resource Taxation in Developing Countries
by Mike Durst 
Improving International Tax Dispute Settlement
by Sol Picciotto
Reducing Incentives for Fiscal Indiscipline at Nigeria's Subnational Level
by Eustace Uzor

Call for Papers: UNU-WIDER Conference

From July 5-6, the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research will host a conference on public economics for development in Maputo, Mozambique. The conference will examine the impacts of the public sector on the economy and the wellbeing of citizens and ways to improve tax and public spending policies with a view to identifying avenues for future research. Papers should be submitted by March 13. See the full details. 
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About Us
The ICTD is a global research network devoted to improving the quality of tax policy and administration in developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa. We are funded by the UK Aid from the UK Government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. We are keen to support and cooperate with organisations and revenue authorities in Africa in generating high-quality and policy-relevant research related to tax issues. 
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