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DeFiNe is a global network of think tanks and academic establishments. Institutions belonging to DeFiNe come both from developing and OECD countries. They provide perspectives on the ongoing work themes at the OECD and help establish dialogue on development issues between OECD and non-OECD members. DeFiNe’s work feeds into the content of various OECD development fora.
Established DeFiNe members - twelve think tanks from twelve countries*:
• CGD, Center for Global Development (USA)
• CIEPLAN, Corporation of Studies on Latin America (Chile)
• CPD, Centre for Policy Dialogue (Bangladesh)
• DIE, German Development Institute (Germany)
• ENS, Ecole Normale Supérieure (France)
• FEDESARROLLO (Colombia)
• IBON (Philippines)
• ISSER, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (Ghana)**
• NCAER, National Council for Applied Economic Research (India)
• NSI, North-South Institute (Canada)
• ODI, Overseas Development Institute (UK)
• WIDER, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UN / Finland)
New DeFiNe members as of 2009:
• CSEND, Centre for Socio-economic Development (Switzerland)**
• GDN, Global Development Network (International)
• IRMA, Institute of Rural Management, Anand (India)
• LEDNA, Local Economic Development Network of Africa (Africa)
• MERCONET, Network of Mercosur Universities (Mercosur)
• UCA, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Graduate School of Business, Applied Research Centre (Argentina)
* In bold, the 12 (7 established and 5 new) members who will participate in September (DeFiNe) and/or January (GFD) meetings (** January only).
Here you may access more detailed information about our members.
Domestic Resurce Mobilisation (DRM)
DeFiNe in the Global Forum on Development 2009-10
The GFD 2009-10 to be held on 28th January 2010 is an annual event organised jointly with the OECD Development Co-operation Directorate. This year the Forum will focus on Domestic Resource Mobilisation in Times of Crisis. In DeFiNe, the OECD is therefore looking for members with expertise in Domestic Resource Mobilisation (DRM) and particularly fiscal; policies. In times of cognitive crisis, both external resource flows (ODA, FDI) and domestic revenues become less reliable. Hence there is a need to create more predictability in revenue mobilisation and to take a cohesive approach to resource mobilisation both at home and abroad. While good practices and quick fixes will help overcome the crisis, long-term solutions are needed to build ownership and promote good governance. The Forum will therefore look closely at public instruments for DRM, namely Fiscal Policy (Taxation), in line with the Doha Development Agenda and the Monterrey Consensus.
The Development Centre will strive for an energetic and inspiring event capable of proposing practical and immediate policy recommendations, with focus on implementation. It will make all efforts to disseminate GFD’s message to a large audience consisting of global, regional and national stakeholders and to put it in the most relevant context by inviting and hearing from policy practitioners, studying success stories, and preparing targeted self-contained sessions. The inputs of DeFiNe members will be critical for the success of GFD. In preparation for the 2009-10 GFD, a working meeting of DeFiNe was held on 25th September 2009.
DeFiNe Working Meeting on 25th September 2009
A working meeting of DeFiNe was held on 25th September 2009. Below you may access the presentations and background papers presented by the participants.
SESSION I: GENERAL
1.”Revenue Mobilisation as an important dimension of the overall Domestic Resource Mobilisation process: Issues, Challenges and Some Reflections”
George Mavrotas (GDN)
2. “Informal Sector and Domestic Resource Mobilisation”
Imed Drine (UNU-Wider)
3. “International Tax Compact”
Peter Wolff (DIE)
SESSION II: ASIA
1. “Tax Rules in Stimulus – Developing Country Perspective - India”
Yoginder K. Alagh (IRMA)
2. “Taxation and Development in the Philippines”
Paul Quintos and Tony Tujan (IBON)
3. “Implications of the Global Financial Crisis for Domestic Resource Mobilisation- The Bangladesh Experience”
Debapriya Bhattacharya and Mustafizur Rahman (CPD)
SESSION III: LATIN AMERICA
1. “Taxation, Fiscal Decentralisation and Legitimacy – The Role of Semi-autonomous Tax Agencies in Peru”
Christian von Haldenwang (DIE)
2. "The Colombian fiscal policy: a limited tool for long-term development and short-term recovery"
María Angélica Arbeláez (Fedesarrollo)
3.“Pro-cyclical Tax Policies and Macroeconomic Fluctuations”
Gabriel Oddone (MercoNet)
SESSION IV: AFRICA
1. “Local Public Resource Mobilisation in a Context of Fiscal Decentralisation and Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in Africa"
François Yatta (LEDNA)
2. “Enhancing Domestic Resource Mobilisation in sub-Saharan Africa”
Roy Culpeper (NSI)
Interesting reading on Domestic Resurce Mobilisation (DRM)
Ernest Aryeetey (DeFiNe - ISSER, Ghana), "The Global Financial Crisis and Domestic Resrouce Mobilisation in Africa", ISSER Workign Paper
José Pablo Arellano (DeFiNe - CIEPLAN, Chile), "Structural change in Chile: From fiscal deficits to surpluses", in Challenges to Fiscal Adjustment in Latin America: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, 2006, OECD ECO
Liliana Rojas-Suarez (DeFiNe - CGD), "Access to Financial Services in Emerging Powers: Why hasn’t Increased Economic Force Improved Access?", CGD Draft (with Veronica Gonzales)
TBC
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