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Findings from recent research based on Zambian administrative tax dataIn collaboration with the Research and Statistics Unit at the Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA ), UNU-WIDER organizes a dissemination workshop on two studies evaluating tax compliance in Zambia. This event allows all key stakeholders to acquaint...
Workshop
Author workshop on firms and taxation using micro data from Uganda
Working Paper
The role of social protection and tax policies in cushioning crisis impacts on income and poverty in low- and middle-income countries: A rapid scoping reviewIn the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, several countries enacted tax and social protection measures to help mitigate the economic hardship faced by individuals and households...
Social protection Taxation CrisisWebinar
Social protection and taxation in crises – How can tax-benefit systems support households through crisis?
Blog
New global estimates on profits in tax havens suggest the tax loss continues to riseThe world has been trying to curb profit shifting to tax havens for a decade, but consistent time series evaluating the impact of these reforms have been largely absent...
Profit shifting Illicit financial flows Domestic revenue mobilizationProject meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in TanzaniaAs part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER, the Tanzania Revenue Authority ( TRA ) and University of Dar es...
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the Global Development Conference 2022UNU-WIDER's research and capacity development programme on domestic revenue mobilization (DRM) is presented at the Global Development Conference, which takes place on 2-4 November in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
Working Paper
The effects of taxation on income inequality in sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper investigates the effects of taxation on income inequality in an unbalanced panel of 45 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 1980–2018...
Income inequality Taxation Regression analysisWorking Paper
Global profit shifting, 1975–2019This paper constructs time series of global profit shifting covering the 2015–19 period, during which major international efforts were implemented to curb profit shifting...
Profit shifting Multinational firms TaxationPresentation
SOUTHMOD research presented at the University of Helsinki9th Annual Conference for the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences & the Doctoral Programme in Political, Societal and Regional Change of the University of Helsinki is organized in hybrid format on 24-25 October 2022. UNU-WIDER Research...
Presentation
Tax administrative data work presented at Addis Tax Initiative East Africa workshopAmina Ebrahim , UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, gives a presentation at the Addis Tax Initiative ( ATI ) East Africa workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on 19 October 2022. The workshop is organized by ATI in collaboration with the African Tax Administration...
Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Uganda
Presentation
Caroline Schimanski on taxing multinational corporations in UgandaWorld Bank's hybrid conference on global tax equity is organized on 22-23 September 2022. Caroline Schimanski , a World Bank and African Development Bank consultant, gives a presentation on a WIDER Working Paper at the conference. The topic of...
Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in ZambiaAs part of the Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data project, a work-in-progress meeting is held in-person between UNU-WIDER, the Zambia Revenue Authority ( ZRA ) and Zambia Institute for Policy...
Workshop
African Tax Administration Forum Master Class in collaboration with UNU-WIDER