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Institutions and tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa (2023)
Journal Article

This paper contributes to research on the institutional determinants of tax capacity using annual data from 39 sub-Saharan African countries from 1985 to 2018 to construct a measure of tax capacity for each country based on the trend component of the... Read More about Institutions and tax capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.

Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992–2012 (2023)
Journal Article

We use five waves of household surveys in Uganda, from 1992/3 to 2011/12, to study income diversification and its effect on the welfare of rural and urban households during a period of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction, comparing the 19... Read More about Income diversification and household welfare in Uganda 1992–2012.

Benefits of enhanced access to education in Tanzania (2023)
Journal Article

Motivation Expanding access to education is a desirable policy. Tanzania implemented Universal Primary Education (UPE) in 2001 and expanded secondary education in 2006. However, evidence that UPE delivers benefits in educational attainment or earnin... Read More about Benefits of enhanced access to education in Tanzania.

African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review (2021)
Journal Article

The economic potential of African leafy vegetables (ALVs) remains obscured by a poorly developed value chain. This scoping review assembled and examined scattered knowledge generated on ALVs across southern Africa, focusing on production, processing,... Read More about African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review.

Under-utilised crops and rural livelihoods: Bambara groundnut in Tanzania (2020)
Journal Article

Indigenous crops are often neglected in development research, largely because they are grown in particular localities and only account for modest shares of agricultural production at a national level. This article aims to rectify this neglect with re... Read More about Under-utilised crops and rural livelihoods: Bambara groundnut in Tanzania.

Exchange Rate and Inflation Dynamics in a Resource Rich Setting: The Case of Zambia (2019)
Journal Article

This paper investigates the relationship between copper prices, the exchange rate and consumer price inflation in Zambia using a structural vector autoregression with quarterly data for 1995–2014 and a combination of sign and zero restrictions to ide... Read More about Exchange Rate and Inflation Dynamics in a Resource Rich Setting: The Case of Zambia.

Fiscal reforms and the fiscal effects of aid in Uganda (2017)
Journal Article

Uganda implemented public expenditure and revenue management reforms from the early 1990s with specific aims of improving budget planning and aligning aid with fiscal priorities. The dynamic relationship between aid and domestic fiscal aggregates is... Read More about Fiscal reforms and the fiscal effects of aid in Uganda.

The macroeconomics of aid: overview (2017)
Journal Article

This Special Issue explores macroeconomic effects of aid from various perspectives through a blend of studies, both conceptual and empirical in nature. The overall aim is to enhance the understanding of the macroeconomic dimensions of aid in the poli... Read More about The macroeconomics of aid: overview.

Tax revenue performance and vulnerability in developing countries (2016)
Journal Article

This paper addresses vulnerability of revenue to external shocks using export composition to capture economic structure and differentiating countries according to income levels, resource endowments and political regimes. This gives a richer character... Read More about Tax revenue performance and vulnerability in developing countries.

Exports and FDI in China (2015)
Book Chapter

Since it adopted open-door policy and launched economic reforms in 1978, China’s exports, inward foreign direct investment (FDI) and economy have grown rapidly. China has become the largest exporter since 2009 and its exports have grown much faster t... Read More about Exports and FDI in China.

Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty (2015)
Book Chapter

Increased globalization and widespread trade liberalization in developing countries since the 1980s has inspired considerable debate on the impact of globalization in general, and trade liberalization in particular, on growth, incomes and poverty. Th... Read More about Trade, tariffs, growth and poverty.

Aid and domestic resource mobilisation with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Journal Article

Increasing tax revenues in low income countries is essential to address future development finance requirements. This is particularly important for aid recipients, the focus of this paper. Theory shows that although there are many ways in which aid c... Read More about Aid and domestic resource mobilisation with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

Industrial development in Tanzania: reforms, performance, and issues (2015)
Book Chapter

Aid and Government Fiscal Behavior: Assessing Recent Evidence (2014)
Journal Article

This paper reviews evidence published in the last 10 years that has added to our understanding of the effects of aid on government spending and tax effort in recipient countries, with a discussion of when (general) budget support is a fiscally effici... Read More about Aid and Government Fiscal Behavior: Assessing Recent Evidence.

Aid and taxation
Book Chapter