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Wilson R.S Prichard

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy

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  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
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BIO

Wilson Prichard is an Associate Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the Department of Political Science, is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies and is the CEO of the International Center for Tax and Development. He holds a Ph.D. and MPhil from the Institute of Development Studies, and a BA from Harvard University.
He is the author of Taxation, Responsiveness, and Accountability: The Dynamics of Tax Bargaining in Sub-Saharan Africa (Cambridge University Press) and Taxing Africa (Zed Books, named a Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2019). His work has appeared in a wide range of academic journals, including the British Journal of Political Science, International Affairs, World Development, and the Journal of Development Studies, and he also writes and blogs broadly for policy audiences. He works closely with civil society organizations, national governments, regional organizations, and international agencies, including as research lead on the World Bank’s Innovations in Tax Compliance program, as the technical lead on a reform of the property tax system in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and as a member of the Advisory Board to the ‘BEPS and Mining’ program of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development.

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Toronto, Canada2010 - present
  • Research Fellow
    University of Sussex, Governance Team, Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom2010 - present
  • Research Director
    University of Sussex, International Centre for Tax and Development, Brighton, United Kingdom2010 - present
  • CEO
    International Centre for Tax and Development, Brighton, United KingdomSep 2010 - present
  • Research Consultant
    World Bank, Washington D.C., United StatesMay 2011 - Sep 2011
  • Research Consultant
    Organisation For Economic Co-Operation and Development, Paris, FranceFeb 2009 - Sep 2010
  • Research Consultant
    Christian Aid, London, United KingdomMay 2010 - Aug 2010
  • Research Consultant
    Tax Justice Network, Oslo, NorwayMar 2009 - Jun 2009
  • Senior Product Manager
    Socket Works Global, GhanaApr 2008 - Oct 2008
  • Research Consultant
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, ItalySep 2006 - Feb 2007
  • Policy Advisor
    Government of Canada, Ottawa, CanadaMay 2005 - Sep 2005
  • Advocacy Director and Member of Board of Directors
    Global Justice, Oxford, United KingdomAug 2003 - Jul 2004

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2010
  • M.Phil
    University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom2006
  • BA
    Harvard University, Cambridge, United States2003

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • French
  • Italian

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries
  • Industry Projects
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

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