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Research Paper

June 15, 2026

Publishing the Yardstick

Benchmark transparency, data-matching notice, and the design of voluntary compliance instruments in developing economies.

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Sujoy Maitra

10 min read • 214 Reads

Research Paper

May 15, 2026

The Gender Economic Visibility Index: Mapping Women's Economic Participation in PNG

Built on World Bank Gender Data Landscape figures, quantifying where women's economic activity is counted—and where it disappears from the record.

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Maitras Research Desk

10 min read • 214 Reads

Research Paper

April 15, 2026

From Mirror Statistics to Border Decisions

Operationalising trade-gap asymmetries as real-time customs risk priors in low-capacity revenue administrations.

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Sujoy Maitra

10 min read • 214 Reads

Research Paper

February 15, 2026

The Rock Does Not Lie

Resource revenue transparency, contract disclosure, and accountability in mining, energy, and land-development economies.

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Sujoy Maitra

10 min read • 214 Reads

Data Tool

January 15, 2026

Collection Without Reconciliation

Withholding takes the tax before the payee holds the money and distributes collection across thousands of independent payers at no administrative cost beyond oversight. It should leak least. It frequently leaks most. This study asks why.

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Maitras Research Desk

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Data Tool

January 15, 2026

The Missing Comparison

A trading business records its own sales, purchases and stock. Gross margin follows by arithmetic, and clusters by trade. A business far outside its band is not hiding — the anomaly sits in data the authority already holds. This study asks why it so rarely reads it.

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Maitras Research Desk

10 min read • 214 Reads