By Ignatius Mvula, Assistant Director – Mining Audit Unit, Zambia Revenue Authority, Mary Baine, Director – Tax Programmes, African Tax Administration Forum, and Ben Dickinson, Head of the Global Relations and Development Division, Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, OECD
The authors explain why a landmark Supreme Court victory in Zambia sends a message that African tax authorities are able and confident to take on and deal with complex transfer pricing transactions.
By Jason Gagnon, Development economist, OECD Development Centre
Jason Gagnon discusses how to minimise the short-term effects of the Covid-19 crisis on migrants and leverage the crisis to address the unfinished business of international co-operation on migration.
By Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, distinguished fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and author
Professor Oqubay draws on the multiple insights to be gained from Ethiopia’s early response to the pandemic.
By Federico Bonaglia, Deputy Director, OECD Development Centre, and Sebastian Nieto Parra, Head of Latin America and the Caribbean Unit, OECD Development Centre
The authors shed light on innovative policy measures to contain the impact of the crisis on the most vulnerable in the region.
By Laura Alfers, Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO, Rachel Moussié, Deputy Director, Social Protection Programme, WIEGO and Jenna Harvey, Global Focal Cities Coordinator, WIEGO
The authors share their findings from a rapid assessment of the situation of informal workers in the wake of the pandemic, and discuss the policy implications of these findings.
By E. Gyimah-Boadi, Board Chairman and interim CEO of Afrobarometer, and Carolyn Logan, Director of Analysis for Afrobarometer
E. Gyimah-Boadi and Carolyn Logan call on the international community to provide support in ways that strengthen, rather than undermine, Africans’ freedoms.
By Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics at Yale University, and Faculty director of the Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), and Jaya Wen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
The authors explain how the economics community can contribute in several key ways to the short-term response to the COVID-19 crisis in developing countries.
By Arkebe Oqubay, Senior Minister and Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, distinguished fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and author
Professor Oqubay outlines the steps African governments, in cooperation with communities and international actors, can take to limit the damage – and lay the foundations for a healthier, more resilient future
