Taxation, Property Rights and the Social Contract in Lagos
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Major taxation reforms over the past decade have been interpreted as facilitating the transformation of Lagos: once widely seen as a...
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Published by: ICTD and IDS
Major taxation reforms over the past decade have been interpreted as facilitating the transformation of Lagos: once widely seen as a...
Published by: ICTD and IDS
This ICTD Research in Brief is a two-page summary of ICTD Working Paper 73 by Tom Goodfellow and Olly Owen. This series is aimed at policy makers, tax administrators, fellow researchers and anyone else who is big on interest and short on time.
Published by: ICTD and IDS
Much contemporary economic growth in Africa is driven by urban service sectors including construction and real estate. This manifests in rapidly transforming landscapes and the proliferation of valuable property in the continent’s booming large cities, often accompanied by growing socio-economic inequality. In this context, improving systems for property taxation is an urgent and growing need – something that national and international policymakers increasingly recognise.