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Research Fellow, International Centre for Tax and Development
at the University of Toronto and Institute of Development Studies
Policy reports and briefs
Policy reports and briefs
With Max Gallien, Eugénie Ribault and Michael Rogan (2025) ICTD Policy Brief 16.
With Max Gallien, Christopher Hoy, Hitomi Komatsu, Ceren Ozer and Michael Rogan (2025) ICTD Policy Brief 15.
With Max Gallien and Umair Javed (2025) ICTD Factsheet.
With Ezera Madzivanyika, Ronald Waiswa, Nthabiseng Debeila, Max Gallien and Mary Abounabhan (2024) ATAF-ICTD Policy Brief.
With Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, and Michael Rogan (2024) T20 Policy Brief.
With Colette Nyirakamana and Warsame Ahmed (2024) African Tax Administration Paper 37.
Research summaries: Research in brief
With Max Gallien, Giulia Mascagni, Mick Moore, Giovanni Occhiali, Wilson Prichard, Fabrizio Santoro, and Celeste Scarpini (2023) ICTD Policy Brief 2.
Version française: Pourquoi les campagnes d'enregistrement fiscal de masse ne fonctionnent-elles pas?
Research summaries: Twitter thread
With Max Gallien and Mick Moore (2021) ICTD Policy Brief 24.
Governance for building back better
With Shanadana Khan Mohmand, Colin Anderson, Max Gallien, Tom Harrison, Anuradha Joshi, Miguel Loureiro, Giulia Mascagni, and Giovanni Occhiali (2021) IDS Bulletin 52,1: 163-180.
Gender and tax policies in the Global South
With Anuradha Joshi and Jalia Kangave (2020) K4D Knowledge for Development Helpdesk Report 814.
Equity implications of the co-provision of public education in Sierra Leone
(2020) NORRAG Special Issue No. 5 on Domestic Financing: Tax and Education.
Versión en español: La cofinanciación de la educación pública: Implicancias para la equidad en Sierra Leona,
What have we learned about informal taxation in sub-Saharan Africa?
With Wilson Prichard (2016) ICTD Summary Brief 2.
Organized policy engagement conferences
Organized policy engagement conferences
Taxation of the informal sector in Ghana, co-hosted with WIEGO and ISSER. 26 February 2025, Accra.
Taxation of informal economies, co-hosted with WIEGO and ATAF. 18-21 February 2025, Akosombo.
Sierra Leone Tax for Development conference, co-hosted with ICTD, Budget Advocacy Network, National Revenue Authority, and Ministry of Finance. 7-8 December 2022, Freetown.
TV coverage: AYV TV ("Wake up Salone"), 4 December 2022; SLBC ("The Podium"), 6 December 2022; AYV TV, 6 December 2022; SLBC ("News round up") 9 December 2022; SLBC ("Report on tax for development conference"), 12 December 2022
Radio coverage: Radio Democracy ("Good Morning Salone"), 4 December 2022; AfriRadio 5 December 2022
Newspaper coverage: Politico, "Freetown hosts tax for development conference," Mabinty M. Kamara, 5 December 2022; Fritong Post, "Tax conference underway", 6 December 2022; Gleaner News Extra, "ICTD holds two days conference on improving tax policy", 8 December 2022; Freetown Daily Newspaper/ Standard Times, "Tax for development conference opens in Freetown", Mohamed Konneh, 8 December 2022; Owl Press, "Sierra Leone hosts Tax for Development conference in Freetown," Dauda Musa Bangura, 8 December 2022; Politico, "Tax court underway", 9 December 2022; Freetown Daily Newspaper/ Standard Times, "BAN ICTD ends tax for development conference", Mohammed Konneh, 10 December 2022; Politico SL, "Sierra Leone announces the setting-up of a tax court", Ruth Yeabu Sesay, 10 December 2022; The Calabash, "Tax for development conference organized by BAN/ ICTD ends in Freetown," Amin Kef, 12 December 2022; Mano Reporters, "Sierra Leone: Conference on taxation ends with calls for equity in tax system", Kemo Cham, 13 December 2022; Concord Times, "BAN, ICTD, NRA hold tax for development conference," Hassan Gbassay Koroma, 15 December 2022.
