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Why don’t governments collect more revenue? The answer is complex but here are some new insights
Lack of trust and cooperation may lead ministries to agree to unnecessarily low annual revenue collection targets for tax ...
Institute of Development Studies19hOpinion
Disability as an international development issue: an IDS perspective
It is often assumed that people with disabilities are a small minority group. However, the latest global estimates are that ...
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Key Considerations: Humanitarian Responses to Famine and War in Sudan
The Republic of Sudan is suffering a catastrophic famine. The entire country is in food crisis or food emergency. In July 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine ...
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Digital Public Infrastructure and Taxation in Africa – what have we learnt and what’s next?
Digital public infrastructure holds great potential in strengthening increasingly digitalised tax administration, but important questions persist on how to fully unlock this potential for governments ...
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Resistance to Clean Energy Transitions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
This rapid summary of evidence was prepared by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as a background briefing paper to inform a panel event and discussion: ‘Opposition and Resistance to Clean ...