Policy Research

Reports and Policy Briefs

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Improving Tax and Development Outcomes: What Next for Civil Society Engagement?” Transparency & Accountability Initiative. http://www.transparency-initiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tais-improving-tax-and-development-outcomes-brief.pdf.

Paler, Laura, W. Prichard, R. Sanchez de la Sierra, and C. Samii. 2017. Survey on Total Tax Burden in the DRC, Final Report. Kinshasa: Department for International Development.

Prichard, Wilson, and Kyle McNabb. 2016. “The ICTD Government Revenue Dataset: Still the Best Option for Researchers.” ICTD Blog. 2016.

Prichard, Wilson. 2014. “Using Local IT Solutions to Improve Local Government Tax Reform.” Policy Briefing 58. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies.

Prichard, Wilson. 2012. “The Political Economy of Tax Reform and Benchmarking: Contributions to IAMTAX Benchmarking and Diagnostic Tool.” World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “Political Economy of Tax Reform in Bangladesh: Key Messages for Donors.” Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “The Political Economy of VAT and CIT Reform: Business Taxpayer Perceptions and Recommendations for Strengthening Reform Efforts.” Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson, and Samuel Jibao. 2011. “Building a Fair, Transparent and Inclusive Tax System in Sierra Leone.” Freetown: Christian Aid.

Prichard, Wilson. 2010. “Citizen-State Relations: Improving Governance Through Tax Reform.” Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “Taxation, Governance and Development.” Background Paper for Tax Matters media brief. London: Panos UK.

Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “Taxation and Development in Ghana: Finance, Equity and Accountability.” Tax Justice Country Report Series. London: Tax Justice Network.

Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “All Finance is Not Equal: Aid, Resource Rents and Taxation in Development.” Background Paper for UN Financing for Development conference

Prichard, Wilson, and David K. Leonard. 2008. “The Role of IGAD in Shaping Livestock Policy in the Horn of Africa: Understanding the International System, International Actors and Implications for Reform.” Working Paper 12–08. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative.

Blogs and Op-Eds

Prichard, Wilson. 2019. “How Should We Tax After the Pandemic?” ICTD Blog. https://www.ictd.ac/blog/how-tax-after-pandemic-covid/

Prichard, Wilson, Abou Bakarr Kamara and Niccolo Meriggi, “Freetown Just Implemented a New Property Tax System That Could Quintuple Revenue”. African Arguments. https://africanarguments.org/2020/05/21/freetown-just-implemented-a-new-tax-system-that-could-quintuple-revenue/

Prichard, Wilson. 2019. “To Help Respond to COVID-19 African Governments Should Prioritize Taxing the Rich.” African Arguments, ICTD Blog. https://www.ictd.ac/blog/respond-covid19-african-governments-tax-rich/

Prichard, Wilson. 2019. Response to Richard Bird’s Critique of “Innovations in Tax Compliance”. ICTD Blog. https://www.ictd.ac/blog/response-richard-bird-critique-innovations-tax-compliance/

Prichard, Wilson and Marijn Verhoeven. 2019. “Enforcement, Facilitation and Trust: Why Pay Taxes?” World Bank Governance for Development Blog. https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/enforcement-facilitation-and-trust-why-pay-taxes

Prichard, Wilson, Nora Lustig, Sanjeev Gupta, Warren Krafchik, Ian Gary, Brahima Coulibaly. 2019. Tax to Finance the SDGs, but not to Undermine Them” ICTD Blog. https://www.ictd.ac/blog/tax-finance-sdgs-equity/

Prichard, Wilson. 2019. “Fiscal Futures: Targets for Equity Enhancing Tax Advocacy.” International Budget Partnership (blog). February 27, 2019. https://www.internationalbudget.org/2019/02/fiscal-futures-equity-enhancing-tax-advocacy/

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “DIA BOOK CLUB: Taxation and Democracy in Africa.” Democracy in Africa (blog). November 21, 2018. http://democracyinafrica.org/taxationanddemocracyinafrica/.

Hearson, Martin, and Wilson Prichard. 2018. “China’s Challenge to International Tax Rules.” LSE Business Review. November 20, 2018. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview/2018/11/20/chinas-challenge-to-international-tax-rules/

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Improving Tax and Development Outcomes: What Next for Civil Society Engagement?” Transparency and Accountability Initiative (blog). October 30, 2018. http://www.transparency-initiative.org/uncategorized/3788/http-bit-ly-taitaxoutcomes/

Prichard, Wilson, and Mick Moore. 2018. “Cash on Delivery for Domestic Resource Mobilisation? Three Key Challenges.” ICTD Blog. July 25, 2018. http://www.ictd.ac/blog/cash-on-delivery-for-domestic-resource-mobilisation-three-key-challenges/.

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “When Does Beneficial Ownership Transparency Improve Revenue Collection? Three Considerations for Developing Countries.” ICTD Blog. May 2, 2018. https://www.ictd.ac/blog/linking-beneficial-ownership-transparency-to-improved-tax-revenue-collection-in-developing-countries/

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Linking Beneficial Ownership Transparency to Improved Tax Revenue Collection in Developing Countries.” Transparency and Accountability Initiative (blog). May 1, 2018. http://www.transparency-initiative.org/uncategorized/2725/linking-beneficial-ownership-transparency-improved-tax-revenue-collection-developing-countries/.

