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Tax and development workshop in the Ugandan media
The in-person Tax and development workshop in Kampala, Uganda held 26–27 April 2023, brought together researchers, tax experts and practitioners to exchange experiences on using administrative tax data in their respective countries for research purposes. The event was highlighted in several Ugandan media outlets.
The Tax and development workshop was attended by revenue authorities and researchers from Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Africa and from UNU-WIDER. The aim of the workshop was to enhance the South-South collaboration on the use of administrative tax data for research purposes. The event highlighted tax research findings from South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia in the scope of UNU-WIDER’s research project Building up efficient and fair tax systems – lessons based on administrative tax data.
The workshop and the research findings from different countries were covered in Ugandan tv channels and on newspapers:
- URA - UNU-WIDER Tax development conference (UBC TV)
- URA to borrow effective tax administration approaches from peers (NTV Uganda)
- URA to benchmark on revenue with other countries (NBS TV)
- URA leverages research to improve taxation in Uganda (Chimp Reports)
- URA to leverage ‘collaborative research’ to tap informal sector into tax net (PML Daily)
- Ekibiina ki United Nations Kilaze Obwennyamivu eri Abakulira Amawanga Agali ku Lukalu lwa Africa (BBS TV)