Taxation & Welfare
Governments cannot pay for quality public services or social protection for the poor unless they have dependable streams of revenue. Can policy innovations fast-track improvements to tax capacity, and strengthen the compact between citizens and the state?
Governments cannot pay for quality public services or social protection for the poor unless they have dependable streams of revenue. Can policy innovations fast-track improvements to tax capacity, and strengthen the compact between citizens and the state?
Highlights
News, events, and insights from our policy-research engagements on building the capacity of governments to generate revenue.
A high-quality data stream showed promise in answering day-to-day questions for the Excise and Taxation Department in Punjab province, Pakistan.
Asim Khwaja’s experiments in taxation aim to buttress the legitimacy of government in developing nations.
The ILEAD course focused less on technical skills in the use of big data and more on envisioning and leading a data-savvy organization of any kind.