Domestic Revenue Mobilisation & Tax Policy Design
Grow the revenue base with policy design, administration reform and the compliance data the tax authority already holds.
The executive challenge
The problem this program solves
Your budget is fully spent and your outcomes have barely moved: domestic revenue mobilisation delivers activity, reports and workshops — everything except the result citizens were promised. The political cost arrives on schedule: an announcement without delivery is a loan taken against the next election. In five days you learn why well-funded domestic revenue mobilisation underperforms, and you rehearse the cabinet conversation that changes it.
Context
Why this matters now
Capability
What you will be able to do
- Design domestic revenue mobilisation policy that survives implementation: evidence, incentives and delivery capability.
- Present domestic revenue mobilisation evidence at the cabinet table with brevity, honesty and stakes.
- Build domestic revenue mobilisation delivery and measurement systems that move outcomes, not activity.
- Commission domestic revenue mobilisation evaluation and read it critically — attribution, gaming and all.
The IPAT Course Standard
The five-day journey
Each day is a deliberate progression in managerial capability — from strategic context, to analytical frameworks, to applied practice, to executive judgement under pressure, to a capstone that produces something your organisation keeps.
IPAT Signature Case™
The Dam at Two-Thirds
A flagship project at a ministry of finance is two-thirds complete when independent review finds the hydrology assumptions optimistic and a cheaper alternative existed. Cancelling embarrasses the government; completing it strains the debt ceiling.
Your decision: Complete, redesign, or pause — and design the public accountability for whichever you choose, domestic revenue mobilisation evidence included.
IPAT Data Lab™
A a devolved county government cannot trace its spending to outcomes citizens feel.
Dataset: Synthetic expenditure and outcome panel for a devolved county government, with leakage and coverage gaps.
Your task: Trace money to outcomes, find the value-for-money gaps, and design the dashboard that changes decisions.
An expenditure-to-outcome dashboard and findings memo.
Data → Analysis → Decision, not Data → Code → Certificate
Day 5 · The Capstone
What will you change when you return to work?
Build the design and evaluation framework for your institution's flagship programme: evidence base, causal chain, measurement, and delivery governance.
Methodology
Frameworks you will master
- • IPAT Data-to-Decision Framework™
- • IPAT Transformation Architecture™
- • Cost-benefit analysis and regulatory impact assessment
- • Results-based management
- • Randomized and quasi-experimental evaluation methods
Cohorts
Upcoming cohorts
New dates are being scheduled
Register with your preferred start date and our admissions team will match you to the next available cohort — or contact us to arrange an in-house delivery for your organisation.
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