Vanessa van den Boogaard
Research Fellow, International Centre for Tax and Development
at the University of Toronto and Institute of Development Studies
Peer-reviewed working papers
Peer Schouten, Max Gallien, Shalaka Thakur, Vanessa van den Boogaard, and Florian Weigand (2024) The politics of passage: Roadblocks, taxation and control in conflict. DIIS Roadblocks and Revenues Working Paper 1.
Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Michael Rogan, and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2024) The price of simplicity: Skewed and regressive taxation in Accra's informal sector. ICTD Working Paper 195.
Collete Nyirakamana, Vanessa van den Boogaard, and Warsame Ahmed (2024) Property-based taxation to finance urban development in Somaliland: Challenges and prospects for reform.
Anuradha Joshi, Jalia Kangave and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2024) Engendering taxation: A research and policy agenda, ICTD Working Paper 186.
Research summaries: Thread
Blogs: Taxes and fees in the informal sector shed new light on why engendering tax research matters
Max Gallien, Umair Javed and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2023) Between God, the people, and the state: Citizen conceptions of zakat, ICTD Working Paper 167.
Max Gallien, Umair Javed and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2023) Zakat, non-state welfare provision and redistribution in times of crisis: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic, ICTD Working Paper 163.
Research summaries: Research Brief
Media: Charity and the state (Dawn)
Max Gallien, Giovanni Occhiali and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2023) Catch them if you can: The politics and practice of a taxpayer registration exercise, ICTD Working paper 160.
Research summaries: Research Brief
Nana Akua Anyidoho, Max Gallien, Ghida Ismail, Florian Juergens-Grant, Mike Rogan and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2022) Tight tax net, loose safety net: Taxation and social protection in Accra's informal sector, WIEGO Working Paper 45.
Media: WIEGO Informal Economy podcast, Challenging Global Social Protection Orthodoxies (Episode 32)
Susana Araujo, Wajahat Afzal, Deepta Chopra, Max Gallien, Umair Javed, Salman Khan, Shandana Khan Mohmand, Maha Noor Qureshi, Shafaq Sohail and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2022) The distances that the Covid-19 pandemic magnified: Research on informality and the state, IDS Bulletin 53, 3: 111-128.
Max Gallien and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2021) Informality and the state: The politics of connection and disconnection during a global pandemic, IDS Working Paper 558.
Shanadana Khan Mohmand, Colin Anderson, Max Gallien, Tom Harrison, Anuradha Joshi, Miguel Loureiro, Giulia Mascagni, Giovanni Occhiali and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2021) Governance for building back better, IDS Bulletin 52,1: 163-180.
Policy reports and briefs
Max Gallien, Giulia Mascagni, Mick Moore, Giovanni Occhiali, Wilson Prichard, Fabrizio Santoro, Celeste Scarpini, and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2023) Why mass tax registration campaigns do not work/ Pourquoi les campagnes d'enregistrement fiscal de masse ne fonctionnent-elles pas?, ICTD Policy Brief 2.
Research summaries: Twitter thread
Max Gallien, Mick Moore, and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2021) Taxing the informal economy is not a silver bullet for financing development — or the Covid-19 recovery, ICTD Policy Brief 24.
Anuradha Joshi, Jalia Kangave, and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2020) Gender and tax policies in the Global South, K4D Knowledge for Development Helpdesk Report 814.
Vanessa van den Boogaard (2020) Equity implications of the co-provision of public education in Sierra Leone/ La cofinanciación de la educación pública: Implicancias para la equidad en Sierra Leona, NORRAG Special Issue No. 5 on Domestic Financing: Tax and Education,
Vanessa van den Boogaard and Wilson Prichard (2016) What have we learned about informal taxation in sub-Saharan Africa?, International Centre for Tax and Development Summary Brief 2.