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An Analysis of Discrepancies in Taxpayers' VAT Declarations in Rwanda
(IDS, 2019-03-20)This report provides a descriptive analysis of discrepancies resulting from matching different value added tax (VAT) data sources in the Rwanda Revenue Authority database. VAT returns are declared by businesses of all sizes ... -
Expensive to be a Female Trader: The Reality of Taxation of Flea Market Traders in Zimbabwe
(IDS, 2019-03-20)The proportion of economic activities that are categorised as informal or small-scale is unusually high in Zimbabwe. Given the depressed state of the economy over an extended period, it is logical that the government is ... -
How Social Protection Programmes Can Improve Early Childhood Development
(IDS, 2019-03-20)For 250 million children under the age of five in low- and middle-income countries, extreme poverty and stunting undermines their developmental potential. This puts children at risk of a lifetime of hardship, and remaining ... -
Can China Lead in Multilateral Environmental Negotiations? Internal Politics, Self-Depiction, and China’s Contribution in Climate Change Regime and Mekong Governance
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019-02-19)The impacts of China’s intensified efforts to engage in regional and global environmental governance is widely noted and debated. With rapidly increasing economic and political influence, China has been gradually changing ... -
Beyond the Religious/Secular Binary Trap: Keeping the Focus on Gender Equality
(IDS, 2019-03-19)In a global context of deep ideological, political, social and economic polarisations, it is unsurprising that fault lines exist in Western aid circles on how to engage with the role of religion in relation to gender ...
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