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Gender
Within development there has been research, policy and practice which has offered an analysis of the impact of heteronormativity or challenged bad practice.
Nutrition
Lessons from a series of country-level case studies.
Nutrition
Research from Ethiopia and Bangladesh on the potential of nutrition sensitive interventions
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The relationship between FDI flows and tax revenues in Ethiopia: an evidence based on ARDL model with a structural break
M.T. Jeza, A.A. Hassen, G. Ramakrishna / Ethiopian Economic Association, 2016The study is an attempt to investigate the impact of FDI flows on tax revenues in Ethiopia both at aggregate and disaggregate tax revenue levels that include income tax, corporate tax, trade taxes and business profit tax.DocumentTo tax or not to tax: is that really the question? VAT, bank foreclosure sales, and the scope of exemptions for financial services in Ethiopia
T. Lencho / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2011The Ethiopian Value Added Tax of 2002 follows the standard approach of exempting financial services from VAT. Not all ‘financial services’ are, however, exempted from VAT. A number of services provided by the financial institutions are made taxable by the VAT laws of Ethiopia.DocumentIncome tax assignment under the Ethiopian Constitution: issues to worry about
T. Lencho / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2010The revenue provisions of the Ethiopian Constitution are striking on a number of levels. By and large, the revenue provisions do not evince conformity with what the theories of fiscal federalism generally prescribe in the area of assignment of revenue powers. In addition, the revenue provisions of the Ethiopian Constitution are more detailed than their counterparts elsewhere.DocumentNotes on the salient features of tax liens under Ethiopian law
K.M. Yilma / African Journals Online - AJOL, 2013Tax systems are continuously changing as countries align their tax systems with evolving economic, political, and administrative conditions. Ethiopia has also pursued this track of tax reform following the shift in the economic policy of the government. Since 2002, The Ethiopian tax reform has brought about significant changes to the enforcement aspect of the tax system.DocumentTax reform discourse and its implication on development: evidence from the VAT introduction in Ethiopia
M. Gashaw / Mekelle University, 2015The contemporary tax reform projects in the world, especially in developing and transition countries, are under the sway of international institutions, theories and experts influenced by developed countries. The repercussion of such tax reforms on development endeavours of a nation can be quizzed from different angles.DocumentProperty taxation and economic development: lessons from Rwanda and Ethiopia
T. Goodfellow / Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, 2016Property taxation sits at the middle of these issues and is increasingly emerging on the international development agenda, amid growing recognition that it is an underutilised source of revenue for state building and redistribution.Subscribe
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28 November 2017Every piece of research contains data whether qualitative or quantitative. How that data is derived and used varies from case to case. With increasing time pressures and a need to validate assumptions, there is growing concern that sound ethics are seen as a luxury but as a recent discussion at IDS concluded, good data ethics are essential if research is to have meaningful impact on lives.
What's new
11th June 2018
Launched today in partnership between the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is a new online platform, the Epidemic Response Anthropology Platform (ERAP2), building on the success of the
30th May 2018
Interested in working with the Knowledge, Impact and Policy team at the Institute of Development Studies, on projects like Eldis and others?
29th May 2018
While the African continent continues to face significant challenges in its fight against hunger and undernutrition, several African governments have increased their commitments in the fight against hunger and undernutrition.
28th March 2018
A new project from the Institute of Development Studies is looking for examples of where people are empowered to have their say in their economic future, whether in economic policymaking or grassroots economic alternatives – can you help?
27th March 2018
Following on from the successful first round of GODAN Action's free e-learning course on Open Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition, our friends at GODAN Action are pleased to re-open the applications for the second round.