Taxation is the key to state-building and the pathway out of fragility. An important theme forming the basis for the TaxCapDev-network. 

The empowerment of chiefs during colonial rule fostered a legacy of corruption more potent than the formal legal system left behind by the colonisers.

Customs are often perceived as one of the most corrupt institutions in developing countries. Though difficult and complex, fighting corruption in customs is possible but requires an approach that is less centered on transposition of norms and practices from developed countries. 

A new webinar series featuring ongoing research and initiatives to strengthen domestic revenue mobilisation in developing countries, with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

Are the giant tech companies paying their fair share of taxes? Challenges facing African countries in the digital economy. 

States need revenue to function and an efficient tax system plays an important role. Can Norwegian development assistance contribute to this? 

Lessons from and for Tanzania 

What is the role of investigative journalism in unveiling financial secrecy? 

According to scholars in the field of development studies, taxation might be the missing piece to the puzzle of peace- and state-building.

What role do taxation and natural resource management have in Kurdish state-building?

How can transboundary collaboration on conservation and the management of natural resources transform a zone of war into more peaceful coexistence? The case of Uganda-Rwanda-DR Congo holds some promise.

Increasing attention has been given to the way tax regimes affect women’s lives. Not only is capital flight now considered in a human rights perspective, taxation policies are also becoming relevant for gender equality issues and women’s rights.

New book on Taxation in Africa by Mick Moore (ICTD), Wilson Prichard (ICTD) and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (CMI). 

– Illicit economies pitch the advantages of borderless transport, communications and financial flows against legal systems that remain bound by the confines of the Westphalian nation state. What to do? 

New report from the TaxCapDev network recommends nine entry points for Norwegian support to taxation in fragile states. 

- How does the international tax system affect domestic revenue systems in Africa? New book from TaxCapDev Network launched in Norway

New book from the TaxCapDev-network. 

Tax is the key to development, but African countries are facing several domestic as well as international challenges. What may be the solutions? This was the main question discussed among leading researchers at the plenary session in Bergen in August. 

In a world of Trump and Brexit – who makes international tax policy?  

Tax evasion and terror financing are among the issues that make up illicit financial flows. 

The TaxCapDev network is extending this spring.

New report evaluates Norway’s effort to curtail tax evasion: acceptable work in some areas, but completely fails in the field of tax treaties.  – Norwegian tax treaties are directly harmful to developing countries, according to the report from Eurodad.

Will the establishment of the new International Financial Centre in Nairobi (NIFC) be the key to the development of Kenya’s economy, or will it turn out to be just another tax haven?

Developing countries have effectively served as net-creditors to the rest of the world with tax havens playing a major role in the flight of unrecorded capital, according to a new report from research project in the SkattJakt -network.

Tax havens and developing countries – How do we curtail the increasing illicit financial flow from developing countries and which consequences do we see? Leading researchers and experts met in Bergen 21-22 November to discuss and present state-of-the-art research.