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Resources to enhance the exchange of tax knowledge in Nigeria
Taxation
Research focusing on challenges in increasing property tax revenues in Africa
Taxation
Resources on topics related to taxation in Ethiopia, ranging from tax policy to tax administration, and from academic papers to practical case studies
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Impact of climate change on rural livelihoods
T.G.B. Taginavulau, , M.H.K. Rudro / Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific, 2018Impacts of Climate Change on Rural Livelihoods in CIRDAP Member Countries – the Rural Development Report 2017 is the fourteenth of the CIRDAP biannual reports that explores the current status and future perspectives on how climate change may affect livelihoods of rural people in Asia and the Pacific region.DocumentFrom simple fixes to systemic enablers: The future of digital development
B. Ramalingam, B. Faith, K. Hernandez, P. Prieto Martin, T. Roberts / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017Advancing knowledge, shaping policy and inspiring practice on digital development is critical to achieving the Institute of Development Studies’ (IDS) vision of reducing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building secure and inclusive societies.DocumentSeeking accountability, nurturing empowerment: lessons from the BBOG’s movement in Nigeria
P.B. Dayil / Partnership for African Social and Governance Research, 2018Boko Haram’s brutal abduction of 276 secondary school girls from Chibok, Northeast Nigeria in April 2014 was the catalyst for the formation of the Bring Back Our Girls Movement (BBOG). The incident was just one among several violent and ruthless attacks executed by Boko Haram, an internationally prescribed terrorist group (see Table 1).DocumentProperty tax in African secondary cities: insights from the cases of Kisumu (Kenya) and M’Bour (Senegal)
L.R. Cirolia, J.C. Mizes / International Centre for Tax and Development, 2019This working paper adopts an urban lens on property tax. It focuses specifically on how property tax operates in two African secondary cities, Kisumu (Kenya) and M’Bour (Senegal). The paper identifies three factors shaping the low levels of property tax collection in the two case cities.DocumentSDGs, inclusive health and the path to Universal Health Coverage
G. Hashemi, H. Kuper, M. Wickenden / Disability and the Global South, 2017The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of goals designed to improve the social, economic and well-being of all, while maintaining global and environmental sustainability. Health is one of the 17 goals, and focuses not only on addressing morbidity and mortality, but also on improving access to healthcare services for all through Universal Health Coverage (UHC).DocumentEngaging the private sector in green infrastructure development and financing: a pathway toward building urban climate resilience
O. Scott, S. Fatoric, R. Merritt, V. Fulton Lee, D. Miley / United States Agency for International Development, 2018In 2050 it is expected that over 60 percent of the global population will live in urban areas, representing an increase of 2.5 billion people.Subscribe
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15 January 2019Next week, the great and the good will once again meet at Davos in Switzerland, for the 49th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. The forum programme speaks of the world being in a -
12 December 2018The goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) continues to gather momentum, six years on from its unanimous adoption at the United Nations General Assembly on 12th December 2012. -
8 May 2018This blog originally appeared on the Institute of Development Studies website.
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5th September 2018
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15th August 2018
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