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POLICY PAPERS
Nigeria’s Low Tax Collection and Poor Quality of Government Expenditure: Political and Administrative Impediments to Improvement
Festus O. Egwaikhide
December 11, 2019
This study examines the political and administrative barriers to domestic resource mobilization in Nigeria, whose tax ratios are significantly lower than those of neighboring countries.
CGD NOTES
Taxing “Bads”: An Overview of Research Initiatives
November 12, 2019
This note outlines the organizations and research initiatives currently addressing taxation of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages—the “bads”—to help navigate the landscape of existing research and identify gaps and opportunities for further work.
Blog Post
Strengthening Revenue Performance in Africa Requires Tough Political Decisions
October 31, 2019
Following the second roundtable held with African finance ministers and central bank governors, Sanjeev Gupta and Mark Plant explore tax concessions and the challenges of meeting the targets for domestic resource mobilization set under the Addis Ababa Action Agenda. 
Blog Post
Tax to Finance the SDGs, but Not to Undermine Them
July 01, 2019
Ahead of the Addis Tax Initiative conference in Berlin, we discuss the importance of considering equity in the discussions on improving domestic revenue mobilisation (DRM) and suggest recommendations for reform that would make tax systems more equitable.
Blog Post
Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization: What are the Real Obstacles?
April 30, 2019
At the Center for Global Development, we recently initiated a project to develop more effective and equitable strategies for domestic resource mobilization in low-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The impetus for the project is the Addis Ababa Action Agenda for financing d...
Blog Post
Time to Pay More Attention to Tax Expenditures?
August 01, 2018
It is time that donors and technical assistance providers turn their attention to tax concessions provided by developing countries struggling to raise more taxes from domestic sources. The granting of tax concessions is not only mostly opaque and prone to corruption, but these concessions are furthe...
Blog Post
Protecting Africa’s Development Gains from the Weather
July 25, 2018
Last week, the World Meteorological Organization announced Ethiopia as the location of its new Regional Office for Africa. The office will be hosted in the headquarters of Ethiopia’s National Meteorological Agency, a one billion birr complex expected to be constructed over the next few years t...