The Mirage of Growth and the Trap of Aggressive Taxation

The Reporter Ethiopia · 2026-10-10T06:48:56.000Z · Finance

A Policy Critique of IMF-Backed Revenue Targets Amid GDP Distortions and Informal Market Realities Under recent macroeconomic adjustment programs, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Ethiopian government have prioritized aggressive domestic revenue mobilization, setting targets to significantly increase the national Tax-to-GDP ratio from historical levels of 6–7 percent toward Sub-Saharan African. While raising tax […]

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