Policy and stakeholder engagement
Policy and stakeholder engagement
"The taxed informal economy." World Bank Bridge the Gap: Revenue Mobilization in Emerging Market and Developing Economies, 30 April 2025 (Washington, DC).
FCDO Somalia, March 2025 (virtual)
"Building More Equitable Tax Systems: Strategies and Priorities for FfD4." Financing for Development PrepCom, 2 December 2024 (New York).
"Tax obsessions: Taxpayer registration and the informal sector." GIZ, 5 February 2024 (virutal).
"Building trust to strengthen tax compliance." UNDP Dialogue on Tax for SDGs, 13-17 November 2023 (New York). In the linked video, presentation begins at 4:44:00.
Reporting on Addis Tax Initiative panel
"Advancing gender equality through tax policy." UNDP Dialogue on Tax for SDGs, 13-17 November 2023 (New York). In the linked video, panel begins at 0:06:30.
"Gender, taxation and informality: A view from lower income countries." Webinaire de la Plateforme française d'échange et de coordination interministérielle sur la mobilisation des ressources intérieures publiques, 26 September 2023 (virtual).
"Taxing the informal economy: Policy, evidence and lessons for the future." OECD, WIEGO, ISSER, and ICTD, 4 April 2023 (virtual).
"Approaches to improve tax compliance in the informal sector." Nigerian State Internal Revenue Services and the African Centre for Tax and Governance, 21 February 2023 (Abuja)
"Taxer l'informalité: Expériences mondiales et pertinence pour l'Algérie". Algerian Ministry of Finance, 16 November 2022 (virtual).
"Customs' role in state building in fragile and conflict-affected situations" (discussant). World Bank Global Tax Umbrella Program, 24 October 2022 (virtual).
"Mobile money taxation and informal workers: Evidence from Ghana's E-levy." Digital Financial Services and Tax Working Group, 4 October 2022 (virtual). With Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, and Mike Rogan.
"Revenue policy and institutions: Institutional and technical perspectives" (discussant). IMF Fiscal Affairs Department Technical Workshop on Gender and Fiscal Issues, 21 September 2022 (Washington, DC).
"Somalia 101: Statebuilding and tax collection in Somalia." United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Somalia 101 seminar series, 16 November 2021 (virtual).
"The informal sector and informal taxes." FCDO Tax and Development seminar series, 14 July 2021 (virtual).
"Equity implications of the co-provision of public education in Sierra Leone". NORRAG Domestic Financing: Tax and Education launch event, 23 November 2020 (virtual).
"Tax, gender, and Covid-19". African Tax Administration Forum 4th High-Level Tax Policy Dialogue, 27 August 2020 (virtual). In the linked video, panel begins at 2:14:00; presentation begins at 2:32:00.
"Do poor people pay tax? How public goods and services are actually financed in Africa?" United Kingdom Department for International Development internal seminar, 3 June 2019 (London).
"Gender, taxation and development: Building fair, equitable and accountable tax systems in low-income countries". Global Affairs Canada internal seminar, 2019 (Ottawa). With Wilson Prichard.
"Gender and informal systems of local public finance in Sierra Leone." United Nations Commission on the Status of Women's 63rd session, 2019 (New York).
"The effect of taxation on social mobilization and democratic governance". Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa Symposium, 2018 (Johannesburg).
"Progressive taxation: Overview of research findings and implications for civil society engagement". ICTD and Action Aid workshop, 2016 (Inhambane).
"Methodological challenges of researching tax and gender". ICTD Tax and Gender Colloquium, 2016 (Accra).
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