taxation

Event on "Sustainable funding for Africa’s cities" with Professor Susan Parnell & Jeremy Gorelick

L’impôt sur les terrains et sur les bâtiments pourra appuyer le développement économique et politique sur le plan local en Afrique.

ARI director Edward Paice's column for the Africa Report discusses Lagos as a model and case study for the use of property tax in Africa.

Although never popular, taxation is an essential component of consensual and representative government. Property tax has been posited as the ideal source of income for municipal governments.

Kieran Holmes, Commissioner General of the Burundi Revenue Authority – explains how the organisation is funded and sets out its priorities for the coming years.

Speakers: Mick Moore (International Centre for Tax and Development), Kieran Holmes, Domitien Ndihokubwayo and Chantal Ruvakubusa (Burundi Revenue Authority)

Tax is high on the agenda in Africa. This Policy Voice describes how Burundi set out to improve its capacity to collect domestic revenues.