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Mobile Money Taxes: Knowledge, Perceptions and Politics. The Case of Ghana

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posted on 2024-09-05, 21:28 authored by Mary Abounabhan, Awa Diouf, Fabrizio Santoro, Carlos Sakyi-Nyarko, Celeste Scarpini
This study investigates the intricate dynamics surrounding the implementation and reception of mobile money taxes, focusing on Ghana as a case study. Consumer-level mobile money taxes, particularly controversial, have sparked large-scale protests, prompting policy revisions in various countries, including Uganda, Cote d'Ivoire and Benin. Ghana’s electronic transfer levy (e-levy) not only followed this trend of public dissent, but also triggered the country’s first budgetary rejection since 1981. The particularly strong reactions, followed by two rounds of revisions, makes understanding what lies behind public perceptions especially important to inform the ongoing debate within Ghana and the region.

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Abounabhan, M.; Diouf, A.; Santoro, F.; Sakyi-Nyarko, C. and Scarpini, C. (2024) Mobile Money Taxes: Knowledge, Perceptions and Politics. The Case of Ghana, ICTD Working Paper 183, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/ICTD.2024.008

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