1. Resource mobilization, institutions and structural transformation
Remarks at the 4th Plenary Session
AEC 2011
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Oct 27, 2011

2. DRM: Scope and issues Scope Key issues Public and private DRM
Technical and Institutional dimensions
Key issues
Breadth and efficiency
Distribution and equity
Tax as incentive
Transformation policy tool

3. Top 15 and Bottom 15 countries in Tax/GDP, 2007: Color code: Gold = mineral rich; gray = oil rich
Lesotho
42.9
Swaziland
39.8
Botswana
35.2
Seychelles
32.0
Namibia
28.8
South Africa
26.9
Cape Verde
23.0
Morocco
22.3
Ghana
20.8
Malawi
20.7
Djibouti 20
Senegal
19.2
Gambia
18.9
Kenya
18.4
Cameroon
18.2
Bottom 15
Tax/GDP
Burkina Faso
11.5
Guinea-Bissau
Niger
11.0
Madagascar
10.7
Sierra Leone
10.5
Gabon
10.3
Guinea
8.2
Central African Rep
7.7
Algeria
Sudan
6.3
Nigeria
6.1
Congo, Rep
5.9
Angola
5.7
Chad
4.2
Equatorial Guinea
1.7

4. Tax Effort: with and without resource rents, 2007

5. Institutional innovation
Policy focus
Breadth
Institutional innovation
Transformation
Private activity expansion (limits to “milking a thin cow”)
Harness untapped potential
Decentralization
Building political support: service delivery as compliance incentive
PICK WINNERS
Tax incentives for entrepreneurship