Twivwe Siwale

Twivwe Siwale is the Head of Tax for Growth, a thematic initiative of the International Growth Centre, a research centre, directed by the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Twivwe is responsible for project development, content creation and policy engagement for IGC’s work on tax. The portfolio includes a collaboration with the Tanzania Revenue Authority to develop a dashboard to increase the utilization of tax data generated from Electronic Fiscal Devices to increase domestic revenue mobilization. Other work is with the Zambia Revenue Authority to pilot a consumer incentive scheme to increase VAT compliance. Twivwe also leads on the IGC Zambia Programme work on mining. This is a high level engagement with the Zambian government to increase the economic benefits of mining in Zambia. She has co-authored a journal article accessing formalization of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Zambia. Prior to joining the IGC, Twivwe worked at the Zambia Revenue Authority in various departments including the tax inspectorate, audit unit and in the policy and legislation unit. She is a Commonwealth Scholar who holds an MSc in Public Economics from the University of York. She is a 2017 Mandela Washington Fellow who studied Public Management at the Andrew Young School of Public Policy in Atlanta, Georgia. She has provided expert economic analysis on Zambia to various media houses including the BBC and the Telegraph.