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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · 7d

The African Centre for Tax and Governance, with support from #LoGRI, conducted a property tax diagnostic assessment in 3 Nigerian states 🇳🇬 to understand common #PropertyTax challenges and reform options.

Check out this PB to learn more about the situation in #Kaduna!👇

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Diagnostic Assessment of Property Tax in Nigeria – The Case of Kaduna State - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · 23d

🎉We’re delighted to announce the launch of our new training course, the Property Tax Development Program!

📚The #PTDP is a 5-week hybrid course designed to equip participants with cutting edge #propertytax insights & tools to support effective tax reform.

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LoGRI Launches Property Tax Training Course - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

The Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) is excited to announce the launch of its new training initiative, the Property Tax Development Program (PTDP). The PTDP is a hybrid course designed to e...

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Sep 8

✒️ @wilsonprichard.bsky.social @colettenyira.bsky.social Camille Barras | @ictdtax.bsky.social

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 #NewPublication!

Our latest working paper argues that loosening legal requirements that properties & owners must registered to be taxed can help local govts expand the tax base fairly and affordably.

Read more about this "property tax-first approach" here: utoronto.scholaris.ca/server/api/c...

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Sep 2

How can #PropertyTaxes help accelerate subnational development?

Our latest policy brief by @wilsonprichard.bsky.social argues that by simplifying tax admin, leveraging IT tools & building political and public support for reform, local govts can make real progress.

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Property Taxes for Development: Building the Foundation for Accelerated Subnational Development - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · Sep 1

🏆Congrats to Laura Montenbruck on winning the IIPF Young Economists Award!

Her study in Freetown- alongside an ICTD,
@logritax.bsky.social & @theigc.bsky.social property tax reform work- shows how better info on public services can boost tax compliance.

📜Read her blog: www.ictd.ac/blog/does-in...

IIPF - International Institute of Public Finance @iipf.bsky.social · Aug 24

Our #IIPF2025 congress in Nairobi now being over, IIPF President James Hines and scientific committee chairs @fgerard.bsky.social @shafikhebous.bsky.social are happy to introduce two award winners:

1/2: 2025 IIPF Young Economists Award went to
Laura Montenbruck (Stockholm Uni).

Congratulations!

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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · Aug 28

Le gouvernement ivoirien est sous pression pour augmenter son taux de pression fiscale afin d’atteindre le seuil de 20 % fixé par l’UEMOA.

🏗️Bien qu’identifié comme une source de revenus essentielle, l’impôt foncier reste encore largement inexploitée!

Lisez le blog ici ➡️ www.ictd.ac/fr/blog/impo...

Réformes de l’imposition foncière en Côte d’Ivoire: le paradoxe de la volonté politique - ICTD

Au Côte d’Ivoire, l’impôt foncier représente une ressource importante de revenus qui reste largement inexploitée.

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Aug 25

📍LoGRI Executive Director Dr. Titilola Akindeinde recently spoke at the Plateau State Internal Revenue Service's Tax Summit on the Administration of Property and Land Related Taxes in Plateau State, #Nigeria, where she discussed lessons learned from property tax reforms in #Freetown, Sierra Leone.

Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Aug 20

📍Nicolas Orgeira Pillai et Serge Bonou ont organisé un atelier à #Cotonou 🇧🇯 pour co-concevoir une enquête sur les propriétés!

Avec des participants de DGI Benin & @giz.de Bénin, cet événement fait suite à un projet pilote à #Agblangandan qui a testé une méthode simplifiée de cartographie 🗺️🛰️

Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Aug 20

📍LoGRI's Nicolas Orgeira Pillai and Serge Bonou recently held a workshop in #Cotonou 🇧🇯 to co-design a property survey!

With attendees from DGI Benin & @giz.de Benin the event follows a pilot project in #Agblangandan that tested simplified property mapping methods 🗺️🛰️

Stay tuned for more!

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Aug 6

📍LoGRI Chair @wilsonprichard.bsky.social recently attended the #ATI General Assembly 2025 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia!

Check out our event highlights here👇
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#ATIGA2025 #PropertyTax

📸 @ictdtax.bsky.social, International Tax Compact

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 29

An estimated 90% of all arable land in sub-Saharan Africa is under customary tenure - raising questions on how to expand #PropertyTax to these areas.

@wilsonprichard.bsky.social & Sripriya Srivatsa provide a high level framework for these questions in our latest brief ⬇️
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Extending Property Taxation in Areas of Customary Authority and Tenure - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · Jul 29

"While #propertytaxes hold immense revenue potential in many lower- & middle-income countries, they were noticeably absent from the [...] the Compromiso de Sevilla."

