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Tax-benefit microsimulation
Workshop
Second UGAMOD retreat

The fourth training event on UGAMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use UGAMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

10 July 2023 09:0014 July 2023 16:00
Uganda Revenue Authority, Kampala, Uganda
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at the LOTTE-Skatt conference

The tax-benefit model LOTTE-Skatt is a key tool of Norwegian tax policy decision-making. To mark its 50th anniversary Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Finance organise a conference in Oslo 15-16 June 2023. UNU-WIDER Research Associate...

15 June 2023 09:0016 June 2023 16:00
Radisson Red Oslo Økern, Oslo, Norway
Open for registration
Workshop
Second VNMOD retreat

The fifth training event on VNMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use VNMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

17 April 2023 09:0021 April 2023 16:00
CIEM, 68 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Blog
New country on the SOUTHMOD map: Meet our tax-benefit microsimulation team in Rwanda!

How can Global South countries improve their tax and social protection systems? One way is to take advantage of tools that help assess the impact of different policies...

Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policy Social protection
Blog
Teamwork and capacity strengthening to promote development: The case of Mozambique

Designing and implementing public policies requires caution to guarantee the best use of scarce resources, especially in middle- and lower-income countries...

Social protection Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policy
Working Paper
Tax–benefit responses in Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic

We analyse the social protection policy response to COVID-19 and its impact on household incomes in Uruguay during 2020 and 2021, based on static microsimulation methods...

COVID-19 Taxes Benefits
Presentation
MOZMOD work presented at the Mozambique Social Protection Week

The Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Action ( MGCAS ) organises a Social Protection theme week in Mozambique 21-27 November 2022. During the week, on 25 November, The Mozambican Ministry of Economy and Finance ( MEF ) with Internation Labour...

25 November 2022
Centro de Conferencias Joaquim Chissano, Maputo, Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD research presented at the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth conference

The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth ( IARIW ), in collaboration with the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics ( TNBS ), organizes a conference on Measuring Income, Wealth and Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa on 11-13...

11 November 202213 November 2022
Arusha International Conference Centre, Arusha, Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
TAZMOD retreat

The fifth training event on TAZMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Tanzania, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use TAZMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

7 November 202211 November 2022
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
GHAMOD retreat

In collaboration with the national GHAMOD team, Institute for Statistics, Social and Economic Research ( ISSER ) and UNU-WIDER organize a 5-day GHAMOD training event, a capacity development initiative allowing participants to get acquainted with the...

31 October 20224 November 2022
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
Past event
Workshop
Second training on ETMOD

This event will provide potential users of the ETMOD tax-benefit model with comprehensive training. As well as providing an overview of the model, the event will include a number of examples. Attendees will leave with an appreciation of how to...

19 October 202221 October 2022
UNECA Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Past event
Workshop
RWAMOD training

As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority ( RRA ), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and SASPRI , are organizing an in-person training workshop for technical staff of the Rwandan government institutions on...

18 October 202220 October 2022
Kigali, Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
UGAMOD retreat

The third training event on UGAMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Uganda, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use UGAMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

10 October 202214 October 2022
URA training centre, Kampala, Uganda
Past event
Blog
Lives can be improved when policymakers and researchers collaborate
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My motivation for doing economics research comes from the wish to see every human being have their basic needs met and enjoy their life. My interest is in public economics...

Public economics Tax policy Tax-benefit microsimulation
Journal Article
Income distribution and the potential of redistributive systems in Africa: A decomposition approach

Redistributive systems in Africa are still in their infancy but are expanding in order to finance increasing public spending...

Tax-benefit microsimulation Tax-benefit policy Microsimulation
Workshop
VNMOD retreat

The fourth training event on VNMOD , the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Viet Nam, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use VNMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...

25 July 202229 July 2022
CIEM, 68 Phan Dinh Phung Street, Hanoi, Vietnam
Past event
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