Fabrizio Santoro

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Postdoctoral Fellow

Email

f.santoro@ids.ac.uk

Fabrizio is a Postdoctoral Fellow at IDS working with the International Centre for Tax and Development. He completed his doctorate in Economics at the University of Sussex.

He also works as an external consultant for the University of Sussex and the Danish Refugee Council. Prior to joining IDS, Fabrizio worked as a Research Associate at Innovations for Poverty Action in Myanmar, as a Trainee at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, and with BRAC in Uganda.

He has field experience in Rwanda and Swaziland. His main area of work is taxation and public finance, with a strong focus on evaluation of public policy and data analysis.

Languages: Italian (native) and English (fluent)

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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.

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Brief

Digital IDs and Digital Payments – Opportunities and Challenges for Tax Administration

ICTD Policy Brief 7

This policy brief speaks to the broader challenges of translating investments in DPI into improved development outcomes – and the potential for investments in strengthening digitalisation of tax systems to be a catalyst for digitalisation of the public sector more broadly.

Fabrizio Santoro & 2 others

12 April 2024

Brief

Explaining Informal Taxation and Revenue Generation: Evidence from south-central Somalia

ICTD Research in Brief 96

Most people in low-income countries contribute substantially to the financing of local public goods through informally generated revenue – that is, non-market payments that are not required or defined by state law and are enforced outside of the state legal system. However, very little is...

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Fabrizio Santoro

1 September 2023

Publication

Technology Evolution and Tax Compliance: Evidence from Rwanda

African Tax Administration Paper 30

Information technology (IT) has great potential to help increase taxpayer compliance and revenue collection. Despite the increasing use of IT solutions by African tax administrations, evidence on its effectiveness remains limited. In Rwanda, the Revenue Authority introduced a more advanced...

Naphtal Hakizimana

Fabrizio Santoro

1 September 2023

Working Paper

Explaining Informal Taxation and Revenue Generation: Evidence from south-central Somalia

ICTD Working Paper 118

Most people in low-income countries contribute substantially to the financing of local public goods through informal revenue generation (IRG). However, very little is known about how IRG works in practice. We produce novel evidence on the magnitude and regressivity of IRG and its relationship...

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Fabrizio Santoro

1 August 2023

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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....

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