Research areas
Rachel Etter-Phoya is research assistant with the School of Medicine. She is also senior researcher with the Tax Justice Network.
Rachel studies the global influences on government revenue and its impact on development and human rights. She is particularly interested in the impact of the extractive industries on governance and revenue and the outcomes for fundamental rights in Africa.
As part of the Government Revenue and Development Estimations GRADE project team, she looks at the influence of tax revenue and debt servicing on access to fundamental rights, especially for children. These include the right to water and sanitation, education and healthcare.
Rachel has worked for over 10 years in Malawi, where she grew up, in governance and revenue reform. She has worked with the Revenue Development Foundation in the Ministry of Energy, Natural Resources and Mining in Lilongwe, human rights organisation Citizens for Justice, Save the Children, and the German development agency (GIZ) public financial management programme in Malawi.
Rachel is an associate with Resources for Development and serves as an advisor for British government financed governance programme, Traction, in Malawi.
Rachel holds a Master of Laws in Natural Resources Law and Policy (Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee, UK), a Master of Science in International Rural Development (Royal Agricultural University, UK), and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and English (University of Zurich, Switzerland).
Selected publications
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A letter to the OECD Board of Directors; Regarding Failure to Respond to UN Special Procedures’ Urgent Communication regarding the Potential Adverse Human Rights Implications of the OECD’s Two Pillar Solution
O'Hare, B.A.-M., Etter-Phoya, R. & Stephen, H., 24 Apr 2024Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
An assessment of the impact of gaps in global governance on children’s rights in Malawi in the context of the climate emergency - Submission to CESCR 76th Session
O'Hare, B.A.-M., Etter-Phoya, R., Hannah, E. A. & Hall, S., 10 Aug 2024Research output: Other contribution
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Open access
Impact of higher-income countries on child health in lower-income countries from a climate change perspective: a case study of the UK and Malawi
Hannah, E. A., Etter-Phoya, R., Lopez, M., Hall, S. & O'Hare, B.A.-M., 4 Jan 2024, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 4, 1, 28 p., e0002721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Tax expenditures and progress to the Sustainable Development Goals
Masiya, M., Hall, S., Murray, S. W., Etter-Phoya, R., Hannah, E. A. & O'Hare, B.A.-M., 25 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Sustainable Development. Early ViewResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Beneficial Ownership Transparency in Africa in 2022
Etter-Phoya, R., Hamed, N. K. I., Kairu, F., Lorenzo, F. & Danzi, E., 13 Mar 2023, 39 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Open access
Financing child rights in Malawi
Etter-Phoya, R., Manthalu, C., Kalizinje, F., Chigaru, F., Mazimbe, B., Phiri, A., Chimowa, T., Ligomeka, W., Hall, S. & O'Hare, B.A.-M., 16 Nov 2023, In: BMC Public Health. 23, 21 p., 2255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
How can corporate taxes contribute to sub-Saharan Africa's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? A case study of Vodafone
Hannah, E., O'Hare, B., Lopez, M., Murray, S., Etter-Phoya, R., Hall, S. & Masiya, M., 20 Mar 2023, In: Globalization and Health. 19, 1, 15 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Submission for the UN Secretary General's Tax Report to implement GA Resolution 77/244 'Promotion of inclusive and effective co-operation at the United Nations' to finance development and support SDG progress. Submission for the UN Secretary General's Tax Report
O'Hare, B.A.-M., Hall, S., Hannah, E. A., Etter-Phoya, R., Murray, S. W. & Masiya, M., 20 Mar 2023, 4 p.Research output: Other contribution
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The principles of tax justice and the climate crisis in Africa’s resource-rich nations
Nsenduluka, M. & Etter-Phoya, R., 7 Sept 2023, 14 p. (Feminist Action Nexus for Economic and Climate Justice).Research output: Working paper
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A win for African leadership on international tax
Etter-Phoya, R., 7 Dec 2022, Tax Justice Network, Online 1 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Editorial