Policy Briefs and Contributions

Prichard, Wilson. 2019. “Fiscal Futures: Targets for Equity Enhancing Tax Advocacy.” International Budget Partnership (blog). February 27, 2019. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Improving Tax and Development Outcomes: What Next for Civil Society Engagement?” Transparency & Accountability Initiative. Available here. Blog.

Prichard, Wilson, and Mick Moore. 2018. “Cash on Delivery for Domestic Resource Mobilisation? Three Key Challenges.” ICTD Blog. July 25, 2018. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “Linking Beneficial Ownership Transparency to Improved Tax Revenue Collection in Developing Countries.” ICTD Summary Brief 15. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here. Blogs here, here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2018. “What Might an Agenda for Equitable Taxation Look Like?” ICTD Summary Brief 16. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson, and Mick Moore. 2018. “Tax Reform for Low Income Countries: Five Ideas for Simplifying Tax Systems to Fit Local Realities.” ICTD Summary Brief 17. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2017. “Linking Property Tax Revenue and Public Services.” ICTD Summary Brief 13. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson, and Paul Fish. 2017. “Strengthening IT Systems for Property Tax Reform.” ICTD Summary Brief 11. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Zebong, Nyah, Paul Fish, and Wilson Prichard. 2017. “Valuation for Property Tax Purposes.” ICTD Summary Brief 10. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2016. “What Have We Learned About Taxation, Statebuilding and Accountability?” ICTD Summary Brief 4. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Van den Boogaard, Vanessa, and Wilson Prichard. 2016. “What Have We Learned About Informal Taxation in Sub-Saharan Africa?” ICTD Summary Brief 2. International Centre for Tax and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson and Kyle McNabb (2015), "The ICTD Government Revenue Dataset: Best Option for Researchers". ICTD Research Note. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2014. "Using Local IT Solutions to Improve Local Government Tax Reform". IDS Policy Briefing 58. Brighton: Institute of Development Studies. Available here.

Mick Moore, Nora Lustig, Richard Bird, Nancy Birdsall, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Richard Manning and Wilson Prichard (2015), "The Sustainable Development Goals: Reject Tax Targeting". ICTD Blog. Available here.

Research Reports for International Agencies

Paler, Laura, W. Prichard, R. Sanchez de la Sierra, and C. Samii. 2017. Survey on Total Tax Burden in the DRC, Final Report. Kinshasa: Department for International Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2012. “The Political Economy of Tax Reform and Benchmarking: Contributions to IAMTAX Benchmarking and Diagnostic Tool.” World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “Political Economy of Tax Reform in Bangladesh: Key Messages for Donors.” Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “Political Economy of Tax Reform in Bangladesh: Key Messages for Donors”, Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “The Political Economy of VAT and CIT Reform: Business Taxpayer Perceptions and Recommendations for Strengthening Reform Efforts”, Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2010. “Citizen-State Relations: Improving Governance Through Tax Reform”, Paris: OECD. Available here

Prichard, Wilson. 2007. “The Role of IGAD in Shaping Livestock Policy in the Horn of Africa: Understanding the International System, International Actors and Implications for Reform,” IGAD Livestock Policy Initiative Working Paper, Addis Ababa: IGAD Available here

Research Reports for Civil Society Organizations

Prichard, Wilson and Samuel Jibao. 2011. “Building a Fair, Transparent and Inclusive Tax System in Sierra Leone”, Freetown: Christian Aid. Available here

Prichard, Wilson. 2011. “The Political Economy of VAT and CIT Reform: Business Taxpayer Perceptions and Recommendations for Strengthening Reform Efforts.” Dhaka: World Bank.

Prichard, Wilson. 2010. “Citizen-State Relations: Improving Governance Through Tax Reform.” Paris, France: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Available here.

Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “Taxation, Governance and Development”, Background Paper for Tax Matters media brief, London: Panos UK.

Prichard, Wilson and Isaac Bentum. 2009. “Taxation and Development in Ghana: Finance, Equity and Accountability”, London: Tax Justice Network. Available here

Prichard, Wilson. 2009. “All Finance is Not Equal: Aid, Resource Rents and Taxation in Development”, Background paper for UN Financing for Development conference

Select Research Presentations to Policy Audiences

"Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform, and Development." Book Launch at Oxfam America. Washington D.C., November 26, 2018. Available here.

"Four key messages about property tax reform." Presented to the World Bank Roundtable on Property Tax Reform. Washington D.C., November 16, 2018. Available here.

"Taxing Africa: Coercion, Reform, and Development." Book Launch at the University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada, September 24, 2018. Available here.

"Political Economy, Governance and Future Tax Reform." Presentation to World Bank Workshop on Political Economy, Governance and Future Tax Reform. Washington D.C., September 5, 2012 Available here

"State Building and the Political Economy of Tax Reform: Key Messages and Practical Opportunities". Presentation to the IMF Revenue Mobilization and Development Conference. Washington D.C., April 17, 2012 Available here