Stories of Changes: Developing effective tax systems

The first phase of UNU-WIDER's Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM) programme helped improve tax systems and strengthen domestic capacities for revenue collection in Global South countries through seven different projects in 2020-2023. What was achieved? Stories of Change video series shows the transformations these research and capacity development initiatives have been able to catalyse.
In this video Reader and Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Antonio Savoia (University of Manchester, UNU-WIDER) explains why fiscal capacity is important for any country, and how UNU-WIDER's Fiscal states project has contributed to improving the ability to tax in the Global South. Read more about the project: go.unu.edu/NUA0f
Efficient domestic resource mobilization will support the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The DRM programme is financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad).
Read more about the programme: go.unu.edu/Mua3B