Civil society engagement in tax reform Research reports and studies | September 2019 | Samuel Sharp, Stephanie Sweet and Alina Rocha Menocal This project seeks to develop understanding of the role that civil society organisations can play in domestic efforts to strengthen tax systems. Downloads
Civil society engagement in tax reform Projects | December 2018 to September 2019 This project seeks to develop understanding of the role that civil society organisations can play in domestic efforts to strengthen tax systems. Find out more
Why corruption thrives at the local level: insights from Bangladesh and Nigeria Comment | 3 May 2018 | Alina Rocha Menocal Anti-corruption efforts should pay closer attention to the need to build the coherence of government arrangements across different levels of governance. Read and comment
Local governance, decentralisation and anti-corruption in Bangladesh and Nigeria Research reports and studies | April 2018 | Hamish Nixon and Alina Rocha Menocal, Nieves Zúñiga, Debapriya Bhattacharya, Syed Muhtasim Fuad, Idayat Hassan, Kelechi C. Iwuamadi, Umme Shefa Rezbana and Shamsudeen Yusuf This report aims to deepen understandings of the links between decentralised governance and corruption in Bangladesh and Nigeria. Downloads
Commonwealth countries need to create 50,000 jobs every day for growing number of young people seeking work – new research Press release | 13 April 2018 Commonwealth countries need to create 50,000 jobs every day to provide work for the growing number of young people entering labour markets Find out more
Lake Chad Basin: An overlooked crisis Public event | 24 October 2017 15:00 - 16:30 BST Join us as we discuss the current humanitarian and development challenges in the Lake Chad region, the Boko Haram crisis and state-level coordination. Find out more
Local content policies and backward integration in Nigeria Research reports and studies | October 2017 | Neil McCulloch, Neil Balchin, Maximiliano Mendez-Parra and Kingsley Onyeka Nigeria has experienced rapid but low-quality growth over the past decade. Local content policies could be one way to help drive economic transformation. Downloads
Aid allocation within countries: does it go to areas left behind? Briefing papers | July 2017 | Romilly Greenhill and Harsh Desai Donors need to be working with governments more effectively to ensure a better distribution of resources in line with need. Downloads
Nigeria's economic transformation: good naira management can build competitiveness Briefing papers | February 2017 | Phyllis Papadavid Nigeria's economic growth is lagging. Currency devaluation could support economic transformation, diversification away from the oil sector and resilience to future shocks. Downloads
Shock-proofing in 2017: proactive reserve management in Nigeria and beyond Briefing papers | December 2016 | Phyllis Papadavid In a global environment of rising interest rates, rebuilding reserves will be an important means to increase resilience to shocks in 2017, especially for developing economies. Downloads
