of high-calorie food items is therefore a key concern (especially in a low-capacity environment) and may suggest a narrower focus on a smaller subset of carefully chosen goods. Food excise taxes also raise many questions on equity grounds, as there is no evidence that high-calorie food items are consumed in greater proportion by higher-income individuals (as opposed to fuel, for example). In fact, there is ample evidence that cheap, highly-processed, high-calorie food is consumed more among low-income individuals, although the likely stronger long-term negative
being made to recover CFAF 19.3 billion from SN La Poste (MEFP ¶5) . 2 Anecdotical evidence points toward a comparable situation in the case of relatively large private companies impacted by government payments delays in late 2017. 3 IMF Country Report No. 17/1. 4 New tax measures included: increases in alcohol, cosmetics, tobacco, sodas, and fatty foods excise taxes, generalization of the tax on automobiles, new tax on fire arms, merging of the levy on telecom companies and the contribution to economic development, new tax on cargo