Journal Articles - External: Recent submissions
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Friendship, Consumption, Morality: Practicing Identity, Negotiating Hierarchy in Middle Class Bangalore
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2007-11-16)This article examines the shared social and cultural practices of a group of young middle‐class men in Bangalore. In examining the changes between two generations of Bangalore's labour aristocracy, it highlights the role ... -
Taxing Property in a Neo-Developmental State: The Politics of Urban Land Value Capture in Rwanda and Ethiopia
(Oxford University Press, 2017-06-15)Of the African states experiencing sustained growth and poverty reduction in recent decades, Rwanda and Ethiopia stand out due to the scope of their development visions and relatively effective state-driven transformation, ... -
Politics, Exit Strategy and Political Settlement in Sierra Leone: A Critical Analysis of a Laboratory Experiment (1991-2015)
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2017-06)A glance at key indicators—in terms of growth forecast and stable elections—will project Sierra Leone as a political settlement model for a post-conflict state. Sierra Leone has been an important laboratory for UN and ... -
Tax Revenue Mobilization in Conflict‐affected Developing Countries
(Wiley Online, 2018-03-13)How does conflict affect tax revenue mobilization? This paper uses a newly updated dataset to explore longitudinal trends of tax revenue mobilization prior to, during and after conflict periods in a selection of conflict‐affected ... -
Africa and the Export of China’s Clean Energy Revolution
(Routledge, 2017)The spectacular scale and speed of China’s domestic renewable energy capacity development and technology catch-up has in recent years been followed by the ‘go out’ of Chinese clean energy technology firms seeking new markets ... -
Chinese Business at The Dawn of its Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme: Incentives and Barriers to Participation in Carbon Trading
(Taylor & Francis, 2015)This article explores the incentives and challenges for Chinese business companies in participating in carbon emissions trading schemes (ETSs). Based on extensive interviews with the business managers and government officers ... -
To Pay or Not to Pay? Citizen's Attitudes Towards Taxation in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa
(Elsevier, 2014-07-09)This paper examines factors that determine citizens’ tax-compliance attitude in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa. Using the 2011–12 Afrobarometer survey data, we find that tax-compliance attitude is positively ... -
Reassessing Tax and Development Research: A New Dataset, New Findings, and Lessons for Research
(Elsevier, 2015-11-06)There is growing concern with the weaknesses of economic statistics relating to developing countries, and the risks that poor data have generated misleading research findings and poor policy advice. Cross-country tax data ...