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Thomas Scurfield

Africa Economic Analyst
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Thomas supports economic policy work across Africa, including on taxation, revenue management and other linkages between the extractives sector and the economy. This support ranges from providing policy advice to governments to building the capacity of civil society actors. Before moving to London, he led NRGI’s research, technical assistance and capacity building on these issues in Tanzania.
 
Prior to joining NRGI, Thomas spent three years working in Sierra Leone's Ministry of Finance on extractive industry issues, first as an Overseas Development Institute fellow and then as an independent advisor. During this time, he supported the development of tax policy for the extractive industries, led the ministry's work on tax modeling of mining projects, and worked to improve intra-governmental coordination in these areas. Thomas has also worked with the U.K.’s Department for International Development as a member of the technical support team to improve governance and management of Sierra Leone’s extractive industries. 
 
Thomas holds an M.Sc. in development economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a B.A. honors in economics from the University of Nottingham.

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Raw or Refined: Does Commodity Processing Help Resource-Dependent Countries to Diversify?

William Davis, Thomas Scurfield, Pavel Bilek, Amir Lebdioui
25 March 2021

How Mozambique Could Strengthen its Proposed Sovereign Wealth Fund

Andrew Bauer, Thomas Scurfield
17 February 2021

Tanzania Strikes a Better Balance with its Mining Fiscal Regime

Thomas Scurfield
24 June 2020

Africa’s New Oil and Gas Producers Must Prepare for More Disappointment in the Post-Coronavirus Era

David Mihalyi, Thomas Scurfield
2 June 2020

Gas-to-Power Challenges Point To Expansion of Renewables

David Manley, Thomas Scurfield, Aaron Sayne
29 May 2020

Lessons for Generating Government Revenue for New and Prospective Liquefied Natural Gas Producers

Briefing
18 December 2019
Thomas Lassourd, Amir Shafaie, Thomas Scurfield

Should the OECD’s Proposal for a “Unified Approach” on Corporate Taxation Exclude Extractive Industries?

Thomas Lassourd, Thomas Scurfield
28 November 2019

How Tanzania Can Secure a Good Deal for its Offshore Gas

Briefing
5 September 2019
Thomas Scurfield, David Manley

Managing Expectations About Tanzania’s Uncertain Gas Revenues

Briefing
5 September 2019
Thomas Scurfield, David Mihalyi

Tanzanian Government Reaffirms Commitment to Disclose Mining Contracts

Thomas Scurfield, Silas Olan'g
26 June 2019

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