Publications

The Enigma of the Central–Local Government Relationship and its Impact on Property Tax Administration in Developing Countries: The Ghanaian Perspective

ICTD Working Paper;151

Property tax administration is the bedrock for effective revenue mobilisation, development, and good local governance for local governments. Yet administering property taxation continues to be a major problem, especially for many developing countries. Scholarly explanations for this poor state...

Lessons Learned from K4D Learning Journeys: A Practical Approach for Supporting Learning in Development Organisations

The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme, which started in 2016, came to an end in September 2022. This K4D working paper reflects on the learning processes and approaches facilitated by this programme, through ‘learning journeys’ conducted in collaboration with...

Joanna Howard & 2 others

Investigating Initial Policy Responses to COVID-19: Evidence Across 59 Countries

We conduct a review of different support measures adopted by 59 countries as an immediate response to the COVID-19 pandemic using an inclusive development lens across five key areas – health and safety, welfare, finance and credit, taxes and fees and structural measures. Using the information...

Amrita Saha & 2 others

Key Considerations: Operational Considerations for Building Community Resilience for COVID-19 Response and Recovery

As the unequal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, there is a need to robustly support vulnerable communities and bolster ‘community resilience.’ A community resilience approach means to work in partnership with communities and strengthen their capacities to mitigate the impact of...

Megan Schmidt-Sane

Eva Niederberger

Key Considerations: Supporting Better Governance of Flood Relief Efforts in Pakistan

Relief, rehabilitation, and recovery from climate emergencies require getting the governance of disaster and crisis management right. In Pakistan, there are five actions where response actors can either contribute directly, or facilitate action to enable effective interventions: Support the...

Shandana Khan Mohmand

Miguel Loureiro

The Governance Shock Doctrine: Civic Space in the Pandemic

Emergencies heighten societies’ need to be governed. Accordingly, the COVID-19 pandemic put systems of public governance under severe pressure across the globe. Civic freedoms were widely curtailed for public health reasons. Scarce resources needed to be allocated swiftly, with little...

Rosemary McGee

Mainstreaming Climate Risks into Rural Sanitation Programming in Lao PDR

SLH Learning Brief;13

Despite climate change being a major concern for the sanitation sector, rural sanitation remains neglected in the wider discussions of climate impacts on WASH services. Also, the voices of vulnerable individuals, households, and communities who are experiencing the effects of climate change in...

The Political Economy of South Africa’s Carbon Tax

ICTD Working Paper;150

The subject of carbon pricing is rising up the global policy agenda, as countries take action in the aftermath of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties 26 summit in November 2021. South Africa is the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to have...

Growth or Goods: Examining Tax Morale Among Property Owners in Lagos

ICTD Working Paper;149

What motivates property owners to pay taxes in places where state enforcement is weak? Using an online experiment among property owners in Lagos, Nigeria, we evaluate the extent to which different appeals increase respondents’ tax morale, their willingness to pay taxes if there is no...

BRiCE Project DRC and Niger: Endline Report

Report

This report presents the final results of the Building Resilience in Crisis through Education (BRiCE) research project, which is led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu).

Gauthier Marchais & 14 others

A Photovoice Study on WASH and Nutrition in Afar, Ethiopia

SLH Learning Paper;13

Designing effective interventions requires the inclusion and buy-in of beneficiary communities; however, because of constraints and context, fully participatory research can be challenging. The Afar people of northern Ethiopia live in what can be considered the very definition of 'challenging...

Implementing Innovation Policies: Capabilities of National Development Banks for Innovation Financing

This comparative note describes common and distinct practices on capabilities to support the innovation activities of seven national development banks (NDB): BNDES (Brazil), CORFO (Chile), China Development Bank, CDB (China), BANCOLDEX (Colombia), Bpifrance (France), Korean Development Bank, KDB...