Our colleagues from @logritax.bsky.social reflect on the #FfD4 summit ➡️ ow.ly/Oi5W50WwBiz

#FinancingOurFuture #TaxExperts

Financing Development: Gains and Gaps of the Sevilla Conference - ICTD

While property taxes hold immense revenue potential in many lower-income countries, they were absent from the Compromiso de Sevilla.

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 28

📬 The latest edition of our #newsletter is now available!

In it, we highlight exciting project and program updates - including our participation at #FfD4, the publication of our first working paper, and more!

Check it out👉 mailchi.mp/utoronto.ca/...

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 22

As the dust settles on the Fourth International Financing for Development Conference (#FfD4)🌍, Regan McCort, @wilsonprichard.bsky.social & @moyoarewa.bsky.social look at what the conference achieved and where it fell short of expectations.

Check out the full blog here 👇
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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 21

🎉 Congrats to LoGRI Associate and @oxfordcsae.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow @nmeriggi.bsky.social, who has been awarded an NWO Veni grant to study political barriers to effective property taxation and enforcement strategies in West Africa.

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LoGRI Associate Niccolò F. Meriggi Awarded Prestigious Grant to Study Property Taxation in Western Africa - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded LoGRI Associate and Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University Niccolò F. Meriggi, a Talent Programme Veni Scheme grant to support a new research initiati...

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 We're thrilled to announce the launch of the LoGRI Associates Program (LAP)!

🎉 Join us in welcoming our first cohort: Enid Slack, Jonathan Weigel, Nara Monkam, & ‪‪@nmeriggi.bsky.social

Learn more about the program here ➡️ logri.org/2025/07/intr...

#LoGRI #PropertyTax #Tax4Dev

Introducing the LoGRI Associates Program - The Local Government Revenue Initiative

The Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) is proud to announce the launch of the LoGRI Associates Program (LAP) and to welcome its inaugural cohort. The LAP is designed to recognize senior profe...

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 15

📍Last month, Project Officer Adele Somat attended a World Bank workshop on decentralization and local public finance in #Brazzaville, Republic of Congo 🇨🇬

She led a session on #PropertyTaxes for local revenue mobilization, reflecting on Congo's current constraints and potential paths forward.

Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 10

📸credit: @uclg.bsky.social, @un-habitat.bsky.social, @unep.org

Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jul 10

With #ODA set to drop 9–17% this year, last week's #FfD4 in Sevilla was a vital moment to rethink dev financing.

LoGRI's @wilsonprichard.bsky.social & @moyoarewa.bsky.social attended, highlighting #PropertyTaxes as a key tool in #DRM and sustainable growth.

#LoGRI #Tax4Dev #FinancingOurFuture

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Jun 27

Evidence from Sierra Leone shows that digital participatory budgeting can increase government legitimacy in weak states but only increases tax compliance for supporters of the incumbent government.

Read today's article to learn more:

Treatment effects on legitimacy outcomes

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Jul 7

Governments in low-income countries often struggle to raise enough taxes to fund development.

In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.

Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and increase tax revenues in weak states?

Evidence from Sierra Leone shows that digital participatory budgeting can increase government legitimacy in weak states but only increases tax compliance for supporters of the incumbent government.

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Local Government Revenue Initiative (LoGRI) @logritax.bsky.social · Jun 12

📢New Working Paper from LoGRI & @oxfordcsae.bsky.social: "Participation, Legitimacy and Fiscal Capacity in Weak States: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting"

✍️Kevin Grieco, Abou Bakarr Kamara, @nmeriggi.bsky.social @julianpolsci.bsky.social ‪& @wilsonprichard.bsky.social

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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · Jun 12

⭐NEW CSAE & @logritax.bsky.social Working Paper 'Participation, legitimacy & fiscal capacity in weak states: evidence from participatory budgeting'.
✒️Kevin Grieco, Abou Bakarr Kamara, @nmeriggi.bsky.social
‪@julianpolsci.bsky.social &‬ @wilsonprichard.bsky.social
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International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) @ictdtax.bsky.social · May 16

NEW BLOG: @logritax.bsky.social researchers unpack reform experiences in #Senegal, which show how effective communications strategies on the importance of property taxes can raise public awareness and support for reforms.

Read it here ➡️ ow.ly/itMN50VRCKi

#TaxTwitter #TaxReform #TaxPolicy

Building Public Support for Property Tax Reform in Senegal through Sensitization and Communication Campaigns - ICTD

Reform experiences in Senegal illustrate how effective communication strategies about the importance of property taxes can increase public awareness and support for reforms.

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