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Even if rates are kept low, more formal businesses will mean more tax revenue in Benin

GIZ adviser warns that tax exemptions often do not lead to the desired results

Our contributors’ network is large, and does not add up to an echo chamber

To what extent is Tunisian democracy a model for North Africa and the Middle East?

In the USA, the Republican tax reform resembles bad governance in much poorer countries

The vilification of George Soros at the hands of the Hungarian government is baffling

South Africa gets a new start

Since 2013, the Frelimo government party is involved in a “mini-war” with the Renamo opposition

In Mozambique, a bitter fight has been waged for years over the decentralisation of the country and the associated transfer of power to lower levels

The Mugabe era is over, but “Mugabeism” is likely to live on