Alou Adessé DAMA

Alou Adessé Dama is an economist and research fellow at Ferdi, where he coordinates its Taxation for Sustainable Development program. He holds a doctorate in economics from CERDI and focuses his research on domestic revenue mobilization, fiscal capacity, and tax expenditures in developing countries. He conducted an assessment of tax disparities among the eight member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) Commission and has also carried out research for the European Commission, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank. His publications focus on the regressivity of tax exemptions in Africa and the taxation of fuel as a source of development financing. He teaches public finance in Bamako and at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD).