TaxCapDev

A network of Norwegian research institutions and university departments doing research on tax havens, capital flight and developing countries.

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Program for day 2 of our #TaxCapDev-conference!

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Lusekelo Kasongwa from Mzumbe University in #Tanzania is the last presenter in today’s first panel

Kasongwa presents his and Joseph Kiria’s research from Tanzania on electricity-linked property taxation role for revenue generation

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Second presenter out on the panel on property taxation in practice is Viljar Haavik from @nupinytt

Haavik presents his and @wakhab_cisse’s findings from their study on tax bargaining and the social contract based om their fieldwork in #Bamako, #Mali

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@JonathanWeigel is the first presenter out, on panel 1 of Day 2

Through his research on property #tax compliance in the D.R. Congo, Weigel explores the link between tax compliance and state legitimacy

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First panel of Day 2: “Taxing the Urban Boom: Property Taxation in Practice”.

The panel will be chaired by Morten Bøås from @nupinytt and co-chair of #TaxCapDev

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The program for Day 2 of our conference «Perspectives on Tax Policy Reforms and Tax Compliance in Africa», held in Maru Maru Hotel, Stone Town, Zanzibar

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In the last presentation of today, Anne Mette Kjær welcomes TaxCapDev co-chair Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

Odd-Helge delves into the legacy of pre-colonial centralization on #tax compliance in #Uganda

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Senior lecturer from the Africa Tax Institute in South Africa, Sansa Blackmore, holds a presentation on «The governance dividend of fiscal States in unequal contexts». Her examples and data is based on her knowledge and experiences from modern South Africa

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Last panel today:

“Fiscal states in Africa: history, politics, and institutions” is chaired by @AnneMetteKjaer.

First presenter is Anna Persson from the University of Gothenburg, who elaborates on “Post-Indepedence (in)direct rule and state-formation in sub-Saharan Africa”

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Last presenter in the panel is Jasmin Vietz from @cmi_no and @UniHohenheim. She explores how to leverage religious leaders to increase voluntary tax compliance, based on her work in Tanzania

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Our second panel is chaired by Cheherazade Cheikh and the first presenter is doctorate Adrien Dautheville from @NHHnor and @cmi_no

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Following up after Adrien, Vincent Somville discuss if incentives targeted toward customers increase VAT compliance among businesses in Tanzania

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First panel composes:

Sansia Blackmore, African Tax Institute

Trond Hjørungdal, Norwegian Tax Authority

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Abubakar Abubakar from University of Zanzibar

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The first panel focuses on «Research Collaboration Across Disciplined and Professions»

Here @JonathanWeigel from @UCBerkeley discuss tax research in developing countries, using examples from his work in D.R. Congo

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The program for day 1 of the conference “Perspectives on tax policy reforms and tax compliance in Africa”

Next session up is chaired by Ahmed Saadat from the ZRA

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The event is hosted by CMI and the TaxCapDev-network in collaboration with the Zanzibar Revenue Authority. The ZRA’s Commissioner General Yusuf Juma Mwenda is second one out

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The conference “Perspectives on tax policy reforms and tax compliance in Africa”, is kicking off, with opening words from professor Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

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Shilue also chairs our last roundtable “Taxation, state building & development: an agenda between research and policy”. Through his great opening, Issa Dianda from the Nazi Boni University in Burkina Faso, ignites the discussion

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Second roundtable of the day "Taxing the informal economy – a pot of gold or simply misunderstood?" is chaired by James Suah Shilue, the Director for Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP), Monrovia.