Kwabena Adu-Ababio

Research Assistant

Kwabena Adu-Ababio is a research assistant at UNU-WIDER, also pursuing a PhD at the University of Helsinki. His work at UNU-WIDER focuses on tax-benefit microsimulation models as well as Tax administration and organisation. His research interests include development economics, public economics, and applied microeconomics.

He has previously worked with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana conducting research in experimental designs and impact evaluations.

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Phone +358-(0)9-615 9911

Email adu-ababio@wider.unu.edu

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    Report
    SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.6

    This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs. It...

    Working Paper
    Estimating tax gaps in Zambia

    Assessing tax gaps—the difference between the potential and actual taxes raised—plays a vital role in achieving positive domestic revenue objectives through improved and reformed taxation. This is particularly pertinent for growth outcomes in...

    Working Paper
    Assessing the impact of an intervention to withhold value-added tax in Zambia

    Improving tax collection is essential if developing economies are to avoid over-reliance on external donor funds and loans. Revenue authorities in the Global South have recently adopted new policy tools to improve domestic revenue mobilization...

    Project meeting
    Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

    As 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 Analysis...

    14 September 2022
    ZRA, Lusaka, Zambia
    Past event
    Presentation
    UNU-WIDER's tax administrative data work presented at the launch of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Tax Systems Research
    1 September 2022 – 2 September 2022
    Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
    Past event
    Working Paper
    Microsimulation approaches to studying shocks and social protection in selected developing economies

    This paper calculates automatic stabilization in Ghana, South Africa, and Ecuador to explain income cushioning amid income and demand shocks. Fiscal policies within these countries are also stress tested to gauge welfare contingencies and insurance...

    Report
    SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.5

    This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and the database on which the model runs. It...

    Blog
    An African in Africa: New perspectives on travelling for research
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    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...

    Policy seminar
    Distributional Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zambia
    14 October 2021
    Sarovar Premiere Hotel, online, Lusaka, Zambia
    Past event
    Project workshop
    Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Zambia

    As 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 Zambia Revenue...

    12 October 2021
    Online, Lusaka, Zambia
    Past event
    Policy Brief
    Distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
    Policy Brief
    Distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
    Report
    SOUTHMOD country report Ghana - GHAMOD v2.3

    View the latest GHAMOD country report here. This report documents GHAMOD, the SOUTHMOD model developed for Ghana. The report describes the different tax-benefit policies in place, how the microsimulation model picks up these different provisions, and...

    Working Paper
    The mitigating role of tax and benefit rescue packages for poverty and inequality in Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

    This paper analyses the distributional effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and related tax-benefit measures in 2020 in a cross-country comparative perspective for five African countries: Ghana, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We first estimate...

    Technical Note
    Integration of indirect taxation to GHAMOD

    This note, with emphasis on VAT and excise taxes, illustrates how indirect taxes are modelled in the context of GHAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana. GHAMOD is similar to the EUROMOD base platform, and its built-in Statistics...

    Workshop
    Third training on GHAMOD – a tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ghana

    The third training on the use of GHAMOD, a tax-benefit microsimulation programme for Ghana, introduced participants to the latest version of the programme. Altogether 15 professionals and researchers working on tax and social protection issues in...

    9 March 2021 – 11 March 2021
    University of Ghana at Legon, Accra, Ghana
    Past event
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