Project

International Centre for Tax and Development

The International Centre for Taxation and Development (ICTD) is a 5 year research programme consortium that began in November 2010 and will end in March 2016. It is co-funded by Norad (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) and DFID (the UK Department for International Development).

The programme will explore the links between taxation and good governance in developing countries with a regional focus on Anglophone and Francophone Africa. The resulting research will raise and intensify the debate about taxation globally amongst policy makers, practitioners, academia, the media and the general public. Our goal is to enable tax policy to be shaped with reference to evidence based research within developing countries and internationally; promoting accountable and responsive government, building state capacity and the state-citizen social contract and to encourage pro-poor equitable development.

Led by Chief Executive Officer Professor Mick Moore (Institute of Development Studies) and Research Directors Wilson Prichard (University of Toronto/IDS) and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad (Chr. Michelsen Institute) the consortium is a partnership between IDS, CERDI, the Institute of Security Studies South Africa and the Chr. Michelsen Institute Bergen.

The ICTD is also associated with a wide range of organisations:

For more information on the ICTD visit the ICTD website) or contact the Programme Manager Adam Randon

Recent work

Opinion

Ghana’s e-levy: 3 lessons from the abolished mobile money tax

The first budget speech of Ghana’s new government on 11 March painted a picture of an economy in crisis, facing high debt and fiscal mismanagement. The finance minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, acknowledged that key International Monetary Fund performance targets would be missed and announced...

Max Gallien
Max Gallien & 2 others

15 April 2025

Past Event

Time for a rethink of the tax identification number?

This event will highlight key insights from the forthcoming publication, co-produced by the World Bank and IDS-based International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), on tax identification numbers.

11 March 2025

Journal Article

The taxed informal economy: Fiscal burdens and inequality in Accra

We find that the majority of informal sector operators in this context pay a range of taxes and fees, which together amount to a significant burden, especially for low earners.

3 December 2024

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