Books
Prichard, Wilson, Anna Custer, Roel Dom and Stephen Davenport. 2022. Innovations in Tax Compliance: Building Trust, Navigating Politics and Tailoring Reform. Washington D.C.: World Bank. Available here.
Moore, Mick, Wilson Prichard, and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad. 2018. Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform and Development. African Arguments. London: Zed Books. Available here. Blog. Named a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2019. Review - IMF. Review - Foreign Affairs. Review - NUPI.
Prichard, Wilson. 2015. Taxation, Responsiveness, and Accountability in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Dynamics of Tax Bargaining. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. Available here. Review—Foreign Affairs; Review—African Affairs.
Journal Articles
Boogaard, Vanessa van den, Nicolas Orgeira and Wilson Prichard. 2024. “The politics of taxation and tax reform in times of crisis: Covid-19 and attitudes towards taxation in Sierra Leone.” Journal of Development Studies 60(2): 196-216. Available here.
van den Boogaard, Vanessa, Wilson Prichard, Rachel Beach, Fariya Mohiuddin. 2022. “Enabling tax bargaining: Supporting more meaningful tax transparency and taxpayer engagement in Ghana and Sierra Leone.” Development Policy Review 40 (1) Available here.
van den Boogaard, Vanessa, Wilson Prichard, and Samuel Jibao. 2021. “Norms, Networks, Power and Control: Understanding Informal Payments and Brokerage in Cross-Border Trade in Sierra Leone.” Journal of Borderlands Studies, August, 1–21. Available here.
Boogaard, Vanessa van den, Wilson Prichard, and Samuel Jibao. 2019. “Informal Taxation in Sierra Leone: Magnitudes, Perceptions and Implications.” African Affairs, October. Available here.
Hearson, Martin, and Wilson Prichard. 2018. “China’s Challenge to International Tax Rules and the Implications for Global Economic Governance.” International Affairs 94 (6): 1287–1307. Available here. Blogs here, here.
Prichard, Wilson, Paola Salardi, and Paul Segal. 2018. “Taxation, Non-Tax Revenue and Democracy: New Evidence Using New Cross-Country Data.” World Development 109 (September): 295–312. Available here.
Zebong, Nyah, Paul Fish, and Wilson Prichard. 2018. “True Values.” RICS Land Journal June/July. Available here.
Boogaard, Vanessa van den, Wilson Prichard, Matthew S. Benson, and Nikola Milicic. 2018. “Tax Revenue Mobilization in Conflict-Affected Developing Countries: Tax Revenue Mobilization and Conflict.” Journal of International Development 30 (2): 345–64. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Electoral Competitiveness, Tax Bargaining and Political Incentives in Developing Countries: Evidence from Political Budget Cycles Affecting Taxation.” British Journal of Political Science 48 (2): 427–57. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, and Vanessa van den Boogaard. 2017. “Norms, Power, and the Socially Embedded Realities of Market Taxation in Northern Ghana.” African Studies Review 60 (1): 171–94. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson. 2016. “Reassessing Tax and Development Research: A New Dataset, New Findings, and Lessons for Research.” World Development 80 (April): 48–60. Available here.
Jibao, Samuel, and Wilson Prichard. 2016. “Rebuilding Local Government Finances After Conflict: Lessons from a Property Tax Reform Programme in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone.” The Journal of Development Studies 52 (12): 1759–75. Available here.
Hassan, Mirza, and Wilson Prichard. 2016. “The Political Economy of Domestic Tax Reform in Bangladesh: Political Settlements, Informal Institutions and the Negotiation of Reform.” The Journal of Development Studies 52 (12): 1704–21. Available here.
Jibao, Samuel S., and Wilson Prichard. 2015. “The Political Economy of Property Tax in Africa: Explaining Reform Outcomes in Sierra Leone.” African Affairs 114 (456): 404–31. Available here.
