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How have formal firms recovered from the pandemic?: Insights from survey and tax administrative data in ZambiaThis paper examines how formal firms have been impacted by and recovered from the pandemic by drawing on two distinct but complementary data sources...
Firms COVID-19 Tax administration dataWorkshop
MicroZAMOD retreat
In the media
SOUTHMOD Cash Plus dissemination event in the Zambian media
Zambia Tax-benefit microsimulation SDG17 About
Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons from ZambiaThis project analyses administrative tax data in Zambia to provide knowledge for better policy-making with respect to mobilizing public revenue for inclusive economic development. The project conducts new, policy-relevant research based on the...
Tax administration data Zambia SDG17Blog
An African in Africa: New perspectives on travelling for research
Working for an international organisation presents a host of challenges, given the vast nature of tasks that one must surmount in a fast paced and changing environment...
Zambia Ghana AfricaResults meeting
Microsimulation of agricultural policies in Zambia
Policy Brief
Working Paper
Towards greater poverty reduction in Zambia: Simulating potential Cash Plus reforms using MicroZAMODA large share of the population in Zambia is living below the national poverty line...
Poverty Zambia Social protectionPolicy seminar
Distributional Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zambia
Project workshop
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 was held online between UNU-WIDER, Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis & Research ( ZIPAR ) and...
News
Understanding taxpayer behaviour better – New data research collaboration in Zambia
Taxation Tax administration data Zambia Policy seminar
Cash Plus dissemination event
News
Press Release | New UN study reveals limited impact of tax and social protection policies in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
Africa SOUTHMOD Tax-benefit microsimulation Technical Note
Exploring the quality of income data in two South African household surveys which underpin SAMODThis note has set out several data processes that have been undertaken using the income data in dataset(s) that underpin SAMOD...
Tax-benefit microsimulation Income distribution South AfricaWorking Paper
Exploring the quality of income data in two African household surveys for the purpose of tax-benefit microsimulation modelling: Imputing employment income in Tanzania and ZambiaThe quality of data on employment income is explored using Tanzanian and Zambian household survey datasets. The extent of missing and implausible income data is assessed and four different methods are applied to impute missing or implausible values...
Income Imputation Microsimulation