Research Staff
Merima Ali
Senior Researcher
Current projects
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Feb 2020 - Aug 2024
Public services, security and the legacy of pre-colonial states in Uganda
Completed projects
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Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
Pre-colonial centralization and tax compliance norm in contemporary Uganda
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Sep 2016 - Mar 2018
Mapping Tax Compliance Cost for Businesses in Africa
![Taxing the urban boom in Tanzania: Interests, incentives and real estate in Dar](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10594-6355404323-cf97f9c58e-b.jpg)
Feb 2016 - Jun 2017
Taxing the urban boom in Tanzania: Interests, incentives and real estate in Dar
![Electronic Sales Register Machines, Tax Enforcement and Tax outcomes](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10611-Erik-Kristensen.jpg)
May 2015 - Apr 2016
Electronic Sales Register Machines, Tax Enforcement and Tax outcomes
![International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/10595-ICTD-logo.png)
Nov 2010 - Mar 2012
International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD)
![Peoples' views of taxation in Africa](http://www.cmi.no/img/400/2076-Baker.jpg)
Nov 2010 - Dec 2011
Peoples' views of taxation in Africa
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Economist focusing on development, state capacity and taxation policy.
Merima Ali has a research focus on development, state capacity, and taxation policy. Ali has worked at the World Bank as part of the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program. She also worked at a local research institute – the Ethiopian Development Research Institution and was a visiting researcher at IFPRI in Washington DC. Currently, Ali is affiliated with the Department of Economics at Syracuse University (USA) where she gives courses in international development..