👇🏾Amazing job opportunities with IT for Change , one of the most dynamic orgs in reforming tech for societal good! Check out these senior policy positions ⬇️

🇮🇩 Universitas Diponegoro FEB summer course is starting next week. Several days left to register for this free course on business & sustainability. I will be teaching 2 classes on decent work in 🎣 + fair recruitment of migrant workers, alongside distinguished speakers.
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Thanks Wiley Economics! As an early career researcher, it is always motivating to see when your work is picking up traction 😄🫡

Full paper available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

📣 We’re delighted to announce that in partnership with University of Sussex we have been ranked first in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024! It is the eighth consecutive year that we have taken the top spot for the subject area. 🏆🎉🌟

📃 Are trade rules undermining #taxation of the #digitaleconomy in Africa?

🔎 Revisit this study by Karishma Banga and Alexander Beyleveld on the implications of trade rules to revenue generation in African countries.

Read it here ➡️ ow.ly/ZmLR50QRlcN

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📝This report by Tax Notes quotes Karishma Banga on how the moratorium on custom duties for electronic transmissions, which was renewed following #WTOMC13AbuDhabi , impacts developing countries.

Read the news story here🔗ow.ly/o5KJ50QNHXR

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Serious recent research relevant to case for removing #WTO e-commerce customs duty moratorium. #WTO MC13AbuDhabi #MC13

With the #WTOMC13AbuDhabi underway, a reminder ⬇️that trade-related negotiations at WTO have important #tax implications for developing countries.

Our International Centre for Tax and Development Institute of Development Studies paper explores these impacts for the case of #Kenya , #Rwanda , and #SouthAfrica ictd.ac/publication/ar…

Just four days to go for the #WTOMC13AbuDhabi and a critical decision on the moratorium on #customsduties on electronic transmissions.

How much will #developing countries lose this time?

See my new Institute of Development Studies International Centre for Tax and Development blog ids.ac.uk/opinions/the-r… for why policy space is key.

Q: Why is it that a country can tax an imported video game disc but not a digital download of the exact same game?

A: The WTO’s moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions. AKA the E-Commerce Moratorium.

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Wait don’t fall asleep yet! 🧵

📄 PAPER: How do trade rules shape #tax regimes on the #digitaleconomy and what are their implications for #revenue generation?

Find out in this study by Karishma Banga and Alexander Beyleveld, focusing on Kenya, Rwanda & South Africa👉🏽ow.ly/GNI250QyFS9

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I am looking for research assistance on projects related to #digitalisation , international #trade , and #green economies.

If you have experience working with #Indian firm-level data and strong quantitative skills, please DM me to learn more!

Institute of Development Studies

Are trade rules undermining taxation of the digital economy in Africa? Institute of Development Studies explores the interplay between trade rules & tax measures, highlighting potential challenges & opportunities for revenue generation from the digital economy in African countries
opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handl…

This new study shows significant foregone revenue for a number of African states that could be avoided if #WTO #ecommerce moratorium lifted. 🔽 (and here's my own take on why the moratorium should go bit.ly/3w5QQL4) Karishma Banga

My latest: the #WTO #ecommerce tariff moratorium should not be renewed. bit.ly/4blgcVu IILJ - NYU Law - @[email protected] MegaReg Guarini Global Law & Tech - NYU Law Brookings Global Roosevelt Institute Chad P. Bown Soumaya Keynes Ana Swanson Ambassador Katherine Tai Columbia's Initiative for Policy Dialogue

📢 We are hiring 6 Research Fellows/Postdocs SOAS University of London

Come to work with Ha-Joon Chang and myself in our newly established Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation (CSST) SOAS University of LondonEconomics

Apply: vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/503021
Deadline: 6 Feb 2024
For more info: [email protected]

Thrilled to be presenting our UNU-WIDER paper on #digital #structuraltransformation International Economic Association IEA World Congress on the 12th of December.

What a way to end the year :D :D Institute of Development Studies

Would love to meet fellow economists International Economic Association IEA