Ole Therkildsen
Primary research areas
Ole Therkildsen does research on taxation, democratization, corruption, and public service delivery in poor countries – especially East and Southern Africa. He is specifically interested in how their political economies shape relations of the state, bureaucracy, civil society, and the private sector.
Current research
Corruption
Mapping of the political economy of corruption in Tanzania’s international trade in rice and sugar. This will form the basis for proposal to reduce this corruption, which especially hurts smallholder growers of sugar and rice.
Corruption affecting Tanzania’s industrialisation policies – specifically the Economic Processing Zones programme – is also analysed as a basis for proposals to reduce corruption and generate more jobs.
This work is part of the research project on Anti-Corruption Evidence (ACE) at SOAS, University of London.
The financing of the election campaigns of political parties
Comparative analyses of the political parties’ demand for and supply of money to run their parliamentary and presidential elections and the impacts on democratization that these money flows have.
This work is part of the research project Political Settlement and Revenue Bargaining (PSRB) at the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus.
Research and activites
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Book Chapter2023Ole Therkildsen, Moses Khisa & Jamal Msami
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DIIS Working Paper2022Moses Khisa, Jamal Msami & Ole Therkildsen
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Working papers etc.2022How to make Export Processing Zones work via conditional special licensingAntonio Andreoni, Julian Boys & Ole Therkildsen
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Journal Article2022Ane Karoline Bak & Ole Therkildsen
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Working papers etc.2021Production success, scarcity persistence and rent seeking in the East African CommunityAntonio Andreoni, Deograsias Mushi & Ole Therkildsen
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Journal Article2021Extractive industry regulation and taxation in Tanzania and UgandaAnne Mette Kjær, Ole Therkildsen, Lars Buur & Michael W. Hansen
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Working papers etc.2020a case study of sugar production, smuggling and trade in TanzaniaAntonio Andreoni, Deograsias P. Mushi & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Working Paper2020Odd-Helge Fjeldstad & Ole Therkildsen
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Working papers etc.2019No Elections Without Tax ExemptionsOle Therkildsen & Ane Karoline Bak
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DIIS Working Paper2019A mixture of light and darknessOle Therkildsen
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DIIS Working Paper2019Ole Winckler Andersen & Ole Therkildsen
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Working papers etc.2019Summary of Working Paper 98 by Ole Therkildsen and Ane Karoline BakOle Therkildsen & Ane Karoline Bak
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Report2016including comparisons with DenmarkNeil Anthony Webster & Ole Therkildsen
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Journal Article2015Lessons from Tanzania, Uganda and MozambiqueMichael W. Hansen, Lars Buur, Ole Therkildsen & Anne Mette Kjær
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Book2015a comparative perspectiveLindsey Whitfield, Ole Therkildsen, Lars Buur & Anne Mette Kjær
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DIIS Book2015Essays in honour of Ole TherkildsenAnne Mette Kjær, Lars Engberg-Pedersen, Lars Buur & Ole Therkildsen
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Literature Review2015Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Report2014Peter Gibbon, Caroline Hambloch, Rasmus Hundsbæk Pedersen & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Report2013governance, linkages and aidLars Buur, Ole Therkildsen & Michael W. Hansen
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Book Chapter2013Anne Mette Kjær & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Working Paper2012legacies, crises and weak productive capacityOle Therkildsen
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Journal Article2012Anne Mette Kjær & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Working Paper2011strategies ruling elites pursue for political survival & their policy implicationsOle Therkildsen
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DIIS Working Paper2011Tanzania's push for irrigated riceOle Therkildsen
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Report2008background paper no. 1Ole Therkildsen
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Brief2021Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Anna Gopsill, Ingrid Hoem Sjursen & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Policy Brief2013Lars Buur, Anne Mette Kjær, Ole Therkildsen & Michael W. Hansen
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DIIS Policy Brief2011mixed blessings for growth and poverty alleviationAnne Mette Kjær & Ole Therkildsen
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DIIS Policy Brief2010Ole Therkildsen & Lars Buur
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DIIS Policy Brief2008push for broader-based taxation in fragile states - and tax the aid machinery operating in them tooOle Therkildsen