{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"lai-latif.com","home_page_url":"https://lai-latif.com","description":"lai-latif.com","author":{"name":"lai-latif.com"},"items":[{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/the-debt-machine-how-ai-is-reshaping-who-owes-what-to-whom","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/LA.png\"/><p>By Lyla Latif (PhD) Global Tax, Public Finance and Technology Governance Specialist</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/the-debt-machine-how-ai-is-reshaping-who-owes-what-to-whom","title":"The Debt Machine: How AI Is Reshaping Who Owes What to Whom","summary":"By Lyla Latif (PhD) Global Tax, Public Finance and Technology Governance Specialist","date_modified":"2026-05-10T17:32:42Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/who-owns-african-knowledge","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/ll.png\"/><p>The Fiscal Cost of a Treaty the World Refuses to Sign</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/who-owns-african-knowledge","title":"Who Owns African Knowledge? 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This gap has been filled by mobile phones and the internet that have ...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/fintech-regulation-and-tax-aspects","title":"FinTech: regulation and tax aspects","summary":"The Global Findex Database 2017 reports that about 1.7 billion adults remain unbanked and almost all the unbanked adults live in developing countries. This gap has been filled by mobile phones and the internet that have ...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T22:22:03Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/centralised-revenue-redistribution-a-potential-cause-of-conflict","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/images%20(1).jpeg\"/><p>This article argues that when a large part of a population has either limited or no access to social and economic resources as a result of government policy in redistributing revenue towards the capital, such concentrate...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/centralised-revenue-redistribution-a-potential-cause-of-conflict","title":"CENTRALISED REVENUE REDISTRIBUTION A POTENTIAL CAUSE OF CONFLICT","summary":"This article argues that when a large part of a population has either limited or no access to social and economic resources as a result of government policy in redistributing revenue towards the capital, such concentrate...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T22:10:58Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/youth-employment-and-wealth-creation-opportunities-in-kenya","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/download-0002.png\"/><p>Youth unemployment in Kenya remains at its highest, posing a significant policy issue. 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The guiding framework for policy and law making in Kenya relating to employment and wealth creation opportunities for the youth curre...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T22:04:18Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/the-challenges-in-imposing-the-digital-tax-in-african-countries","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/images-0001.jpeg\"/><p>This paper addresses the challenges of taxing the digital economy and offers potential solutions towards aligning the digital economy with the tax rules governing traditional businesses in the interim while specific digi...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/the-challenges-in-imposing-the-digital-tax-in-african-countries","title":"THE CHALLENGES IN IMPOSING THE DIGITAL TAX IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES","summary":"This paper addresses the challenges of taxing the digital economy and offers potential solutions towards aligning the digital economy with the tax rules governing traditional businesses in the interim while specific digi...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T22:01:05Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/financing-governments-cinderella---health-finance","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/download-0001.png\"/><p>Is health in Kenya adequately financed? Relatedly, is there a need for additional sources \nof revenue to fund health? The limited resources that are available to the Kenyan government are prioritised in the budget that e...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/financing-governments-cinderella---health-finance","title":"Financing Government's 'Cinderella' - Health Finance","summary":"Is health in Kenya adequately financed? Relatedly, is there a need for additional sources \nof revenue to fund health? The limited resources that are available to the Kenyan government are prioritised in the budget that e...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T21:56:34Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/legal-redress-against-business-related-human-rights-abuses","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/images.png\"/><p>Mining corporations in Africa stand accused of violating human rights. This article gives a voice to the plight suffered by local African communities in accessing justice to remedy the violation of their human rights as ...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/legal-redress-against-business-related-human-rights-abuses","title":"Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses","summary":"Mining corporations in Africa stand accused of violating human rights. This article gives a voice to the plight suffered by local African communities in accessing justice to remedy the violation of their human rights as ...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T21:47:34Z"},{"id":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/illicit-finance-in-afghanistan","html_content":"<img src=\"https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/db5339c7-5f54-499d-beb7-2a6c3c687cb1/images.jpeg\"/><p>Afghanistan has taken a number of measures to combat against tax evasion. However, these measures have not led to strengthening tax compliance in the country. This is due to the prevalence of economic crimes and the weak...</p>","url":"https://lai-latif.com/learning-hub-%26-blogs/f/illicit-finance-in-afghanistan","title":"Illicit Finance in Afghanistan","summary":"Afghanistan has taken a number of measures to combat against tax evasion. However, these measures have not led to strengthening tax compliance in the country. This is due to the prevalence of economic crimes and the weak...","date_modified":"2020-02-21T21:39:24Z"}]}