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Taxing Mobile Money in Africa: Risk and Reward

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

ICTD explored the impact of different approaches to DFS taxation in Africa through its DIGITAX programme, which ran from 2020 to 2024.

The Role of European Investment Bank (EIB) and National and Regional Development Banks in the Green Transformation

Published by: Springer

This chapter examines the important role that can be played by national and regional development banks in the green transformation. Our focus is on the European Investment Bank (EIB), but we argue that EIB’s effective mechanisms to fund the initiatives of the European Green Deal can be diffused worldwide to other regional and national banks, including in Latin America. Carbon shadow carbon pricing, green taxonomy, climate roadmap, and new instruments such as venture debt constitute experiences that can be drawn on by Latin American and other countries.

Technology and Tax: Adoption and Impacts of E-services in Rwanda

Many low-income countries are increasingly digitising their tax services, which can bring a range of benefits, from reducing...

Taxing Mobile Money in Kenya: Impact on Financial Inclusion

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Many people argue that mobile money has the potential to increase financial inclusion and improve the livelihoods of poor people in...

Technology and Tax: Adoption and Impacts of E-services in Rwanda

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Many low-income countries are increasingly digitising various tax services, usually motivated by efforts to increase efficiency and...

Investigating Initial Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence Across 59 Countries

Published by: Taylor and Francis

We conduct a review of different support measures adopted by 59 countries as an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic using an...

Using New Data to Support Tax Treaty Negotiation

Published by: World Bank

This paper introduces the new Tax Treaties Explorer dataset, developed with support from the World Bank and the G-24, and illustrates...

The Role of the EIB in the Green Transformation

This paper will first examine (in section II) the context in which the European Investment Bank, (EIB) needs to operate, given the major...

Matching Risks Instruments Development Banks

Published by: Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

This paper explores how development banks should deploy appropriate financial instruments to encourage real economic risk-taking while...

An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 Responses on MSMEs in the Informal Sector: Evidence from Commonwealth Countries in the Pacific

Published by: Commonwealth Secretariat

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to severe economic disruption, with the informal sector in Pacific Commonwealth countries...