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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Oslo conference turns the spotlight on sustainable development financing
by
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...
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From tax data to inclusive policies: How collaboration can help
by
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...
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Lessons for tax policy from the WIDER Development Conference in Oslo
by
Abrams M.E. Tagem
October 2023
The annual WIDER Development Conference held this year in Oslo concentrated on domestic revenue mobilization (DRM). The 2.5-day hybrid event...
Presentation
UNU-WIDER DRM research presented at the 8th Annual Congress of the African Tax Research Network
Tue, 29 August 2023
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Thu, 31 August 2023
Johari Rotana Hotel,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
African Tax Administration Forum Master Class in collaboration with UNU-WIDER
African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) through its Tax Academy organizes a Tax Research Master Class workshop in collaboration with UNU-WIDER. The workshop is held at the African Tax Research Network (ATRN) 8th Annual Congress on 1 September 2023...
Fri, 1 September 2023
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Workshop
Findings from recent research using RWAMOD
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI) are organizing a stakeholder meeting on findings from recent...
Wed, 18 October 2023
Online,
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Workshop
Second RWAMOD training
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and the Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), are organizing the second in-person training workshop on...
Wed, 18 October 2023
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Fri, 20 October 2023
Kigali,
Rwanda
Past event
Webinar
Financial Benefit Sharing in the Energy Transition
UNU-WIDER and the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) host the sevent researchers’ seminar on Extractive industries: Taxation and revenues. This online seminar, themed Financial Benefit Sharing in the...
Thu, 16 November 2023
Online,
Netherlands
Past event
Policy seminar
Improved compliance and a renewed social contract for the SDGs
Fri, 10 November 2023
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
Policy seminar
Findings from recent research based on Ugandan administrative tax data
Wed, 15 November 2023
Hotel Protea by Marriott,
Elgon Terrace,
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at the Dialogue on Tax and SDGs conference
Tue, 14 November 2023
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Fri, 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...
Mon, 20 November 2023
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Thu, 23 November 2023
Universidad del Pacífico,
Peru
Past event
About
ZANMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Zanzibar
ZANMOD is freely accessible for non-commercial research use. You may request access to the model here. ZANMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Zanzibar, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policy makers and researchers alike. It...
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...
Wed, 6 December 2023
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Fri, 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
Sixth training on ECUAMOD
As part of the SOUTHMOD project, the national team at FLACSO in collaboration with UNU-WIDER and International Inequalities Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science organizes the sixth training event on the ECUAMOD model...
Mon, 31 July 2023
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Tue, 8 August 2023
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales FLACSO,
Quito,
Ecuador
Past event
Workshop
Second GHAMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national GHAMOD team and Institute for Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana UNU-WIDER organizes a 5-day GHAMOD training event, a capacity development initiative allowing participants to...
Mon, 28 August 2023
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Fri, 1 September 2023
ISSER,
Accra,
Ghana
Past event
Workshop
Third MOZMOD retreat
In collaboration with the national MOZMOD team, International Labour Organization (ILO) Mozambique, Ministry of Economic and Finance of Mozambique (MEF) and the Southern Africa for Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI), UNU-WIDER organizes a 3-day...
Tue, 22 August 2023
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Thu, 24 August 2023
Usahaka Hotel,
Maputo provincial,
Mozambique
Past event
Presentation
UNU-WIDER at IIPF Conference 2023
Mon, 14 August 2023
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Wed, 16 August 2023
Utah State University,
Logan,
United States
Past event
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 and the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) in Lusaka on 9-11 August 2023. The...
Wed, 9 August 2023
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Fri, 11 August 2023
Lusaka,
Zambia
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...
Thu, 6 April 2023
Economicum,
Finland
Past event
Workshop
ETMOD retreat
The third training event on ETMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Ethiopia, is organized as a five-day research retreat, intended to empower participants to use ETMOD to answer their own policy questions. The retreat is composed of two...
Mon, 15 May 2023
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Fri, 19 May 2023
Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Past event
Conference
Revving up revenue for development – the role of domestic resource mobilization
Wed, 6 September 2023
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Fri, 8 September 2023
Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel,
Holbergsgate 30, 166,
Oslo,
Norway
Past event
Project meeting
Work-in-progress meeting on tax research collaboration in Tanzania
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 and the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) in Dar es Salaam 8-12 May 2023. The...
Mon, 8 May 2023
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Fri, 12 May 2023
TRA,
Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania
Past event
About
COLMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Colombia
COLMOD is freely accessible for non-commercial research use. You may request access to the model here.COLMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for Colombia, is a highly versatile yet easy to use tool for policymakers and researchers alike. It...
About
PERUMOD – simulating tax and benefit policies for development in Peru
The PERUMOD model is freely accessible for non-commercial research use but input data has to be manually constructed. Access to the model and the Stata do-files necessary to produce the underpinning input data set for the model can be requested here...
Workshop
Author workshop on firms and taxation using micro data from Uganda
Wed, 8 February 2023
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Thu, 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...
Wed, 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...
Mon, 3 April 2023
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Wed, 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...
Mon, 17 April 2023
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Fri, 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...
Thu, 15 June 2023
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Fri, 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...
Mon, 10 July 2023
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Fri, 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...
Sun, 19 March 2023
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Tue, 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...
Tue, 14 March 2023
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Thu, 16 March 2023
Online,
South Africa
Past event
Seminar
Tax and development workshop
Wed, 26 April 2023
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Thu, 27 April 2023
Kampala,
Uganda
Past event
Presentation
Tax administrative data work presented at Addis Tax Initiative General Assembly
Amina Ebrahim, UNU-WIDER Research Fellow and Jonathan Msoni, Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) Economist give a presentation at the Addis Tax Initiative (ATI) General Assembly in Lusaka, Zambia on 22 June 2023. Amina Ebrahim and Jonathan Msoni are...
Thu, 22 June 2023
Lusaka,
Zambia
Past event
Workshop
Winter School research workshop
UNU-WIDER organised a Winter School on tax policy research in June-July 2022. In 8 June 2023, the participants of the Winter School come together for an online research workshop. The workshop aims to bring all the 27 participants together online, to...
Thu, 8 June 2023
Online,
Finland
Past event
Presentation
SOUTHMOD presented at the European Conference for African Studies 2023
University of Cologne hosts the European Conference for African Studies on 31 May - 3 June 2023. The topic of this year's conference is 'African Futures'. Raphael Macha, a collaborator of UNU-WIDER's SOUTHMOD project in Tanzania presents a paper on...
Sat, 3 June 2023
Neues Seminargebäude, Seminarraum 26,
Cologne,
Germany
Past event
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