Failure and Promise of Property Taxation in Senegal

Ehtisham Ahmad () and Giorgio Brosio ()
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Ehtisham Ahmad: London School of Economics and Political Science
Giorgio Brosio: University of Torino

Chapter Chapter 2 in Beneficial Property Taxation for Emerging Market Countries, 2022, pp 33-44 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Senegal illustrates the problems with the property tax in emerging market countries. The dismal property tax collections are concentrated in the largest cities, and that too in the upscale districts in metropolitan Dakar. This leads to significant service delivery differentials in the country, with migratory pressures toward Dakar, and increasing informality in sprawling slums. Mayors do not know what is assessed, or even what is collected that goes first to the Central Treasury in Dakar, or what might finally accrue to them. This leads to a dysfunctional local government system, seriously hampering plans to create “sustainable growth hubs,” including in Saint Louis, Africa’s most ecologically vulnerable city but with tremendous potential. Coordinated actions on beneficial property taxes and governance reforms are recommended.

Keywords: Agglomeration and growth; Colonial models of taxation; Cadastral assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08612-0_2

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