Project Info

Project Code
1819AZ
Tranche
T11A
Tranche Type
Residual
Status
Active
Title
Preventing trade mis-invoicing in selected African countries

Entities

Implementing Entity (Lead)
ECA
Jointly Implementing DA Entities
DESA
Collaborating DA Entities
ODC
UNCTAD
ESCAP
Other Collaborating Entities
Bretton Woods institutions
Multilateral financial development institutions

Financial and Evaluation Info

Total Budget
$550,000.00
Project Selected for Evaluation
No

Countries and Regions

Countries or Areas: Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tunisia, United Republic of Tanzania (the)
Regions: Africa
Sub-Regions:
Intermediate Regions:
Countries in Special Situations: Least Developed Countries (LDC)

Areas of Work

SDG
16
17
SDG Targets
16.4
16.5
17.1
Thematic Clusters
Macroeconomics and Finance
International Trade

Brief Description

Trade misinvoicing is one of the several facets of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). According to ECA’s latest estimates, Africa is losing $73 billion annually through trade misinvoicing alone making it the most important channel for IFFs from Africa. In addition, as identified in the Report of the High-Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, abusive transfer pricing is a major source of IFFs from Africa (African Union and ECA, 2015). IFFs, including trade misinvoicing and abusive transfer pricing divert resources from social development and raise serious problems for financing development in Africa. They also undermine governance, hamper structural transformation and affect overall economic activity. These risks have been recognized in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, specifically in target 16.4 of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on financing for development also calls for redoubling of efforts to substantially reduce IFFs by 2030.

Objective and Expected Outcomes

Objective
To strengthen the capacity of the relevant authorities in selected African countries to prevent trade misinvoicing and tackle abusive transfer pricing in the extractive sector
Expected Outcome 1
Intervention/tool procedures developed to reduce trade misinvoicing in selected African countries
Expected Outcome 2
Enhanced capacity of selected African countries to prevent trade misinvoicing through implementation of an intervention/tool and training of relevant officials in the selected countries in its use and delivery of workshops on transfer pricing in the extractive sector