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What makes countries negotiate away their corporate tax base?Qualitative case studies suggest that the outcomes of tax treaty negotiations are determined by power politics and negotiating capability...
Developing countries Foreign Direct Investment TaxationWorking Paper
Global distribution of revenue loss from tax avoidance: Re-estimation and country resultsInternational corporate tax is an important source of government revenue, especially in lower-income countries...
corporate income tax International taxation tax avoidanceWorking Paper
Fiscal decentralization and the shadow economyIn this paper we use the new Government Revenue Dataset to analyse fiscal decentralization...
Taxation Decentralization Fiscal decentralizationWorking Paper
Estimating profit shifting in South Africa using firm-level tax returnsUsing the universe of South African corporate tax returns for 2009–14, we estimate profit- and debt-shifting responses in South Africa...
Developing countries International taxation Multinational firmsAbout
Photos - AL12Selection of images from the WIDER Annual Lecture 12.
Developing countries History (Economics) GDPPresentation
What works in education aid policy in developing countries? A systematic reviewPresentation
Seminar
The post-2015 development framework: Priorities for the least developed countriesConference participant, Finn Tarp, Director. For more information please see the Wilton Park event page here .
Lecture
The burden of external debt in developing countriesInvited Guest Lecturer, Imed Drine, Research Fellow at UNU-WIDER. Contact person: Tafor Prince Will, University of Jyväskylä...
Presentation
Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: Will the green shoots blossom?Social Protection in the form of conditional cash transfers, non-contributory social pension schemes or targeted workfare programs, have evolved in recent years in an increasing number of developing countries. Impact evaluations show that social...
Project
Experimental and non-experimental methods to study government performance: contributions and limitsTheme: Development finance
In recent years, field experiments using randomized trials have gained increasing popularity in the field of development economics. In particular, scholars have argued strongly for their use as the best means of identifying ‘what works’...
Field experiments Non-experimental methods GovernanceAnnual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 12 - Developing Countries in the World Economy: The Future in the Past?
Annual Lecture
WIDER Annual Lecture 11 - The Climate Change Challenge
Project
Health inequalities and developmentTheme: 2006-07
The purpose of this project was to investigate issues related to health inequality. Although health is an important indicator of overall wellbeing, it is only recently that research has focused on health inequality. This project brings forth issues...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being Health