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How Can Digitalisation Close the VAT Gap? Insights for Policymakers
By embracing digital transformation, policymakers can create more efficient, transparent, and fair tax systems that…
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Exploring the Darknet in Five Easy Questions
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in EconomicsWe caught up with Martin Dittus to find out some basics about darknet markets, and…
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Digital platforms are governing systems—so it’s time we examined them in more detail
It’s important that we take a multi-perspective view of the role of digital platforms in…
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Why we shouldn’t believe the hype about the Internet “creating” development
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in DevelopmentDespite the vigour of such claims, there is actually a lack of academic consensus about…
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Could data pay for global development? Introducing data financing for global good
Are there ways in which the data economy could directly finance global causes such as…
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The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy
Applying elementary institutional economics to examine what blockchain technologies really do in terms of economic…
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Uber and Airbnb make the rules now — but to whose benefit?
Outlining a more nuanced theory of institutional change that suggests that platforms’ effects on society…
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Why are citizens migrating to Uber and Airbnb, and what should governments do about it?
What if we dug into existing social science theory to see what it has to…
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Does a market-approach to online privacy protection result in better protection for users?
Examining the voluntary provision by commercial sites of information privacy protection and control under the…
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Will digital innovation disintermediate banking—and can regulatory frameworks keep up?
The role of finance in enabling the development and implementation of new ideas is vital—an…
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Examining the data-driven value chains that are changing Rwanda’s tea sector
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in DevelopmentWhat role is new Internet connectivity playing in changing these sectors—which are often seen as…
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Why haven’t digital platforms transformed firms in developing countries? The Rwandan tourism sector explored
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in DevelopmentHave Rwandan firms been able to access online platforms? What impact has access to these…