Tax and Development Roundtable

The weaknesses of internationally comparable data on government revenues have long held back advances in both research and policymaking. Now the International Centre for Tax and Development, a multi-disciplinary global research centre focused on effective taxation for development and funded by DFID and NORAD, is launching a new cross-country dataset on government revenues. The Government Revenue Dataset was created by a team at ICTD. It offers the potential for a substantially stronger policy research base in this important area, due both to its broader coverage (of lower-income countries in particular) and the greater consistency and international comparability of the series, including a more consistent approach to natural resource revenues.

The event will include a presentation of the dataset, and the first set of research papers to make use of it, and finish with a panel discussion of the prospects and strategies for improving the quality of data over the long-term. Click here for a preliminary agenda, while the beta version of the dataset can be accessed here, and the working papers can be accessed here for review in advance of the meeting.

Please contact [email protected] if you are interested in attending. There is also an option to participate via video conference.