Can Improving Taxation In Africa Help Meet Health Needs?

In Sierra Leone, there was a time when “people were so happy to pay” local taxes, says Joanna Favour Tom-Kargbo, an economic justice manager for the NGO Christian Aid. For instance, her council would make a documentary to show where the money was being spent, such as road or market construction. In that kind of situation, “you don’t need to coerce people to pay. Citizens were…