Public finance and development: six things to read in December Insight | 6 December 2018 | Tom Hart Covering Africa’s rising debt; financing infrastructure; tax in Africa; spending in Latin America; targeting spending; and health budget reform. Read and comment
Africa’s rising debt Conference | 5 - 6 November 2018 This conference explores the challenges of keeping rising public debt in sub-Saharan Africa on a sustainable track. Find out more
Development policies and practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo Conference | 5 - 7 November 2018 This three day international conference in Kinshasa explores recent social science research on the DRC. Find out more
Africa's rising debt: how to avoid a new crisis Briefing papers | November 2018 | Shakira Mustapha and Annalisa Prizzon This paper offers an overview of the risks faced by sub-Saharan African countries as they try to keep their debt on a sustainable track. Downloads
Public finance and development: five things to read in October Insight | 30 October 2018 | Tom Hart Latest resources on efforts to tax the digital economy; tax reform in Zambia; public sector accounting standards; financing social protection, and more. Read and comment
How international financial institutions can be more effective on the ground Insight | 12 September 2018 | Annalisa Prizzon Putting governments in the driving seat and investing in inclusive partnerships is key to making country coordination platforms work. Read and comment
How to make ‘gender budgeting’ work in practice Insight | 20 August 2018 | Bryn Welham What does a realistic approach to gender budgeting look like? Read and comment
Public finance and development: four things to read in July Insight | 19 July 2018 | Mark Miller What Brexit and the NHS can teach us about the limits of fiscal transparency, and other recent must-reads in the public finance and development world. Read and comment
Reforming tax systems in the developing world: what can we learn from the past? Research reports and studies | June 2018 | Roel Dom and Mark Miller This paper summarises key academic ideas and policy debates on taxation and development. Downloads
Should donors pay taxes in the countries they support? Comment | 30 May 2018 | Iain Steel Is donors' insistence on taxation exemption good, bad or inconsequential for development outcomes? Read and comment
