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The North-South Institute (NSI) has been working on case studies exploring the potential for domestic resource mobilization in five Sub-Saharan countries: Burundi, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Begun in 2008, the project seeks to bridge the gap between research and practice regarding the mobilization of domestic resources. Economic development
is a domestically driven enterprise. No amount of
foreign assistance or investment in its myriad forms can
substitute for a coherent, dynamic and domestically
driven capital accumulation, intermediation and
mobilization process. It is vital that such a process
take root even in the poorest of countries so that over
time they may wean away from aid and other unpredictable
external flows that have hitherto disproportionately
financed their development needs.
In tandem with in-country workshops being held September 2010, organized in collaboration with the Banque de la Republique du Burundi, University of Yaoundé in Cameroon, the Department for International Development (UK) in Ethiopia, the Tanzania Revenue Authority and the Ministry of Finance in Uganda, NSI has produced a series of briefs highlighting research findings from each of the five case studies - including one which synthesizes overall findings.
Synthesis brief:
Country case study briefs:
In addition to the case studies, a synthesis and donor paper were produced:
Full length DRM case studies:
In April 2010, NSI held a conference as part of this project entitled Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilization in Sub-Saharan Africa, at Wilton Park in the UK. Please see the conference page for a summary of events including access to presentations.
For additional project information, please see the background paper:
Domestic Resource Mobilization: a neglected factor in
development strategy
Roy Culpeper and Aniket Bhushan, April 2008
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