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Read more about why I wrote a novel about the law. And get a copy of the book over at amzn.to/3Z4j1GO
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Head over to Factotum, my Substack, to learn more about my new book, Just Dicta, and why I forgot to include an acknowledgement section. Find the book at amzn.to/3Z4j1GO
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Democracy is dying. Same old story. nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/po…
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Excited to share the final paper in @opengovpart’s Justice Policy Series, “Accountability for Democratic Renewal”, released at the #WorldJusticeForum! Check out my chapter on tax and fiscal policy: bit.ly/justice-three
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JMLakin retweeted
28 May 2021
Changes in Supplementary Budget I for FY 2020/2021: What they say about #Kenya’s priorities amidst the #COVID19 pandemic. By @abrahamochieng and @jkinuthia08
#BudgetTransparency #OpenBudgets #SupplementaryBudget
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JMLakin retweeted
2 Apr 2021
Simplifying budgets study: Informed participation of citizens has the ability to facilitate governments and taxpayers to get the best value out of scarce public funds. However, budget documents are inaccessible - technical and voluminous. We tested simplification of budgets 1/
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What to expect when you're expecting tax changes in 2021: icij.org/inside-icij/2021/01…
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Income tax in Ireland did not collapse during the pandemic, because the people who lost their jobs are those who pay relatively little tax, notes @simoncoveney, Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs @ODIdev
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Listening to @ODIdev conference on inequality: @fhgferreira notes that while inequality has risen, policy response (inc/ cash tranfers, etc.) in at least 6 countries may have led to a decrease in inequality during the pandemic @OpenBudgets
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Say their names: nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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Check out my new paper with Paolo de Renzio on the role of civil society in tax reform:
internationalbudget.org/publ…
@TaxCompact @OpenBudgets @ICTDTax @TaxJusticeAfric @JKmuraguri @jkinuthia08 @abrahamrugo
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JMLakin retweeted
9 Dec 2020
They picked out how projects are distributed across the wards, how priorities are given and the level of public participation in budgeting discussions.
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Is performance budgeting like Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill? It might well be, at least as Albert Camus understood the myth: blog-pfm.imf.org/pfmblog/202… @jkinuthia08 @KipronoTM @JKmuraguri @HeleneBarroy @OpenBudgets
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JMLakin retweeted
2 Dec 2020
Government decisions, including choices about the budget, affect people’s lives and should be reasonable, not arbitrary. @jmlakin's new brief examines the legal standards behind these decisions: internationalbudget.org/publ… @TaxCompact @ICTDTax @globtaxgov @GA4TJ
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