Background study on enhancing the effectiveness of fiscal policy for domestic resource mobilization

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to consider the relationship between fiscal policy and development financing in Africa. Because of the great diversity across the continent, a study covering all the 53 countries would reveal no general conclusions of importance. Just as one would not expect many useful policy guidelines to emerge from a study of all European countries (including, for example, Belarus and Sweden), the diversity of the African continent must be recognized.