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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo wants the state to generate the revenues it needs.

National revenue services

Broaden the base; close loopholes

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by Stefanie Rauscher
by Hans Dembowski
Experts agree on the need for industrial policy: freighters transport tropical timber along the Congo near Kinshasa in the DR Congo.

Industrial policy

Pragmatism instead of ideology

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by Tilman Altenburg
by Wilfried Lütkenhorst
Protest in London in August against British mining companies that are accused, among other things, of evading taxes in Africa.

Commodities

Missing billions

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by Nico Beckert
Anti-Soros poster in Hungary: “Don’t let Soros have the last laugh.”

Government campaign

The slandering of a philanthropist

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by Dan Nolan
The informal sector is difficult to tax: selling potatoes in Arusha.

Domestic resource mobilisation

Double standards

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by Dereje Alemayehu
Coal has become increasingly important in India – people near strip mine in Jharkand.

Public budgets

Harmful government expenditure

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by Shikha Jha
Cayman islands P.O. boxes.

Public finance

High time to get organised

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by Mick Moore
A rare sight in Mozambique: members of the Frelimo and Renamo parties work together to construct a road.

Decentralisation

A deadly power struggle

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by Friedrich Kaufmann
by Winfried Borowczak
Not all relevant essays are available online anymore – an academic library in Suzhou.

Political science

Access denied

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by Jonathan Sullivan
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