Aminur Rahman

World Bank

Aminur Rahman is currently working as a Senior Investment Policy Officer in the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. Previously he worked with the Development Research Group and South Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management of the World Bank. He holds a PhD in Economics from University College London (UCL) and a Master in Development Economics from Oxford University. His research interests include gender, aid effectiveness, informality, and corruption.

Most firms are informal throughout the developing world; and most small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (60-80%) do not register with tax authorities, lowering the tax base. This remains a persistent phenomenon despite the numerous attempts made to encourage registration.

Firms' informality is pervasive in Bangladesh. In this paper published in Economics Letters, De Giorgi and Rahman (2013) implemented an information campaign on registration and find that the treatment made firms more aware, but had no impact on registration.

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Aminur Rahman

Researcher's Grant Projects

Outcome-based Incentives in Export Markets

Tax Compliance and Private Sector Development in the Kyrgyz Republic

Researcher's Publications

Bribes vs. Taxes: Market Structure and Incentives

Exit from Informality: The Stick Treatment

SME’s registration Evidence from an RCT in Bangladesh