East Africa - Building Capacity to Fight Tax Evasion

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
Tax Administration
Tax Policy
Start Date
4/23/2019
End Date
5/27/2024

The purpose of the project is to support tax authorities in Kenya, and Uganda combat tax evasion by building capacity among its investigators in terms of enhancing their core skills, sector specific knowledge and approaches.

Beneficiary
D

Development, Taxation and Inequality

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
Tax Administration
Tax Policy
Start Date
11/21/2017
End Date
6/28/2024

Global knowledge public good: objective is to measure the evolution of tax systems in developing countries over the past 50 years and their distributional implications. The results will consist in publicly available data-sets on (1) effective tax rates across countries and (2) Consumption shares by store types across the income distribution.

Beneficiary
D

Central America Regional Fiscal and Debt Sustainability Assessment

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
Tax Policy
Start Date
6/6/2022
End Date
6/30/2024

The first objective of this regional study is to map out the fiscal and debt vulnerabilities of the Central American countries and the Dominican Republic (CADR) after two consecutive crises (COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine). and some severe natural disasters suchas hurricanes Eta and Iota in 2020. Part of this work is retrospective in which it tries to quantify the fiscal risks emerged from the aforementioned events, but another part of the work is forward-looking as it will provide updated debt sustainability assessments and calculate the potential impact of natural disasters in the macro-fiscal environment.
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The second objective is to assess policies and options for the countries to address their fiscal vulnerabilities by looking at possible revenue mobilization measures including environmental tax reforms .

Beneficiary
D

Caribbean: Strengthening Tax Policy for Climate Resilient Growth

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Start Date
5/10/2022
End Date
6/30/2024

The objective is to support participating Caribbean countries in the design and implementation of tax reforms that effectively contribute to strengthening fiscal and financial resilience in the broader pursuit of improved climate-resilient growth and inclusion.

Beneficiary
D

AWCW3 Domestic Revenue Mobilization Analytics

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Start Date
9/15/2022
End Date
5/31/2024

The proposed activity aims to support the domestic revenue mobilization efforts in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Niger in a sustainable manner that supports inclusive growth. This objective will be achieved through a combination of analytical assessments, a

Beneficiary
D

Revenue Statistics in Asia and the Pacific

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
OTHER
Start Date
2014

Annual publication by CTP and DEV in co-operation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Pacific Island Tax Administrators Association (PITAA) and the Pacific Community (SPC). The 2023 edition provides comprehensive, detailed and comparable tax revenue data for the period 1990-2021 for 30 Asian and Pacific economies. The project aims to continue expanding in the future.

ADB
PITAA
SPC
Beneficiary
D

Revenue Statistics in Africa

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
OTHER
Start Date
2016

Joint annual publication by CTP, DEV, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) with the technical support of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Cercle de Réflexion et d’Échange des Dirigeants des Administrations fiscales (CREDAF) and the financial support of the European Union under the Phase II of the Pan African Statistics Programme. The 2023 edition provides comprehensive, detailed and comparable tax and non-tax revenue data for the period 1990-2021 for 33 African countries. The project aims to continue expanding in the future.

AUC
ATAF
Beneficiary
D

E- learning modules, including recorded webinars, on international taxation topics

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
International Tax
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Start Date
1/1/2020

Development of a comprehensive package of elearning modules related to international taxation topics

Beneficiary
D

Virtual training workshop on taxation for participants in the MENA region

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
International Tax
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Start Date
1/1/2020

Providing training to tax officials from the region

Beneficiary
D

Training workshop on taxation for international participants, including in the Multilateral tax centres of Vienna, Budapest and Ankara

Project type
Technical Assistance
Project theme
International Tax
Tax Policy
Tax Administration
Start Date
1/1/2020

Providing training to tax officials worldwide

PITA-CATA
UN-IMF-WBG- IGF
Beneficiary
D