Rhiannon McCluskey

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Communications and Impact Manager

Email

r.mccluskey@ids.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 (0)1273 915654

Rhiannon McCluskey is the Communications and Impact Manager with the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) and the Governance research cluster. Her research focuses on domestic resource mobilisation and social accountability in sub-Saharan Africa.

She has conducted research in Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Kenya to investigate the effectiveness of donor initiatives to build capacity in international taxation. Rhiannon holds a BA in Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science, and African Studies from the University of Toronto and an MA in Governance and Development from the Institute of Development Studies.

Languages: English and French (fluent)

ICTD Publications

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Opinion

Pandora’s box is open: What should lower-income countries do to tax the wealthy now?

As leaders from business, government and civil society from around the globe gather for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this week, the IDS co-hosted International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) considers how low-income countries could tax the wealthy more...

Rhiannon McCluskey

Giulia Mascagni

17 January 2023

Opinion

Pandora’s box is open: What should lower-income countries do to tax the wealthy now?

Giulia Mascagni

Rhiannon McCluskey

28 October 2021

Opinion

Tax and Accountability: How to strengthen the links?

Rhiannon McCluskey

David Pedley

9 July 2019

Opinion

Taxing plastic production: a solution to India’s plastic waste crisis?

With the plastic waste crisis gaining increasing attention, both developed and developing countries are under pressure to find solutions. Bans of single-use plastics have not succeeded in many cases. Could taxing plastic production be the answer? India’s plastic problem India generates...

Patrick Schröder & 3 others

28 May 2019

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Brief

The art of ‘bureaucraft’: Why and how bureaucrats respond to citizen voice

Making All Voices Count Research Briefing

Despite the recent increase of empirical research and conceptual development in transparency and accountability, much of this has been on the side of citizen action, looking at why and how citizens mobilise around accountability demands and at what makes their actions successful.

Anuradha Joshi

Rhiannon McCluskey

1 January 2018

Publication

ICTD Partnerships with African Revenue Authorities: Collaborating for Impactful Research

ICTD Summary Brief 8

This brief summarises the research projects conducted by the ICTD in partnership with each of the three revenue authorities and concludes with a set of principles for productive partnerships between researchers and practitioners in government agencies.

Rhiannon McCluskey

1 February 2017

Publication

Africa’s First Large-Scale Tax Experiment: Researching Compliance in Rwanda

Administrative data is incredibly valuable for research on taxation for several reasons.

Rhiannon McCluskey

1 December 2016

Publication

The Quest for Citizen-led Accountability: Looking into the state

This report highlights some key themes that are important in exploring the state side of the accountability equation. It shares insights from a workshop which brought together researchers, policy specialists and practitioners working in the field of accountable governance.

Rhiannon McCluskey

22 September 2016

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Past Event

Global Tax Governance at a Crossroads

Background A century since the League of Nations first began to discuss international taxation, global tax governance is at a major inflection point. This year provides an unprecedented opportunity to debate what is needed from institutional arrangements, as well as the subject matter of...

From 5 June 2023 until 7 June 2023

News

Conference to convene debate on the future of global tax governance

A century since the League of Nations first began to discuss international taxation, global tax governance has reached a critical juncture. As the OECD’s Inclusive Framework negotiations draw towards a conclusion, there is a sense that the decade-long experiment to reform international tax...

2 June 2023

News

African revenue authority researchers gather to share insights on driving evidence-based tax policy

The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) hosted a four-day workshop which brought together a group of partners from the research departments of the tax administrations of Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Held at the ICTD’s institutional base at...

12 April 2023

Press release

Researchers and policymakers to discuss tax collection for Sierra Leone’s development

On December 7 and 8, over 100 policymakers, researchers, members of civil society, and other stakeholders will gather at the Radisson Blu in Freetown for a conference on the topic of tax for development in Sierra Leone. The event is hosted by the International Centre for Tax and Development...

8 December 2022

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