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State assigned property rights and revenue collection in sub-Saharan AfricaAcross sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries there are striking differences in citizen willingness to pay taxes...
Fiscal capacity Building State Capabilities State capacityBlog
Fiscal states in developing economies: Why do they matter and where do they come from?Modern states are complex organizations which perform a broad range of functions. They have an important role in economic and human development...
Fiscal capacity State capacity Building State CapabilitiesBlog
Tax revenues and tax capacity in sub-Saharan AfricaAfrican countries raise lower amounts of tax as a share of national income (GDP) than other countries. Researchers are interested in understanding why this is the case...
Government tax revenue Government revenue domestic resource mobilizationWorkshop
Subnational governance in Ghana – does decentralization improve democratic outcomes?UNU-WIDER researchers in The state and statebuilding in the Global South — international and local interactions project attend an authors’ workshop at the London School of Economics . ( Download programme ). Rachel Gisselquist, Daniel...
Project workshop
COVID-19 impact and policy response across Indian StatesThe researchers under this component of The state and statebuilding in the Global South – international and local interactions project meet to discuss ongoing research on 'COVID-19 and the state —comparative experiences in the Global...
Project workshop
COVID-19 and the State —comparative experiences in the Global South
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Rachel Gisselquist at Finland's Development Policy Days 2021Rachel M. Gisselquist joins a panel discussion at the annual Development Policy Days event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. The event is held 9-10 November 2021 both online and at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki from 8:30 – 16:30...
Project workshop
Project workshop: Fiscal states – the origins and development implications
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Mozambique's difficult decade: Three lessons to inform next stepsAt the start of the last decade, Mozambique’s prospects looked stellar...
Foreign Direct Investment Foreign investments Natural resource managementAbout
Sub-national institutional performance across Ghana’s districts and regions – variation and causes
Ghana Institutional performance State capacity Presentation
How (not) to build state capability in developing countries
Project
The state and statebuilding in the Global South – international and local interactions
Theme: Transforming states
Building State Capabilities State capacity Aid effectivenessProject
How do effective states emerge?
Theme: Transforming states
Building State Capabilities State capacity Inclusive growthProject
Fiscal states – the origins and developmental implications
Theme: Transforming states
Fiscal capacity Taxation Building State CapabilitiesWorking Paper
Doing business in a deals world: The doubly false premise of rules reformThe World Bank’s Doing Business reports have evoked an intense policy debate about whether countries should simplify regulatory rules in order to stimulate investment and growth, or make them more stringent in order to achieve public policy obj...
Business Rules Building State CapabilitiesBlog
How (not) to build state capabilityEffective and capable states are essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
SDGs SDG16 Building State Capabilities