Africa’s Untapped Revenues with Alex Segura

June 21, 2018

Sub-Saharan Africa’s resource-rich countries have the lowest tax effort and biggest tax gap in the region. (iStock by Getty Images/ssuaphoto)

The latest Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa suggests better policy design could help countries increase tax revenues by as much as 5 percent of GDP. Alex Segura heads the IMF team for Gabon, and led the team of economists who wrote the chapter on raising revenues in the report. In this podcast, Segura says when people perceive that the tax system is fair, they’re much more likely to accept their tax obligations.

Alex Segura, team lead for Gabon, and Advisor in the IMF’s African department.