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Le paradoxe de la fiscalité agricole en Afrique Sub-saharienne

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  • Catherine ARAUJO BONJEAN

    (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International(CERDI))

  • Gérard CHAMBAS

    (Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International(CERDI))

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In many sub-saharan african countries, agricultural sector adjustment programs failed to succeed because of a severe budgetary constraint which prevent actual reform of the incentive scheme and lead to maintain a high degree of taxation on agricultural exports. On the basis of theoretical litterature and african agricultural sector specificities, the aim of this paper is to draw the main caracteristics of a tax policy for the agricultural sector which would enhance agricultural growth. It is suggested to replace export tarifs by a tax on agricultural income collected at the border, to introduce a land tax in the most favorable areas, and to keep agricultural inputs free from any taxation

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  • Catherine ARAUJO BONJEAN & Gérard CHAMBAS, 1999. "Le paradoxe de la fiscalité agricole en Afrique Sub-saharienne," Working Papers 199915, CERDI.
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