Central African Republic

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Partners
2

IMF

Central African Republic - Tax policy
Theme
Tax Policy
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
10/28/2020
End Date
8/21/2024

Improved tax and non-tax revenue policy (SDG 17.1) - TXP

Central African Republic-AFC-Revenue Administration
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
8/3/2020
End Date
4/30/2023

Strengthened revenue administration management and governance arrangements

Central African Republic-Tax Administration-RMTF
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
1/25/2021
End Date
4/28/2023

Strengthened core tax administration functions (SDG 17.1) - TAD

WBG

CAR- Public Sector Digital Governance Project
Theme
Tax Administration, Customs Administration
Project Type
LENDING PRODUCT
Start Date
5/5/2022
End Date
12/31/2026
Total Funds
$35,000,000

The Project Development objective (PDO) is: To (i) improve efficiency and transparency in key areas of public resources management,and (ii) lay foundations for a trusted and inclusive digital government.

Rebuilding state presence and local governance in the CAR
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
11/18/2019
End Date
5/22/2023

The development objective of this ASA is to provide support to the Government in conceptualizing its approach towards decentralization and local governance, taking into account lessons learned from international experience and ensuring the protection of human rights.

The ASA will address a concrete knowledge need of the Bank identified in the Fragility Assessment (FA) for the CAR and the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD). The FA underlines that “A study to identify a possible model for local governance in CAR should be launched.” This area is a priority for the Bank since the failure to reestablish functioning local governance and basic services in the CAR has been identified as a major risk to stability, peace, and resilience that requires active mitigation by the national authorities and the international community. The FA further states that concrete results visible for the population can be achieved through state and decentralized actions that demonstrate the government’s commitment to re-establishing governance and services outside the capital. The SCD identified decentralization as one of the priority policy reforms which are needed to address the binding constraint to poverty reduction of inadequate growth, although it did not specify the type of decentralization needed. Addressing grievances through basic service provision nationwide is also identified as critical to long-term stability and poverty reduction. However, to date, there hasn’t been a comprehensive evaluation of the most appropriate model for decentralization and local governance in CAR and whether at all the prerequisites for a successful decentralization are present in the CAR. Similarly, there hasn’t yet been an elaboration of the role of subnational governments in the delivery of basic services and thereby, their role in protecting economic and social human rights, as well as ensuring the mainstreaming of the human rights principles of accountability, transparency and participation. The report will fill these knowledge gaps and will inform the preparation of the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the CAR.

The ASA’s concrete added value is that it will generate a unique analytical product which will be at the nexus of governance and human rights. While there is a considerable body of literature about decentralization and human rights, not much has been written on this topic specifically for the CAR. The analysis will combine insights from different disciplines- governance, human rights and peace building- to approach in a novel way the specific challenges of the CAR and develop custom recommendations about a “best fit” model which can in the future be supported through the Bank’s operational work. By adopting a human rights-based approach to local governance and service delivery, the ASA will contribute to framing public services as rights. Improving service delivery is rarely perceived as human rights implementation, neither by government authorities, nor by the public. Consequently, human rights remain distant as a frame of reference or analysis in most policies and practices at the local level, while they may actually be human rights in practice. Bringing human rights into the discourse will contribute to putting legal weight to public services. It will also shed light on the duties of the government at central, regional and local level, to respect, protect and fulfill human rights.*

*The duty to respect means that local officials must not violate human rights through their own actions. It requires local government to refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms of all persons within its jurisdiction. The duty to protect requires measures to ensure that third parties do not violate the rights and freedoms of the individual. The duty to fulfil means that local government must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms. For example, local authorities are obliged to fulfil the right to education by sustaining a good educational system.

IMF

Central African Republic - Tax policy
Theme
Tax Policy
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
10/28/2020
End Date
8/21/2024

Improved tax and non-tax revenue policy (SDG 17.1) - TXP

Central African Republic-AFC-Revenue Administration
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
8/3/2020
End Date
4/30/2023

Strengthened revenue administration management and governance arrangements

Central African Republic-Tax Administration-RMTF
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
1/25/2021
End Date
4/28/2023

Strengthened core tax administration functions (SDG 17.1) - TAD

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No Result
No Result
No Result

WBG

CAR- Public Sector Digital Governance Project
Theme
Tax Administration, Customs Administration
Project Type
LENDING PRODUCT
Start Date
5/5/2022
End Date
12/31/2026
Total Funds
$35,000,000

The Project Development objective (PDO) is: To (i) improve efficiency and transparency in key areas of public resources management,and (ii) lay foundations for a trusted and inclusive digital government.

Rebuilding state presence and local governance in the CAR
Theme
Tax Administration
Project Type
Technical Assistance
Start Date
11/18/2019
End Date
5/22/2023

The development objective of this ASA is to provide support to the Government in conceptualizing its approach towards decentralization and local governance, taking into account lessons learned from international experience and ensuring the protection of human rights.

The ASA will address a concrete knowledge need of the Bank identified in the Fragility Assessment (FA) for the CAR and the Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD). The FA underlines that “A study to identify a possible model for local governance in CAR should be launched.” This area is a priority for the Bank since the failure to reestablish functioning local governance and basic services in the CAR has been identified as a major risk to stability, peace, and resilience that requires active mitigation by the national authorities and the international community. The FA further states that concrete results visible for the population can be achieved through state and decentralized actions that demonstrate the government’s commitment to re-establishing governance and services outside the capital. The SCD identified decentralization as one of the priority policy reforms which are needed to address the binding constraint to poverty reduction of inadequate growth, although it did not specify the type of decentralization needed. Addressing grievances through basic service provision nationwide is also identified as critical to long-term stability and poverty reduction. However, to date, there hasn’t been a comprehensive evaluation of the most appropriate model for decentralization and local governance in CAR and whether at all the prerequisites for a successful decentralization are present in the CAR. Similarly, there hasn’t yet been an elaboration of the role of subnational governments in the delivery of basic services and thereby, their role in protecting economic and social human rights, as well as ensuring the mainstreaming of the human rights principles of accountability, transparency and participation. The report will fill these knowledge gaps and will inform the preparation of the new Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the CAR.

The ASA’s concrete added value is that it will generate a unique analytical product which will be at the nexus of governance and human rights. While there is a considerable body of literature about decentralization and human rights, not much has been written on this topic specifically for the CAR. The analysis will combine insights from different disciplines- governance, human rights and peace building- to approach in a novel way the specific challenges of the CAR and develop custom recommendations about a “best fit” model which can in the future be supported through the Bank’s operational work. By adopting a human rights-based approach to local governance and service delivery, the ASA will contribute to framing public services as rights. Improving service delivery is rarely perceived as human rights implementation, neither by government authorities, nor by the public. Consequently, human rights remain distant as a frame of reference or analysis in most policies and practices at the local level, while they may actually be human rights in practice. Bringing human rights into the discourse will contribute to putting legal weight to public services. It will also shed light on the duties of the government at central, regional and local level, to respect, protect and fulfill human rights.*

*The duty to respect means that local officials must not violate human rights through their own actions. It requires local government to refrain from interfering with the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms of all persons within its jurisdiction. The duty to protect requires measures to ensure that third parties do not violate the rights and freedoms of the individual. The duty to fulfil means that local government must take positive action to facilitate the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms. For example, local authorities are obliged to fulfil the right to education by sustaining a good educational system.