Research Fellow @UNUWIDER | Areas: #tax #unemployment #development in Africa | South African
Cape Town | Helsinki
Joined April 2009
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Amina Ebrahim retweeted
This week, the @ZambiaRev launched its Secure Data Lab. But what can the data from the lab actually unlock?
This new UNU-WIDER technical note on Corporate Income Tax answers this question.
📊Read the technical note for further details: go.unu.edu/Q6ih9
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
A milestone day Zambia!
Today @ZambiaRev & #UNUWIDER launched the ZRA Secure Data Lab only the 3rd of its kind in Africa
The lab is a hub for collaboration and a secure resource for research, powering smarter, evidence-based policymaking
Read more: go.unu.edu/ho9nx
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
✨Launch for the Sevilla Platform for Action:
UNU-WIDER is endorsing 2 initiatives
👉FfD4 and the Future of Data: Strengthening Systems for Sustainable Financing
👉Public Finance for SDGs Collaborative
go.unu.edu/sDWza
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
UNU-WIDER is at FFD4! Join us for TWO critical side events next week:
📊30 June: Data & capacity development for domestic revenues go.unu.edu/uefVg
💰3 July: Rethinking debt sustainability for growth go.unu.edu/ldF1s
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
New evidence from South Africa shows that lower corporate taxes in other countries can hurt local exporters. A #SATIED study links international tax reforms to falling sales & jobs among 🇿🇦 firms, highlighting the high stakes of tax policy.
More: go.unu.edu/JYtjl
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
We are excited to host a plenary session on data, statistics and tools for development-focused public finance with @UNDP and @UNDESA at next week’s 2025 Dialogue on Public Finance and SDGs!
Find out more and register here: go.unu.edu/4HWOO
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
1 Opening session moderated ✅
2 Panel discussions we hosted and organized ✅
2 Panel discussions we participated in as panelists ✅
We were busy this week in New York at the Financing for Development Second preparatory committee session!
Here is a little sneak peek 👀 ✨
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
🎓🌐 How can we enhance fiscal policy w/ statistical analysis and institutional collaboration?
Join @UNDP #Tax4SDGs for a discussion on how data & statistics can strengthen the development impact of public finance.
🗓️3 Dec, 3:00 – 4:30 PM EST
💻Register: bit.ly/3CYbboV
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
Excited to share my latest research on the impact of personal income tax reform in Uganda! The reform increased a top tax rate from 30 to 40 %. We find that it had limited behavioural reactions among top taxpayers.
Check out the full study 👇
doi.org/10.1007/s10797-024-0…
@UNUWIDER
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
We’ve kicked off the #SATIED Policy Dialogue!
Today’s focus: South Africa’s Personal Income Tax (PIT) system. Tune in to learn more about how PIT reforms are shaping taxpayer behavior, revenue collection, and inequality. Follow the event live here: go.unu.edu/hCsb0
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
Personal Income Tax is a key tool for raising revenue in many countries. But how well do we understand its broader impact on economic outcomes? Join the #SATIED policy dialogue to explore reforms that could make #taxation fairer & improve economic growth: go.unu.edu/H9GVJ
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
This week in the #ATI General Assemby, Pia Rattenhuber shared findings from #SOUTHMOD & #DRMprogramme.
Takeaways:
🗝️Transparent, easy-to-understand tax policies are key for compliance
🎓South-South cooperation & peer learning is fundamental for capacity development
@TaxCompact
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
Today we turn 40!
Over the decades, we've pursued fair and sustainable development through creating, strengthening, and sharing knowledge. Thank you to our network, partners, and staff worldwide for making our work possible! 🌍 #UNUWIDER40
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
‘What used to take us 2 weeks, we can now do in a day.’ Joseph Okello @URAUganda shares the fruit of the #SOUTHMOD collaboration, and how the #UGAMOD model has helped to change the lives of Ugandans. go.unu.edu/byYXN
#StoriesOfChange #DRMprogramme #SDG17
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
Pleasure to meet @DrDavidMasondo again, now at the occasion of signing the #EU’s 🇪🇺 €2 million support to @UNUWIDER @TreasuryRSA @sarstax Jointly committed to evidence-based policy making #SATIED 🇿🇦
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
"Underpaid women in the workplace are a reflection of the unpaid work of women in the home. Whatever your battleground, keep fighting to inch the needle closer to equality." — @kezialilenstein, Associate Programme Officer at @UNUWIDER
#UNU4SDG5 #InvestInWomen #IWD2024
Amina Ebrahim retweeted
Making a change: from WIDER Winter School to conferences and impact on Kenyan policies! See this video of @OtindoC’s #StoriesOfChange, and read his blog: go.unu.edu/y172h #fairtaxation #Kenya #DRMprogramme @KRACorporate