David Phillips

David, an Associate Director at the IFS, has particular expertise in two areas. Firstly, devolved and local government finance, where he has analysed fiscal rules, funding allocations and local risks in the context of Covid-19. Secondly, tax and social protection policy in developing countries, where he helps lead the DfID-funded TaxDev programme, which has been supporting partner governments’ policy development and appraisal and publishing broader research and analysis on the Covid-19 crisis.