Many thanks for your contributions — you're absolutely right. The challenge lies in the fact that domestic revenue mobilization is a long-term process requiring deep structural reforms, such as modernizing tax administrations, broadening the tax base, and reducing informality. In contrast, fiscal consolidation measures are often implemented in the short term, primarily to reassure donors or markets, or to strengthen the credibility of economic authorities.

Do you think this temporal mismatch between the long-term nature of tax reforms and the short-term pressures of consolidation could lead to budget cuts in essential social sectors — sectors that are nonetheless critical for achieving the SDGs?