It's about domestic resource mobilization

1. REVENUE
MOBILIZATION
IN GHANA
BY KOJO SELASI ASHIADEY

2. Introduction
 If we are to achieve the sustainable development goals, we will have to engage
in sub national governments very strongly, in terms of delivery of services because
they are critical to the process of fiscal decentralization. The process of shifting
some responsibilities for expenditures and/or revenues to lower levels of
government is known as fiscal decentralization.
 Revenue mobilization remained the major problem facing district assemblies.
Out of the estimated revenue of 847 million cedis to be collected by the assembly
from its traditional sources this year, only 325.2 million cedis was collected.
 Other avenues of revenue generation should be explored to enhance its base.
Policies and programmes should be explained to the communities for them to
appreciate and contribute meaningfully to the development of the district.

3. The definition and concept of
public revenue
 The Oxford Advanced Learner‘s Dictionary
defines public revenue as the money that a
government receives from taxes and other
sources. In simple terms, Revenue is income
that a company receives from its normal
business activities, usually from the sale of
goods and services to customers. In many
countries, such as the United Kingdom,
revenue is referred to as turnover.

4. Problem discussion
 I am trying to solve ineffective collection of taxes, and
most importantly, inefficient utilization of taxes to
develop the SDG’s in our communities in Ghana to
make our nation an upper middle income nation. The
goal is for Ghana to have sustainable development,
and this can happen if we can minimize corruption,
illicit flows and practice good governance. By the year
2030, most Ghanaians should be out of poverty, be in
good health, have quality education, get good jobs etc.
But before we can achieve that goal, we should most
importantly be involved in fiscal decentralization which
is vital in working towards the sustainable development
goals.

5. SUMMARY OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
OPERATIONS AND FINANCING 2015

6. SUMMARY OF REVENUE AND GRANTS
ESTIMATE FOR 2016

7. TOTAL GOVT. TAX REVENUE FROM JAN TO SEPT 2015

8. Where is the revenue gotten?
 User fees and charges
 Property revenue
 Revenue from specific trades
 Revenue from persons in gainful employment

9. Reason for the participation of
government and official aid providers
 Government, official aid providers and private
investors would have to participate so that
they can earn returns from the investments
they make into the sectors.

10. Reasons for low revenue
mobilization
 Bribery and Corruption
 High standards of living
 High unemployment
 Lack of education on tax responsibility
 Lack of apparent political will
 Poor local facilities
 Weak administration

11. Solution
 Provide good jobs to accommodate most of
all tertiary institution graduates. Strengthen
our currency by exporting more goods than
importing. And increase productivity in our
local industries with continuous power supply.

12. 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
GOALS

13. The SDGs, which was endorsed by the United Nations at its 70th
Session on 18th September, 2015, seek to build on the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) and to complete what the MDGs did
not achieve, particularly in reaching the most vulnerable. The SDGs
seek to balance the three dimensions of sustainable development:
the economic, social and environmental. The new Agenda, which
has 17 broad goals, with 169 targets, is guided by the purposes and
principles of the Charter of the United Nations, including full respect
for International Law and is grounded in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, International Human Rights Treaties, the Millennium
Declaration, the 2005 World Summit Outcome Document as well as
instruments such as the Declaration on the Right to Development.

14. HOW CAN GHANA GENERATE ENOUGH
FUNDS TO FINANCE THE SDG’S
 Provide good jobs to accommodate most of the tertiary institution
graduates.
 Strengthen our currency by exporting more goods than importing.
 Increase productivity in our local industries with continuous power
supply.
 Increase tax rates, reduce illicit flows and tax evasion, effective
mobilization of the internally generated revenue.
 Practice of good leadership, good political system and transparency.
 Attract a lot of private investors

15. References
 www.modernghana.com
 GHANA 2016 BUDGET STATEMENT AND ECONOMIC POLICY