DFI facilitated the second OIF technical workshop on tax policy in Abidjan from 6 to 9 December. The workshop was organised in partnership with the government of Côte d’Ivoire, as well as CREDAF, the IMF, LSE, OECD, UEMOA, the University of Paris, UNDP, and the World Bank. Director-Generals and ministerial fiscal policy advisors from 14 Francophone countries attended the

Director-Generals and ministerial fiscal policy advisors from 14 Francophone countries attended the workshop, and heard presentations from international organisations and on country experiences from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Morocco and Senegal. They analysed in depth techniques and tools for assessing policy on tax expenditures and exemptions; tax treaties; auditing large enterprises; tax regimes and contracts for extractive industries; and making tax systems more progressive. At the end of the workshop, they identified their priority needs for taking these policy issues forward at

At the end of the workshop, they identified their priority needs for taking these policy issues forward at national level and through the OIF Francophone Finance Ministries’ Network, in order to collect more taxes to fund the SDGs.