Policy/Media

Essays and Op-eds

Wanted: global co-ordination to make a COVID vaccine accessible to all, in CAGE, June 8, 2020.

How to reorganise the World Health Organization – and how to finance it, in LSE Business Review, June 5, 2020.

The World Health Organization: A GRID for reform, in VoxEU.org, May 30, 2020.

Covid-19: la course au vaccin peut-elle bénéficier à tous ?, in Liberation, May 14, 2020.

Media

BFM Radio, Morning Brief, Malaysia Reinventing WHO, June 11, 2020.

Radio Canada, Emission Les Faits d'Abord, sur la course au vaccin, May 16, 2020.

TradeTalks podcast, When Is Tariff Revenue Bad Tax Revenue?, May 2019.

Policy briefs/Summaries for general audiences

Covid-19 and public finances in developing countries:

ODI Briefing Paper, May 2020: 'Mobilising revenue: opportunities for lower-income countries during the pandemic'

The effect of taxes on firm-to-firm trade (see paper here):

Vox.EU, Feb 2020: 'The effect of taxes on firm-to-firm trade: Evidence from India'

VoxDev, Jan 2020: 'Do taxes affect firm-to-firm trade? Evidence from India'

Ideas For India, Dec 2019: 'Taxation and supplier networks: Evidence from India'

IGC, Aug 2019 (Policy Brief): 'Do taxes affect firm-to-firm trade? Evidence from India'

IFS, 2018 (Briefing Note): The impact of VAT and turnover taxes on firms’ supply chain choices: evidence from India

Does the way governments are financed affect how they spend their revenues (see paper here):

VoxDev, Dec 2018 (Video): 'What source of money do corrupt officials prefer?'

VoxDev, Sep 2017: 'To cut waste and graft, collect taxes'

IFS, 2014 (Newsletter): Taking good care of their own money.

In-kind transfers as a source of insurance against price risk:

Ideas For India, May 2017: 'Price risk and poverty'

The impact of 'super-simplified tax schemes' on government revenues:

IFS, 2017 (Briefing Note): VAT and simplified tax schemes.

What do we know about how to raise local government revenues? What could be useful for Myanmar?

IGC, Nov 2016 (Report): Local resource mobilization: key principles and options for reform