Joshi, Anuradha, Wilson Prichard, and Christopher Heady. 2014. “Taxing the Informal Economy: The Current State of Knowledge and Agendas for Future Research.” The Journal of Development Studies 50 (10): 1325–47. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, and David K. Leonard. 2010. “Does Reliance on Tax Revenue Build State Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa?” International Review of Administrative Sciences 76 (4): 653–75. Available here.
Book Chapters
Prichard, Wilson and Mick Moore. 2020. “How Can Governments of Low-Income Countries Collect More Tax Revenue?” in Hujo, Katja (ed.), The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development. Palgrave Macmillan. Available here.
Prichard, W. (2019). "Tax, Politics, and the Social Contract in Africa." In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Oxford University Press. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “The Minerals Boom in Sub-Saharan Africa: Continuity, Change and Prospects for Development.” In A New Scramble for Africa? Imperialism, Investment and Development, edited by Roger Southall and Henning Melber, 240–73. Scottsville, South Africa: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press. Available here.
Goldstein, Andrea, and Wilson Prichard. 2009. “South African Multinationals: Building on a Unique Legacy.” In Emerging Multinationals in Emerging Markets, edited by Ravi Ramamurti and Jitendra V. Singh, 244–79. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Available here.
Goldstein, Andrea and Wilson Prichard. 2007. “South African Multinationals: South-South Co-Operation at it’s Best?” In Unlocking Africa's Potential: The Role of Corporate South Africa in Strengthening Africa's Private Sector, edited by N. Grobbelar and H. Besada. Johannesburg, South Africa: South African Institute for International Affairs. Available here.
Peer-Reviewed Working Papers
Prichard, Wilson. 2022. “Unpacking Tax Morale: Distinguishing Between Conditional and Unconditional Views of Tax Morale”. ICTD Working Paper 147. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Laura Munoz, Giulia Mascagni and Fabrizio Santoro. 2022. “Should Governments Tax Digital Financial Services? A Research Agenda to Understand Sector-Specific Taxes on DFS.” ICTD Working Paper. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Fabrizio Santoro, Laura Munoz, Giulia Mascagni. 2022. “Digital Financial Services and Digital IDs: What Potential Do They Have for Better Taxation in Africa?” ICTD Working Paper. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Rachel Beach, Fariya Mohiuddin, Vanessa van den Boogaard. 2020. "Strengthening Tax-Accountability Links: Fiscal Transparency and Taxpayer Engagement in Ghana and Sierra Leone.” ICTD Working Paper. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Niccolo Meriggi, Macartan Humphreys, Abou Bakar Kamara, Matthew Krupoff, Madison Levine, Herbert McLeod, Mushfiq Mobarak, Wilson Prichard, Ashwini Shridhar, Peter van der Windt, Maarten Voors. 2020. “Tracking the Economic Consequences and Responses to Covid-19 in Sierra Leone”. International Growth Centre Working Paper. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Anna Custers, Roel Dom, Steve Davenport, Michael Roscitt. 2019. “Innovations in Tax Compliance: Conceptual Framework.” World Bank Policy Research Working Paper. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Available here.
Moore, Mick, and Wilson Prichard. 2017. “How Can Governments of Low-Income Countries Collect More Tax Revenue?” ICTD Working Paper 70. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Jibao, Samuel S., Wilson Prichard, and Vanessa Van den Boogaard. 2017. “Informal Taxation in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone: Taxpayers’ Experiences and Perceptions.” ICTD Working Paper 66. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Morrissey, Oliver, Wilson Prichard, and Samantha Torrance. 2014. “Aid and Taxation: Exploring the Relationship Using New Data.” ICTD Working Paper 21. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Alex Cobham, and Andrew Goodall. 2014. “The ICTD Government Revenue Dataset.” ICTD Working Paper 19. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson, Jean-François Brun, and Oliver Morrissey. 2012. “Donors, Aid and Taxation in Developing Countries: An Overview.” ICTD Working Paper 6. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson. 2010. “Taxation and State Building: Towards a Governance Focused Tax Reform Agenda.” Working Paper 341. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Available here.
Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “The Politics of Taxation and Implications for Accountability in Ghana 1981–2008.” Working Paper 330. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Available here.