Taxation and the environment: an overview of key issues for developing countries
December 21, 2023
The mobilisation of domestic public resources is the capacity of States to raise revenue, mainly through taxation, and to use it to finance their growth. It is the biggest source of development finance in Africa, and is much larger than official development assistance.
France has made the mobilisation of domestic resources one of the priorities of its development and international cooperation policy.
In 2020, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance, and the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs drew up a Strategic Investment Plan for Development (PISD) aimed at financing bilateral and multilateral initiatives to increase the mobilisation of domestic resources in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The interministerial network on the mobilisation of domestic public resources (MRIP) contributes to this plan by:
FERDI engages in discussions and disseminates knowledge on topics such as tax compliance , environmental taxation, gender and taxation, and excise taxes related to public health.
It organises and promotes webinars and calls for papers, and ccoperates in disseminating publications. It provides the secretariat for the platform's steering committees.
↪ The project by Jean-Francois Brun, François Maworobi OUATTARA, Jule Kaïni TINTA (Université Clermont Auvergne, CERDI), and Samuel Pouwemdéou Tchila (Office Togolais des Recettes) was selected in response to the call for papers on tax gaps and financing the SDGs in Sub-Saharan Africa.
To be accountable to its partners, the platform is publishing its 2022 progress report. It contains the actions carried out during 2021 and draws the first lessons for the remaining implementation period.
