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Digital identification is supposed to provide identity to all people. But sometimes it blocks access to essential services.
Les coupures d'Internet touchent de plus en plus souvent des millions d'Africains et sont particulièrement fréquentes lors des élections ou des manifestations.
Internet shutdown affects millions of Africans more and more often and are most prominent during elections or protests.
The loss of the central role of people in today’s complex global systems is the greatest danger of all. In Kenya and Amdo Tibet, it can be rediscovered.
Les perceptions et sentiments des parties prenantes sont essentiels pour guider l’adhésion, et une communication claire peut faire la différence.
Tax compliance is a burden for small and medium businesses in Uganda, with negative consequences.
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Ghana is dropping its mobile tax at a time when other countries are trying to introduce one.
Les pays africains doivent mettre en œuvre des approches efficaces pour s'assurer que les citoyens aisés contribuent davantage au paiement des impôts.
African countries need to implement effective approaches to ensure wealthy citizens make a bigger tax contribution.
Food shortages are not the cause of hunger in South Africa. The country produces and imports all the food it needs.
Simple either/or ways of seeing women overlook the power dynamics and structural factors that give rise to the stereotypes.
Digitalising social protection overcomes several inefficiencies – but also creates barriers that prevent access for millions of people.
The Great Green Wall is great in theory but too complicated to achieve without more localised planning.
The recent eruption of far-right violence is a manifestation of deep social crisis, but it would be wrong to abandon hard-won civil rights for an illusion of safety.
La jeunesse africaine ne s'oppose pas à l'aggravation de l'autocratie sur le continent.
Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
At a time of increasing unease about the checks and balances for the use of AI, some African countries are spending more on harmful surveillance of their citizens.
Digital tax filing can improve accuracy and timeliness but it doesn’t always translate into higher tax revenue.
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Researcher, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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chercheure, Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies
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Researcher, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor of Gender and Development, Institute of Development Studies
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Postdoctoral Fellow, International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Power and Popular Politics research cluster, Institute of Development Studies
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Research fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Researcher, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Digital Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Deputy Director, CPAN; Research Fellow, IDS, Institute of Development Studies