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Lusekelo Kasongwa from Mzumbe University in #Tanzania is the last presenter in today’s first panel Kasongwa presents his and Joseph Kiria’s research from Tanzania on electricity-linked property taxation role for revenue generation

Second presenter out on the panel on property taxation in practice is Viljar Haavik from @nupinytt Haavik presents his and @wakhab_cisse’s findings from their study on tax bargaining and the social contract based om their fieldwork in #Bamako, #Mali

@JonathanWeigel is the first presenter out, on panel 1 of Day 2 Through his research on property #tax compliance in the D.R. Congo, Weigel explores the link between tax compliance and state legitimacy

First panel of Day 2: “Taxing the Urban Boom: Property Taxation in Practice”. The panel will be chaired by Morten Bøås from @nupinytt and co-chair of #TaxCapDev

The program for Day 2 of our conference «Perspectives on Tax Policy Reforms and Tax Compliance in Africa», held in Maru Maru Hotel, Stone Town, Zanzibar

In the last presentation of today, Anne Mette Kjær welcomes TaxCapDev co-chair Odd-Helge Fjeldstad. Odd-Helge delves into the legacy of pre-colonial centralization on #tax compliance in #Uganda

Senior lecturer from the Africa Tax Institute in South Africa, Sansa Blackmore, holds a presentation on «The governance dividend of fiscal States in unequal contexts». Her examples and data is based on her knowledge and experiences from modern South Africa

Last panel today: “Fiscal states in Africa: history, politics, and institutions” is chaired by @AnneMetteKjaer. First presenter is Anna Persson from the University of Gothenburg, who elaborates on “Post-Indepedence (in)direct rule and state-formation in sub-Saharan Africa”

Last presenter in the panel is Jasmin Vietz from @cmi_no and @UniHohenheim. She explores how to leverage religious leaders to increase voluntary tax compliance, based on her work in Tanzania

Following up after Adrien, Vincent Somville discuss if incentives targeted toward customers increase VAT compliance among businesses in Tanzania

Our second panel is chaired by Cheherazade Cheikh and the first presenter is doctorate Adrien Dautheville from @NHHnor and @cmi_no

First panel composes: Sansia Blackmore, African Tax Institute Trond Hjørungdal, Norwegian Tax Authority & Abubakar Abubakar from University of Zanzibar

The first panel focuses on «Research Collaboration Across Disciplined and Professions» Here @JonathanWeigel from @UCBerkeley discuss tax research in developing countries, using examples from his work in D.R. Congo

The program for day 1 of the conference “Perspectives on tax policy reforms and tax compliance in Africa” Next session up is chaired by Ahmed Saadat from the ZRA

The event is hosted by CMI and the TaxCapDev-network in collaboration with the Zanzibar Revenue Authority. The ZRA’s Commissioner General Yusuf Juma Mwenda is second one out

The conference “Perspectives on tax policy reforms and tax compliance in Africa”, is kicking off, with opening words from professor Odd-Helge Fjeldstad.

Shilue also chairs our last roundtable “Taxation, state building & development: an agenda between research and policy”. Through his great opening, Issa Dianda from the Nazi Boni University in Burkina Faso, ignites the discussion

Second roundtable of the day "Taxing the informal economy – a pot of gold or simply misunderstood?" is chaired by James Suah Shilue, the Director for Platform for Dialogue and Peace (P4DP), Monrovia.

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