Mobilizing and efficiently utilizing domestic resources is crucial for Africa to implement the post-2015 development agenda and the African Union Agenda 2063 – This is one of the key messages from the 2015 Africa Capacity Report (ACR) on Capacity Imperatives for Domestic Resource Mobilization which was launched on 7 December 2015 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
The Report shows that despite significant improvements in revenue collection over the last decade (2006-2015), the effective mobilization of domestic resources in African countries faces significant challenges, chief among them high capacity constraints and low tax collection efforts.
Published every year since 2011, the Africa Capacity Report is the ACBF flagship publication. The report and its supporting indicators offer inputs for decisions on what is needed to support in capacity development.
Simultaneous launches took place concurrently in Nairobi, Kenya, Accra, Ghana and Geneva, Switzerland.