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Partnering for development
At UNU-WIDER, all our work is implemented through partnerships, collaboration, and co-creation. Through those connections, we make a meaningful...
Blog
Working together on the puzzle of peace: The role of partnerships
When the theme for the first WIDER Development Conference of 2022—peace, security, and conflict—was chosen some years ago, no one could have predicted...
Blog
SOUTHMOD family extended: Welcome to the three new Latin American teams
How would progressive income taxation affect income inequality in Bolivia? What are the costs and benefits of implementing a state pension in Colombia...
Blog
What determines tax revenues mobilization?
Tax revenues and political institutions placing constraints on the executive power may reinforce each other over time and this may also bring a shift...
Blog
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. The...
Working Paper
Constraints on the executive and tax revenues in the long run
We argue that tax revenues and political institutions placing constraints on the executive power may reinforce each other over time and so co-evolve in the long run. This may also bring a shift in the composition of revenues, from taxes levied on a...
Blog
Reforming taxation in Kenya to reduce debt distress
by
Clement Otindo
February 2024
Improving tax systems is important for multiple reasons. For Kenya, finding ways to mobilize domestic revenue streams is critical to cutting the...
Blog
Modelling to influence poverty and inequality in Zanzibar: Latest addition to the SOUTHMOD programme
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Anna Toppari
December 2023
ZANMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zanzibar, was launched in November 2023. The model will aid local authorities and researchers in...
Blog
How can developing countries deliver effective public financial planning?
In many less developed countries, there is little problem identifying the need for public investment in programmes aimed at improving things such as...
Blog
Oslo conference turns the spotlight on sustainable development financing
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Denise Wall
September 2023
With the deadline for achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals just seven years away, there is an increasing sense of urgency over the...
Blog
From tax data to inclusive policies: How collaboration can help
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Anna Toppari
September 2023
UNU-WIDER has worked for several years in collaboration with sub-Saharan African revenue authorities to facilitate the analysis of digital tax data...
Blog
Lessons for tax policy from the WIDER Development Conference in Oslo
The annual WIDER Development Conference held this year in Oslo concentrated on domestic revenue mobilization (DRM). The 2.5-day hybrid event...
Conference
Achieving Sustainable Development in the Least Developed Countries - LDC Future Forum
5 October 2021
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7 October 2021
Wanha Satama, online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Conference
CANCELLED: Global partnerships for sustainable development
26 June 2020
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27 June 2020
Scandic Marina Congress Center,
Katajanokanlaituri 6,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the Dialogue on Tax and SDGs conference
14 November 2023
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17 November 2023
Online,
New York,
United States
Past event
Workshop
First PERUMOD training and launch event
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at Universidad del Pacífico in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the first training and launch...
20 November 2023
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23 November 2023
Universidad del Pacífico,
Peru
Past event
About
ZANMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Zanzibar
ZANMOD model will be accessible for non-commercial research use in 2024.ZANMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zanzibar, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policy makers and researchers alike. It allows the user to analyse and...
Presentation
Tax administrative data work presented at Addis Tax Initiative East Africa follow-up meeting
Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow, presents and runs a training at the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) East Africa regional follow-up technical meeting on tax expenditures in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 6-8 December 2023. The regional meeting is...
6 December 2023
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8 December 2023
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
In the media
Findings from recent research based on Ugandan administrative tax data gather visibility in the local media
Research insights and policy recommendations presented in an in-person workshop organised on 15 November 2023 in Kampala gathered visibility in several Ugandan news outlets.
Workshop
Author workshop on firms and taxation using micro data from Uganda
8 February 2023
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9 February 2023
Online,
Uganda
Past event
Policy seminar
Findings from recent research based on Zambian administrative tax data
In 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...
1 March 2023
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
Stata data management training for revenue authorities
A new three day in-person Data management in Stata capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in Kampala, Uganda on 3-5 April 2023. Few people in revenue authorities have the skills to manage...
3 April 2023
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5 April 2023
Digital Den, Uganda Revenue Authority,
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
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
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21 April 2023
CIEM,
68 Phan Dinh Phung Street,
Hanoi,
Vietnam
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presentation 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
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16 June 2023
Radisson Red Oslo Økern,
Oslo,
Norway
Past event
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
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14 July 2023
Uganda Revenue Authority,
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER tax research presented at the CSAE Conference
The annual conference of the University of Oxford's Centre for the Study of African Economies is organised 19-21 March 2023 in Oxford, UK. This year the theme of the conference is Economic Development in Africa. UNU-WIDER Research Assistants Enrico...
19 March 2023
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21 March 2023
Oxford,
United Kingdom
Past event
Workshop
Structured Query Language (SQL) training for revenue authorities
A new three day online Introduction to SQL capacity development workshop is provided to the research staff of the Ugandan, Tanzanian and Zambian revenue authorities on 14-16 March 2023. Structured Query Language (SQL) is a domain-specific language...
14 March 2023
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16 March 2023
Online,
South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Tax and development workshop
26 April 2023
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27 April 2023
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Presentation
Jukka Pirttilä on social protection and taxation in times of crises
Helsinki Graduate School of Economics organises a weekly Development seminar series in Helsinki. On 6 April 2023 UNU-WIDER Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Jukka Pirttilä presents the work in progress on the topic of Social protection and taxation...
6 April 2023
Economicum,
Finland
Past event