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Postcard for the 9th Urbanization and Development Conference
Call for Papers Nov 08, 2024

The 9th Urbanization and Development Conference on Urban Economics in Action: Addressing African Cities' Challenges will bring together academics, policy makers, and development practitioners to discuss how economics research can help inform urban policy decisions and the allocation of scarce resources to build productive, livable, and sustainable cities in Africa.

The conference will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on June 11-12, 2025. A call for papers is open until November 8, 2024. General registration will open in early 2025.

World Bank Land Conference 2025
Call for Papers Nov 15, 2024

The World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community for over 20 years.?The 2025 World Bank Land Conference will be held May 5–8, 2025?in Washington, DC on the theme of?Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action. A Call for Proposals is now open and aims to solicit high-quality, multi-stakeholder, and multi-country proposals for the Thematic Sessions, Global Land Initiative Sessions, and Land Administration Best Practice Sessions, as well as high-quality academic papers for the Research Sessions. Proposals are due November 15, 2024.?

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Symposium Oct 11, 2024

The 6th Washington Area International Finance Symposium (WAIFS) is a research conference that highlights academic work from researchers at leading finance institutions in the Washington DC area.?The goal of WAIFS is to bring together researchers working in international finance and macroeconomics. Researchers, practitioners, and students from policy institutions and universities present and discuss new ideas in the field. This year's event is being hosted by the World Bank.?

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Blog Post Oct 15, 2024

欧美日b大片’s new tax data lab, DaTax, is uncovering valuable insights into taxation and its effects on businesses and households. This new blog explores 4 key findings from our recent work:

? How much tax do large firms really pay around the globe?

? Can VAT cuts on groceries mitigate the effects of inflation?

? How do top earners generate their wealth?

?? Can linking taxes to services improve compliance and trust?

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    Research Newsletter

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      July 2024

      Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) and climate change represent formidable challenges for the continent, but the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa also have opportunities to build resilience and spur equitable growth.

    • Women of different ethnicities chat and smile while working on their assignments and using a laptop to complete them
      April 2024

      Digital technologies offer the possibility of a new era in development. Investing in digital infrastructure and skills will be critical for countries that hope to realize the benefits.

    • Food Social MENA Climate 2023
      February 2024

      Food and Nutrition Security

      What will it take for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to develop systems that can sustain high-quality nutrition, even during economic shocks?

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    DaTax: Unveiling economic insights through tax data

    DaTax, the new tax data lab from the World Bank, taps into detailed government tax data to address critical policy issues that affect not only tax authorities but also businesses, employers, and workers. For example, the graph below uses corporate tax records from 16 different countries to show that the very largest firms have an effective tax rate (ETR) that is significantly lower than the ETR among other large and mid-size firms.