The tax pressure rate is still low in the Uemoa region. It is estimated at 13.8% out of a 20% target. According to the director of forecasting and economic studies, Kalidou Thiaw, several factors are at the origin. UEMOA intends to continue efforts for its recovery

The rebasing of national accounts that automatically lowers the tax burden rate is one of the factors that keeps the tax pressure rate below. For this reason, UEMOA has organized a training workshop on the challenges of the economic situation since Monday. The workshop, which brought together around forty journalists from the eight member countries of the Union, addressed theoretical and practical aspects on accounting, currency and the financing of the economy, the regulation of economic activity, Zlecaf (African Continental Free Trade Area), among others. According to the resident representative Aïssa Kabo, the objective is to train media professionals, who are interested in economic and financial issues, to be more aware of the challenges of the