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    • Technology and Tax: Adoption and Impacts of E-services in Rwanda 

      Megersa, Kelbesa; Santoro, Fabrizio; Lees, Adrienne; Carreras, Marco; Mukamana, Theonille; Hakizimana, Naphtal; Nsengiyumva, Yves (2023-05)
      Many low-income countries are increasingly digitising their tax services, which can bring a range of benefits, from reducing compliance costs and improving record-keeping, to limiting opportunities for corruption and ...

    • Digital Merchant Payments as a Medium of Tax Compliance 

      Megersa, Kelbesa; Bernad, Ludovic; Nsengiyumva, Yves; Byinshi, Benjamin; Hakizimana, Naphtal; Santoro, Fabrizio (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)
      Digital merchant payments – transactions between traders, or between traders and customers using digital means of payment – can promote tax compliance by providing access to safer, quicker formal payments for consumers, ...

    • Taxing Mobile Money in Kenya: Impact on Financial Inclusion 

      Diouf, Awa; Carreras, Marco; Santoro, Fabrizio (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06)
      Many people argue that mobile money has the potential to increase financial inclusion and improve the livelihoods of poor people in Africa. However, while many African governments impose specific taxes on mobile money ...

    • Towards Digital Transformation for Universal Health Coverage 

      Bloom, Gerald; Balasubramaniam, Priya; Marin, Anabel; Nelson, Erica; Quak, Evert-jan; Husain, Lewis; Barker, Tom (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-06-01)
      The Covid-19 pandemic has re-emphasised the need to ensure equitable access to safe, effective and affordable health services. The very rapid shift to the use of smartphone apps and telephone consultations (telemedicine) ...

    • Applying the ‘Candidacy’ Model to Understand Access to Key Nutrition, Food & Health Services in LMIC Contexts: a Qualitative Study in Odisha, India 

      Mitchell, Rebecca; Gordon, Jessica; Bhoi, Gopal Krushna; Nisbett, Nicholas (Springer, 2023-04-04)
      In order to make progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger – we must acquire a better understanding of what continues to hamper achieving food security, particularly in contexts where progress has been ...

    • Confronting Uncertainties in Pastoral Areas: Transforming Development from Control to Care 

      Scoones, Ian (Berghahn, 2023-06-01)
      Pastoralists must continuously confront uncertainties, responding to high levels of variability and volatility where the future is unknown. Yet mainstream modernising development in pastoral areas aims to create stability ...

    • Health Workforce Interventions in Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries (LMICs) 

      Hicks, Jacqueline (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-01-07)
      The clearest overall message from across the literature is that designing human resources for health (HRH) initiatives should begin by understanding the needs of a health system or population rather than choosing a specific ...

    • Between God, the People, and the State: Citizen Conceptions of Zakat 

      Gallien, Max; Javed, Umair; van den Boogaard, Vanessa (2023-05)
      The global pool for zakat – one of the five pillars of Islam mandating an annual payment typically equivalent to 2.5 per cent of an individual’s productive wealth – is estimated to make up between USD 200 billion and ...

    • The Politics of Taxation and Tax Reform in Times of Crisis: Covid-19 and Attitudes Towards Taxation in Sierra Leone 

      van den Boogaard, Vanessa; Prichard, Wilson; Orgeira, Nicolas (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05)
      The Covid-19 pandemic has had significant fiscal implications around the world. A key question facing governments is whether and how the pandemic has shaped taxpayer attitudes and what that means for the prospects for tax ...

