Frida Kvamme
Research AssistentFrida Kvamme is a research assistant in the Research Group on Peace, Conflict and Development.
She is mainly working with practical and administrative assistance on the TaxCapDev/SkattJakt-network, which brings together Norwegian institutions and universities with TaxCapDev-projects. The goal of TaxCapDev is to create new knowledge on the challenges that tax havens and capital flows represent for developing countries. Her research interests include the interaction between political stability and international economy, especially illicit financial flows and the influence on developing countries.
Frida is currently a master student in Economics at the University of Oslo.
She holds a Bachelor's degree in International Studies from the University of Oslo.
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Taxation and tax reform in Africa
26.04.2019Lessons from and for Tanzania -
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Information worth killing for
02.04.2019What is the role of investigative journalism in unveiling financial secrecy? -
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Is taxation the new politics of development?
According to scholars in the field of development studies, taxation might be the missing piece to the puzzle of peace- and state-building. -
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BOOK: Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development
09.05.2018New book on Taxation in Africa by Mick Moore (ICTD), Wilson Prichard (ICTD) and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (CMI). -
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The challenges of illicit economies and financial flows
02.05.2018– 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? -
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REPORT: Building tax systems in fragile states
13.04.2018New report from the TaxCapDev network recommends nine entry points for Norwegian support to taxation in fragile states. -
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Book launch: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa
16.03.2018- How does the international tax system affect domestic revenue systems in Africa? New book from TaxCapDev Network launched in Norway -
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The challenge of taxation in African countries
18.10.2017Tax 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. -
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New book: Perspectives on international taxation and capital flight from Africa
12.10.2017New book from the TaxCapDev-network. -
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Global tax justice at crossroads
08.08.2017In a world of Trump and Brexit – who makes international tax policy? -
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How to stop illicit financial flows
26.05.2017Tax evasion and terror financing are among the issues that make up illicit financial flows. -
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New Study: Illicit Financial Flows in Developing Countries Large and Persistent
03.05.2017Illicit financial flows (IFF) from developing countries are increasing and the numbers are large; approximately 1 trillion US$ in outflows was estimated in 2014 alone. -
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Expanding the Hunt on Tax Evasion
15.03.2017The TaxCapDev network is extending this spring. -
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“Survival of the Richest”
21.12.2016New 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. -
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New Tax Haven in Nairobi?
13.12.2016Will 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? -
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Developing countries are worlds net creditors
07.12.2016Developing 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. -
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Lifting the Veil of Secrecy - Tax Havens and Developing countries
23.11.2016Tax 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.