Peer-reviewed working papers


Anuradha Joshi, Jalia Kangave and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2024) Engendering taxation: A research and policy agenda, ICTD Working Paper 186. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies. 

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. Manchester, UK: WIEGO.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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. UK: Institute of Development Studies.

Colette Nyirakamana, Vanessa van den Boogaard, and Warsame Ahmed (2021) Land and property taxation to finance urban development in Somaliland, Sahamiye Foundation Report. Hargeisa, Somaliland: Sahamiye Foundation.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

Shandana Khan Mohamand, Colin Anderson, Max Gallien, Tom Harrison, Anurdaha Joshi, Miguel Loureiro, Giulia Mascagni, Giovanni Occhiali, and Vanessa van den Boogaard (2020) Governance and building back better, IDS Positioning Paper. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.

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, Network for International Policies and Cooperation in Education and Training.

Vamessa 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. Brighton, UK: Institute of Development Studies.