Landmines to avoid in subnational IGR expansion
MARTIN Ike-Muonso
January 2, 2023
For obvious reasons, subnational governments are obsessed with maximising internally generated revenue. The more, the merrier. In an
Prioritising taxpayer enumeration
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoDecember 26, 2022
A comprehensive taxpayer database is an essential requirement for effective tax-based IGR expansion. Every subnational government is
What drives subnational IGR growth?
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoDecember 19, 2022
The differences in the independent revenue mobilisation performance of Nigeria’s subnational governments depend significantly on
Kleptocratic scavenge of local government allocations
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoDecember 12, 2022
The president’s confirmation of the well-known thieving of local government fiscal allocations by many state governors and local
Sustaining impactful dialogue on subnational IGR expansion
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoDecember 5, 2022
Despite the enormous investments of many subnational governments in their IGR expansion, they still mostly end up with
Subnational IGR expansion and multidimensional poverty
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoNovember 28, 2022
Subnational revenue expansion strategies are like therapeutics. They can have curative effects when administered correctly but
Subnational IGR expansion as a human rights enabler
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoNovember 21, 2022
Government revenue expansion strategies, particularly in the era of ancient monarchies, were antithetical to human rights protection.
IGR efficiency effects on subnational revenue gaps
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoNovember 14, 2022
Due to pervasive data shortages, accurately determining the size of subnational revenue gaps is challenging. However, there is no
Skilling subnational revenue collectors
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoOctober 31, 2022
Individual performance in any organisation depends on three crucial factors: competence, character, and system support. Competence
Sources of SNG IGR collection risks
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoOctober 24, 2022
All effective strategies accord significant attention to associated risk identification, quantification, ranking and robust mitigation