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Ethiopia’s new investment incentive regulation explained

This month, Ethiopia’s new Investment Tax and Customs Duty Incentive Regulation (No. 586/2026) governing tax incentives for investors has come into effect. The key changes are:...

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Ghana publishes Medium-Term Revenue Strategy review

The Revenue Policy Division of Ghana’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published a short report summarising the country’s experience of producing its first Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) in 2023...

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Government of Ghana implements major VAT reforms

On 1st January, the Government of Ghana implemented major reforms to its Value Added Tax (VAT) system, with a higher registration threshold and a rationalised structure to simplify compliance and i...

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Tax expenditures in the United Kingdom: An international perspective

This blog was originally published on taxexpenditures.org on 15 December 2025 ...

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Principles of taxation for mining operations in Uganda

This report was originally published on odi.org on 27 November 2025 ...

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When taxpayers see unfairness, they may stop paying their tax bill

This blog was originally published on voxdev.org on 16 September 2025 ...

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Algorithms and bureaucrats: evidence from tax audit selection in Senegal

This Working Paper was originally published on worldbank.org on 5 September 2025 ...

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Firm networks and tax compliance: experimental evidence from Uganda

How do policy interventions diffuse through firm transaction networks?...

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Building fairer fiscal systems: principles and tools to design a holistic approach for closing gender gaps

This article is part of the Brookings Center for Sustainable Development compendium “...

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Ethiopia’s tax-to-GDP ratio has fallen, even as the country has got richer

This blog was originally published on blogs.lse.ac.uk on 11 September 2025 ...

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Enlisting consumers in tax enforcement: a policy review

Over the last decades, governments worldwide have adopted incentive programmes that enlist consumers in tax enforcement efforts through monetary rewards....

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