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Integration has a negative effect on the fiscal contribution capacity of African countries, no matter the supposition tested. It is said that, in principle, integration provides for reduction or abolition of customs duties, thereby, leading to a drop in government revenue. In spite of all that, integration has been sought after by all the countries since their attainment of independence. the main objective which is analysis of the impact of integration on the fiscal contribution capacity of African countries, we want more specifically: to identify the determining factors of the fiscal contribution; to study the nature and intensify of the effects of these variables on the share of government receipts according t the level of development of the country; to appraise the influence of integration policies on the level of fiscal contribution capacity; to analyze the impact of the number of organizations of which a country is a member on its fiscal contribution capacity. The study shows that, apart from imports, which have substantial contribution capacity, the other variables contribute but marginally to government budgetary receipts, taxes on revenue rate low on public finances of the States. |
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