Request for research proposals
Research using administrative tax data from Uganda

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Submission deadline: 28 February 2025, 23:59 UTC+3.

Background

This Request for Research Proposals is part of the UNU-WIDER Tax research for development project under the Domestic Revenue Mobilization programme funded by Norad. The project aims to provide knowledge for better policymaking and inclusive development using administrative data. As part of this project, URA and UNU-WIDER have constructed several administrative tax data sets:  

• Annual presumptive tax data;
• Transaction-level trade data;
• Monthly pay-as-you-earn data; and,  
• An annual CIT firm panel  

The data, anonymized and available at the taxpayer or transaction level (depending on the dataset), are described in detail in Jouste et al. (2024), Tieu et al. (2023), Agaba et al. (2023), and McNabb et al. (2022), respectively.  

The project seeks proposals addressing policy-relevant research questions with a specific focus on the following objectives (the list is not exhaustive):

1. Research findings with a policy focus on tax administration
2. Insights into the impact of trade policies on the economy
3. Analyses relevant to international taxation, including tax incentives of multinational enterprises and transfer pricing
4. Economic research on corporate tax policies on investments, employment, capital/labour intensity and growth. 

Read the full announcement for more information.