Blogs
Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and increase tax revenues in weak states?
Country:
Sierra Leone
Publication
Participation, Legitimacy and Fiscal Capacity in Weak States: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting
Status: Completed
Country:
Sierra Leone
Ghana 
News
Building Local Government Capacity for Property Tax Reform in Kananga, DRC
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Blogs
Expanding the Property Tax Base: Innovations in Property Identification and Challenges in Côte d’Ivoire
Country:
Côte d’Ivoire
Publication
Sub-national property tax reform and tax bargaining: Lessons from a quasi-randomized reform program in Sierra Leone
Status: Completed
Country:
Sierra Leone
Publication
Inter-Institutional Collaboration in Property Tax Administration in Senegal: Challenges and Perspectives
Status: Completed
Country:
Senegal
Publication
Challenges and Strategies for Advancing Property Registration Efforts in Senegal
Status: Completed
Country:
Senegal
Publication
Property Discovery for Tax Purposes: Challenges and Opportunities in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia
Publication
Strengthening Property Valuation for Taxation in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia
Blogs
Challenges of Automating the Property Tax System in Garowe City, Puntland, Somalia
Country:
Somalia
Blogs
Evaluating Property Tax Performance in Post-Conflict Garowe City, Puntland, Somalia
Country:
Somalia
Publication
Understanding the Potential for Property Tax Reform in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia
Publication
Managing the Distribution of Property Tax Bills
Publication
Strengthening Delivery of Property Tax Bills
Where We Work
Worldview of Our Work
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Publication
Participation, Legitimacy and Fiscal Capacity in Weak States: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting
Status: Completed
Country:
Sierra Leone -
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Project
GIS Mapping and Data Collection for Property Valuation in Nairobi, Kenya
Status: On-going
Country:
Kenya -
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Publication
Sub-national property tax reform and tax bargaining: Lessons from a quasi-randomized reform program in Sierra Leone
Status: Completed
Country:
Sierra Leone -
Publication
Inter-Institutional Collaboration in Property Tax Administration in Senegal: Challenges and Perspectives
Status: Completed
Country:
Senegal -
Publication
Challenges and Strategies for Advancing Property Registration Efforts in Senegal
Status: Completed
Country:
Senegal -
Publication
Property Discovery for Tax Purposes: Challenges and Opportunities in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia -
Publication
Strengthening Property Valuation for Taxation in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia -
Publication
Understanding the Potential for Property Tax Reform in Zambia
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia -
Publication
Land and Property Taxation to Finance Urban Development in Somaliland: Challenges and Prospects for Reform
Status: Completed
Country:
Somaliland -
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Building Fiscal Capacity with Traditional Political Institutions: Experimental and Qualitative Evidence from Sierra Leone
Status: Completed
Country:
Sierra Leone -
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Strengthening Delivery of Property Tax Bills
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Managing the Distribution of Property Tax Bills
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Determinants of the Impact of the Use of the MoMo App and Impact on Taxpayer Compliance
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Benin -
Publication
Challenges and Reform Opportunities for Property Taxation in Benin
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Benin -
Publication
Assessing the Viability of Simplified Automated Valuation Methodologies for Property Taxation: Evidence from Pakistan
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Pakistan -
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The Crucial Role of Politics and Institutions in Property Tax Administration and Reform
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Malawi -
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Progressive Rate Structures and Property Tax Compliance: Evidence from Kananga, DRC
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo -
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Transparency, Procedural Fairness and Property Tax Compliance: Evidence from Kananga, DRC
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo -
Publication
Assessing a Simplified Approach to Property Identification and Valuation in Togo
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Togo -
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Publication
Improving Sensitization Strategies for Voluntary Property Tax Compliance in Zambia
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Zambia -
Publication
Customary and State Land in Zambia: Implications for Property Taxation
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Zambia -
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Building Comprehensive Property Tax Systems in Lower-Income Countries: ‘Cadaster-First’ vs ‘Property Tax First’ Approaches to Reform Property Tax Systems
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Multiple Countries -
Publication
‘Cadaster-First’ vs ‘Property Tax-First’ Approaches to Property Tax Reform: Evidence from a Land-Titling and Property Tax Reform Program in Senegal
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Senegal -
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The Political and Intergovernmental Dynamics of Property Tax Reforms in Senegal
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Senegal -
Publication
The Political Economy of Property Tax Reform in Freetown, Sierra Leone: Lessons from an Innovative Reform Programme
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Sierra Leone -
Publication
Mapping Tax Compliance: Unpacking the Social, Economic, Political and Network Drivers of Tax Compliance in Freetown, Sierra Leone
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Sierra Leone -
Publication
Does the Expansion of Tax Demands Lead to Greater Political Engagement and Demands for Accountability? Evidence from a Property Tax Reform in Sierra Leone
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Sierra Leone -
Publication
Tax Messaging and Compliance Behaviour: Does Varying Messaging on Tax Bills Influence Compliance?
Status: Upcoming
Country:
Sierra Leone -
Project
Understanding the Dynamics of, and Attitudes Toward, Property Tax Compliance in Zambia
Status: On-going
Country:
Zambia -
Project
The Political Economy of Progressive Property Tax Reform: Evidence from Pakistan
Status: On-going
Country:
Pakistan -
Project
Potential Models for Linking Revenues with Public Services in Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba and Blantyre City Councils
Status: Completed
Country:
Malawi -
Project
Readiness Assessment – Real Property Tax Reform in Lilongwe, Mzuzu, Zomba and Blantyre City Councils
Status: Completed
Country:
Malawi -
Project
Pilot of Simplified Approach to Property Identification and Valuation in Togo
Status: On-going
Country:
Togo -
Project
Diagnostic Assessment and Political Economy of Property Tax in Côte d’Ivoire
Status: On-going
Country:
Côte d’Ivoire -
Project
Strengthening Local Revenue Mobilization: The DGI-Benin and LoGRI Collaborative Initiative for Property Tax Reform
Status: On-going
Country:
Benin -
Project
IT and Property Tax Reform in the Province of Kasaï Central, DRC
Status: On-going
Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo -
Project
The Dynamics of Reform and Inter-institutional Collaboration in Senegal
Status: On-going
Country:
Senegal -
Project
Property Tax Reform in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities
Status: Completed
Country:
Zambia -
Project
Diagnostic Assessment of the Potential for Property Tax Reforms in Selected Local Governments in Nigeria
Status: On-going
Country:
Nigeria -
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True Values
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Publication
Valuation for Property Tax Purposes
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Strengthening IT Systems for Property Tax Reform
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Linking Property Tax Revenue and Public Services
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Property Taxation in Developing Countries
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How Property Tax Would Benefit Africa
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Publication
Mapping Property Taxes in Africa
The Gambia 
Rwanda 
Property Taxes for Development: Building the Foundation for Accelerated Subnational Development
Points-Based Valuation for Property Taxation: Improving Equity and Revenue Performance in Local Property Tax Systems
Extending Property Taxation in Areas of Customary Authority and Tenure
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