

Oyebola Okunogbe
Economist, World Bank
Oyebola Okunogbe is an economist in the World Bank Development Research Group. Her research is on public finance and governance in low and middle income countries. Oyebola completed her PhD at Harvard University. She was born and raised in Nigeria.
Recent work by Oyebola Okunogbe
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Know your citizens, increase your revenues: Improving tax payment in Liberia
Legibility—systematised information about citizens—and legal enforcement can produce sustained, cost-effective increases in tax collection.
Published 11.02.25
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How can lower-income countries collect more taxes?
Governments must make targeted investments in their tax capacity to increase tax revenues
Published 29.05.24
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Promoting national integration in Nigeria
Does exposure to other ethnic regions promote national integration?
Published 24.05.23
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Using technology to improve governance: Evidence from electronic tax filing in Tajikistan
Electronic tax filing lowers compliance costs for firms while reducing the gap in tax revenues between those firms more likely vs less likely to evade
Published 11.05.23