Taxation for Sustainable Development

Supporting the tax and customs administrations of developing countries in their efforts to mobilise domestic resources and contributing to international initiatives on taxation.

FERDI is engaged in various activities to inform policy and enhance capacity building in taxation for development, in partnership with the Centre for Studies and Research on International Development (CERDI, UMR UCA, CNRS and IRD).

Objectives

↪ to support decision-making by tax and customs authorities in developing countries

↪ to collaborate with international tax platforms and initiatives

↪ to disseminate knowledge on taxation and tax policy choices

Latest Achievements

 ↪  Launch of the second phase of the French Strategic Investment Plan for Development (PISD II), 17 June 2025

↪  In 2025, the Institut des Hautes Études du Développement Durable (IHEDD-FERDI) is offering six training courses on mining taxation.

↪ Collaboration with Expertise France and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) to analyse value chains and taxation issues in the extractive sector.

↪ Study of the effective tax burden on mobile operators in 29 African countries

↪ Analysis of the regressivity of corporate income tax (CIT) exemptions in Africa

Study on the fiscal potential of WAEMU countries (in French). The report submitted to the WAEMU highlights the weakness of Member States’ environmental performance, particularly in terms of climate change adaptation. It also emphasises the potential of green tax reforms to both mobilise domestic resources and support the ecological transition.

 ↪ Analysis of environmental taxation in WAEMU Member States

Program in partnership with CERDI

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