Tax and Public Finance

Improved taxation is a key for developing countries to escape from aid or singular natural resource dependency.

Completed projects

Jan 2017 - May 2021

TaxCapDev-network

Jul 2017 - Feb 2018

Taxation in fragile states

Odd-Helge Fjeldstad

Research Professor, Coordinator: Tax and Public Finance

Merima Ali

Senior Researcher

Viola Asri

Senior Researcher

Adrien Dautheville

Associated Doctoral Researcher

Nadja Dwenger

Associated Research Professor

Jan Isaksen

Emeritus

Myriam Lazrek

Research assistant

Jens Philip Magnus

Master's Student

Osama Moeed Nawab

Affiliated Doctoral Researcher

Aslak Jangård Orre

Senior Researcher

Ingrid Hoem Sjursen

Senior Researcher

Vincent Somville

Associated Senior Researcher

Arne Wiig

Research Professor

Building welfare

Improved taxation is a key for developing countries to escape from aid or singular natural resource dependency.

We study how governments in poor countries can raise financial resources in ways that enhance their effectiveness and political legitimacy. Through high quality, practically-oriented political economy research and communication activities, our research has informed reform agendas and policy debates on tax reforms in developing countries for decades.

We provide both empirical and theoretical insights and policy recommendations to governments, development agencies, private enterprises and civil society.

Our research and evaluation expertise:

  • Tax compliance
  • Taxation and governance
  • Tax reform in natural resource rich countries
  • Sub-national and informal sector taxation
  • Intra-governmental fiscal relations
  • International taxation and capital flows
  • Tax and SDGs

Read the Tax Group's Annual Report 2023 here 

Read about CMI's Research and Advisory Work on "Taxation and Public Finance Management in Tanzania 1993-2023" here