Brief

Can ICTs Increase Tax? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

ICTD Research in Brief 22

This ICTD Research in Brief is a two-page summary of ICTD Working Paper 82 by Giulia Mascagni, Andualem Mengistu, and Firew Woldeyes. This series is aimed at policy makers, tax administrators, fellow researchers and anyone else who is big on interest and short on time. African tax...

Giulia Mascagni & 2 others

6 June 2019

Working Paper

Can ICTs Increase Tax? Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia

ICTD Working Paper 82

The widespread introduction of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and digitalised data management systems is one of the most important developments among African tax administrations in recent years. However, very little evidence is available on their effectiveness in practice, and...

Giulia Mascagni & 2 others

2 July 2018

Publication

Information Technology and Fiscal Capacity in a Developing Country: Evidence from Ethiopia

ICTD Working Paper 31

Governments in developing countries are typically constrained by a limited fiscal capacity to finance the provision of essential public goods – a constraint that has been cited as one of the fundamental challenges to economic development. Several developing countries haverecently implemented...

Firew Woldeyes & 2 others

1 January 2015