Taxation for Sustainable Development

 ↪ Support decision-making by tax and customs administrations in developing countries, in particular with regard to domestic resource mobilisation 

 ↪ Produce and disseminate analyses, data and operational tools to support  effective and equitable tax policies tailored to national contexts 

 ↪ Contribute to international  initiatives and debates on taxation and development finance

 ↪  Strengthen public  administrations capacity through training, policy dialogue and knowledge sharing 

In 2025 – 2026 : 

• Contribution to the work of the French Platform for Domestic Revenue Mobilisation (DRM), notably in the context of the launch of PISD II 
• Organisation of international webinars and high-level events, including a side event at the FfD4 conference in Seville dedicated to measuring tax gaps 
• Participation in international debates on taxation, including carbon taxation in maritime transport and its implications for developing countries

 In 2025 – 2026 :  

• Publication of a second regional report on tax potential, including an analysis of tax expenditures and harmonised taxes, produced in partnership with the WAEMU Commission and presented at several international forums 
•  Update of the mining rent database: https://fiscalite-miniere.ferdi.fr/
•  Empirical analyses of taxation in the telecommunications sector in Africa, including the publication of country factsheets and a dedicated platform: telecom.ferdi.fr 
•  Update of the methodology for measuring tax effort, with prospects for collaboration initiated with the International Monetary Fund and UNU-WIDER

 In 2025 – 2026 :  

• Contribution to the PAGFAL project in Algeria, supporting the development of a portal for the declaration of taxes and duties in the upstream hydrocarbons sector 
• Organisation of training sessions and technical workshops for tax authorities on mining taxation and domestic resource mobilisation

Programme implemented in partnership with CERDI (UMR UCA, CNRS and IRD).