Blog
Mozambique's difficult decade: Three lessons to inform next steps
At the start of the last decade, Mozambique’s prospects looked stellar. Following from the early 1990s, when peace finally arrived after a devastating...
Panel discussion
Rachel Gisselquist at Finland's Development Policy Days 2021
Rachel M. Gisselquist joins a panel discussion at the annual Development Policy Days event hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. The event is held 9-10 November 2021 both online and at Finlandia Hall, Helsinki from 8:30 – 16:30. Rachel...
Tue, 9 November 2021
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Wed, 10 November 2021
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
COVID-19 impact and policy response across Indian States
The researchers under this component of The state and statebuilding in the Global South – international and local interactions project meet to discuss ongoing research on 'COVID-19 and the state —comparative experiences in the Global South'...
Thu, 2 December 2021
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Fri, 3 December 2021
Online,
Finland
Past event
Project workshop
Project workshop: Fiscal states – the origins and development implications
Tue, 15 June 2021
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Tue, 22 June 2021
Online,
Helsinki,
Finland
Past event
Blog
Tax revenues and tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa
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Abrams M.E. Tagem, Oliver Morrissey
August 2022
African countries raise lower amounts of tax as a share of national income (GDP) than other countries. Researchers are interested in understanding why...
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...
Blog
State assigned property rights and revenue collection in sub-Saharan Africa
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Marina Nistotskaya, Michelle D'Arcy
August 2022
Across sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries there are striking differences in citizen willingness to pay taxes. For example, in Mali, Senegal, and...
Working Paper
Doing business in a deals world
The World Bank’s Doing Business reports have evoked an intense policy debate about whether countries should simplify regulatory rules in order to stimulate investment and growth, or make them more stringent in order to achieve public policy...
Blog
How (not) to build state capability
Effective and capable states are essential for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Such states can raise the necessary...
Workshop
Subnational governance in Ghana – does decentralization improve democratic outcomes?
UNU-WIDER researchers in The state and statebuilding in the Global South — international and local interactions project attend an authors’ workshop at the London School of Economics. ( Download programme). Rachel Gisselquist, Daniel Chachu, and...
Mon, 13 December 2021
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Tue, 14 December 2021
Online,
United Kingdom
Past event
Project workshop
COVID-19 and the State —comparative experiences in the Global South
Mon, 22 November 2021
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Tue, 23 November 2021
Online,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
How (not) to build state capability in developing countries
Mon, 20 January 2020
Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals ,
Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27,
Barcelona,
Spain
Past event