The 81st Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) will be held at the United States International University - Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, from August 20-22, 2025. The theme of the keynote speeches – to be delivered by Rema Hanna, Niels Johannesen, Ravi Kanbur and Oyebola Okunogbe – is ″Public Sector Capacities″. 

Prospective contributors, both practitioners and academics, are invited to submit papers on any topic within the field of public economics. Selected papers from the 2025 IIPF Congress will be published in a special issue of International Tax and Public Finance. 

Submission deadline: February 15, 2025.

The Scientific Committee is chaired by Prof. François Gerard (University College London) and Dr. Shafik Hebous (IMF). The Local Organizing Committee is chaired by Professors Amos Njuguna (United States International University - Africa, Nairobi) and Dina Pomeranz (University of Zurich).

The Call for Papers and further information are available on the congress website and on the IIPF website. ​​​