Last week, the Swedish Tax Agency's International Capability Building Programme, in partnership with CABRI, convened country-teams from Liberia, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa and Zambia in Cape Town, South Africa, to share progress on tackling illicit financial flows (IFFs). 

Since the programme launched in January, country-teams have applied the problem-driven iterative adaptation (PDIA) approach to diagnose root causes and co-design practical, country-led solutions with ecosystem partners. 

During this second regional workshop, the country-teams benefitted from the strategic reflections of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) Revenue Commissioner Ed Kieswetter and Ismail Momoniat of the National Treasury of South Africa. Over the coming months, country-teams will finalise and present actionable recommendations to address IFFs in order to strengthen domestic resource mobilisation.