PROCUREMENT NUMBER: 84/NPCA/OCEO/CDD/QCBS/2019

OBJECTIVES

The Finance and Tax Assessment Consultancy is a key element to support governments identify their strengths and weaknesses and guide in the development and implementation of Integrated Financing Strategies and Plans (IFSPs) towards sustainable resource mobilization and financing for national development.

Evidence from the tax systems and management assessments will facilitate the modernization and strengthening of country tax and revenue collection systems and related services for enhanced Domestic Resource Mobilization capacities. Specifically:

The IFSPs takes into account the social, economic and environmental dimensions of development and analyses the roles that different development finance flows play for or against sustainable development. Importantly, IFSPs have the potential to focus on multiple equity dimensions which include investments made in the poorest geographic regions and sectoral specifics such as Infrastructure, agriculture, science and technology, manufacturing and skills development. The IFSPs will particularly provide:

• Planning, finance and other ministries, with data and analysis on the changing trends in development finance;
• Policy makers with evidence to support the development of a holistic vision of fiscal planning and management systems beyond the traditional public sector budgeting;
• An overview of the evolving financing flows, their allocation and contribution to national priorities and results for more informed allocation and alignment;
• Substantive base upon which to evaluate the functions and responsibilities of national institutions and their associated policies in the management or influence in directing individual flows to high impact productive sectors of the economy; and
• Analysis of the interface and complementarities between different sources of development financing in achieving national priorities.

SCOPE OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Duties and Responsibilities of the Consulting Firm

• Support the focal ministry in mobilizing key institutions and national stakeholders for the assessment; 
• Literature (home-based) collection and review of data focusing on policy documents, studies and relevant analytical reports for a detailed mapping and analysis of sources of development finance; 
• Assessment of Country Results Frameworks vis-à-vis the National Development Plans and cost implications looking at trends over past 3 - 10 years;
• Conduct consultations and interviews with key stakeholders during the research focusing on infrastructure, agriculture, mining and extractives, and skills development;
• Mapping, analysis and estimation of financial flows and tax systems and their interface, as well as, trends to determine the nature, quantity, horizon per target sector of the flows;
• Develop a related financial flows dashboard for decision support;
• Develop the National Integrated Financing Strategy and Plan (IFSP);
• Set in motion the strengthening of cross-government coordination for integrated public finance management and enhancement of domestic resources;
• Propose measures for increasing the tax collection and systems;
• Coordinate the planning, facilitation and delivery of the validation workshop for input by domestic stakeholders for actionable recommendations from the Finance and Tax Assessment Report; and
• Attend related regional meetings for learning and exchange.

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