Person

Giovanni Occhiali

Giovanni Occhiali

Research Fellow

Dr Giovanni Occhiali is a Development Economist for the International Centre for Tax and Development.

He works on a number of projects related to Tax Administration and Compliance, Tax and Governance and co-leads the ICTD’s teaching and learning program together with Dr Max Gallien. He is the research lead on the Climate and Environmental Tax programme

He holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham and prior to joining ICTD, he was a Researcher at the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and an Overseas Development Institute Fellow at the National Revenue Authority of Sierra Leone. His research focuses on Sub-Saharan Africa, and outside of the field of taxation his main interests are energy economics and industrial policies.

Languages: English and Italian (fluent)

Pronouns: He/him

Research

Project

Conceptualisation of Earmarked Taxes to Support Food Fortification

Food fortification is one of the most rapid, cost-effective, scalable and evidence-based impactful strategies to reach hundreds of millions to combat micronutrient malnutrition, when delivered as intended (Horton, 2006, Keats et al., 2019; Mbuya et al., 2020; Saha et al, 2021). However, the...

Centre

International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides research evidence that supports developing countries in raising domestic revenues equitably and sustainably, in a manner that is conducive to pro-poor economic growth and good governance.

Opinions

Opinion

Curbing environmental damage: taxation in Africa

How can environmental taxes increase the sustainability of economic growth in low-income countries? Environmental taxes can be defined as any tax imposed on a base with a proven negative impact on the environment – examples include import tariffs on plastic material, charges on traffic...

5 December 2023

Publications

Working Paper

Missing the Forest for the Trees: Ekiti State’s Quest for Forestry Revenue and its Impact on Forest Management

ICTD Working Paper; 170

Forests are important socio-economic assets in many low-income countries. However, they are often over-exploited as governments do not sufficiently valorise them, including by taxing them inefficiently. This is the case across Nigeria, where forest management and taxation has been effectively...

Michael Falade

1 August 2023

Giovanni Occhiali’s recent work

News

IDS-hosted ICTD launches new programme on Climate and Environmental Tax

The IDS-based International Centre for Tax and Development is thrilled to launch a new research programme on Climate and Environmental Tax. As the climate emergency worsens, our research aims to provide more evidence on what types of climate and environmental taxes are desirable for...

14 February 2023

Cluster

Governance

The Governance research cluster works across a number of thematic areas that are focused on ensuring citizens are represented and governed fairly in a world of changing state authorities. Our work critically examines public authority and the institutions, networks and politics that shape it....