    • People’s Agenda for Pandemic Preparedness 

      Grant, Catherine; Achyut, Pranita; Akello, Grace; Alam, Elaine; Ayegboyin, Matthew; Baluku, Moses; Banerjee, Priyanka; Bhandari, Jhabindra; Bishop, Stephanie; Chery, Justin; Dabroy, Jahir; Dashe, Kaseina; Desclaux, Alice; Dias, Sonia; Dickson, Ntungire; Gewehr, Luiza; Hanson, Tommy; Kadzamira, Esme; Kamara, Foday; Kamasitha, James K.; Thipyaporn, Khempila; Kojo Abreh, Might; Kutadza, Tariro; Iyeli, Brigitte; Maidza, Sibongeni; Mbaye, Samba; Mubaira, Caroline; Isolo Mukwaya, Paul; Nagesh, Radhika; Neto, Damiana; Nuwahereza, Viola; Ana Carolina, Ogando; Omar Khayum, Hossain Mohammed; Hernàndez Ramos, Nirma; Riewpaiboon, Wachara; Rohwerder, Brigitte; Rosado, Christopher; Sams, Kelley; Shepherd, Andrew; Skinner, Caroline; Sinha, Shalini; Spray, Julie; Srisuppaphon, Donruedee; Sseviiri, Hakimu; Sow, Khoudia; Taylor, Peter; Ton, Giel; Uebari, Korfii; Viriyathorn, Shaheda; Vyas, Aditi; Zayapragassarazan, Z. (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)
      In May 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Covid-19 is no longer a health emergency. Now that the world is in this new period of living with the coronavirus, it is an important time to gather knowledge ...

    • Strengthening Health Information Surveillance: Implementing Community-Based Surveillance in Sudan 

      Sharif, Mariam; Ahmed, Rasha; Duclos, Diane; Palmer, Jennifer (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)
      This case study explores the 2018–22 implementation of a national community-based surveillance (CBS) programme in Sudan. The programme was designed to meet critical needs of the existing health surveillance system. It aimed ...

    • Key Considerations: Community-Based Surveillance in Public Health 

      Palmer, Jennifer; Duclos, Diane (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-24)
      Recent large-scale epidemics and pandemics have demonstrated the importance of engaging communities as partners in preventing, detecting and responding to public health emergencies. Community-based surveillance (CBS), which ...

    • Perceiving Bad Apples Versus Rotten Trees: Evidence From the Exposure of Politician Misbehavior in Colombia 

      Mendoza Mora, Lucía (Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2022-10)
      This paper studies the effects of disclosing information about politician misbehavior on trust in public institutions. I use news bulletins from the main anti-corruption agency in Colombia announcing disciplinary prosecutions ...

    • Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context 

      Béné, Christophe; Devereux, Stephen (2023-05)
      This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and ...

    • Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Sudan Country Report 

      Birch, Izzy (Institute of Development Studies, 2022-12-01)
      This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Somalia) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. It summarises the principal elements of social ...

    • Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Somalia Country Report 

      Birch, Izzy (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)
      This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. In a context of weak central political authority ...

    • Conflict-Sensitive Social Protection: Kenya Country Report 

      Birch, Izzy; Carter, Becky (Institute of Development Studies, 2023-05-23)
      This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Somalia and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. Kenya’s social protection system has matured ...

    • Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations in Guinea-Bissau: From Learning to Doing 

      Caeiro, Rute M. (UNU-WIDER, 2022)
      This paper analyses the pathways of technology diffusion through social networks, following the experimental introduction of new technologies in Guinea-Bissau. In the context of an agricultural extension project, we document ...

    • Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente a la reincorporación, Nota de política 

      Arjona, Ana; Fergusson, Leopoldo; Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia; García, Juana; Hiller, Tatiana; Polo, Lewis; Weintraub, Michael (Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2020-08-01)
      Esta Nota de Política analiza las actitudes de los exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente al proceso de reincorporación en su primera etapa, usando los datos del Registro Nacional de Reincorporación (RNR) realizado entre ...

    • Actitudes de exintegrantes de las Farc-EP frente a la reincorporación 

      Arjona, Ana; Fergusson, Leopoldo; Garbiras-Díaz, Natalia; García Duque, Juana; Hiller, Tatiana; Polo, Lewis; Weintraub, Michael (Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE, 2020)
      En agosto del 2019 se cumplieron dos años de la reincorporación de las Farc-EP. Este proceso es uno de los principales desafíos de la implementación del Acuerdo Final firmado entre el Estado colombiano y la organización ...