This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … in Mali (by 2.4 percentage points) and Niger (2.5 percentage points). This is a result of primarily two factors: indirect … taxes (value-added taxes and import duties) and direct fiscal transfers. Although the richest people in Mali and Niger pay …

Niger's Vision 2035 acknowledges the country has little choice but to create 'a competitive anddiversified economy …-21. The EOD defines Niger's economic diversification as moving exports away from natural resources and increasing the value … policy interventions supporting it. However, Niger faces serious structural challenges to diversify into new productive …