January 29, 2026
The Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Litigation made public, on December 11, 2025, a comprehensive report on the evolution of public finances from 2009 to 2024. The institution presents a severe assessment, along with structural lessons and concrete proposals to correct persistent dysfunctions.
Presented as a break from traditional audits, the document is intended as a strategic analysis tool to support budgetary reform. According to CSCCA President Me Rogavil Boisguéné, this represents a historic first aimed at strengthening the real impact of the Court’s constitutional oversight.
The study highlights a chronic weakness in resource mobilization, with tax pressure remaining stuck at around 5% of GDP. This situation, compounded by dependence on customs revenues and external financing, durably undermines the State’s budgetary predictability.
The report also points to a structural imbalance in spending, largely dominated by operating expenses to the detriment of public investment. Despite a sharp nominal increase in investment spending, economic and social effects remain marginal, revealing limited effectiveness of public action.
Speaking alongside the presentation, reform adviser Saint-Juste Momprévil painted a worrying macroeconomic picture, citing near-zero average annual growth of 0.07% and prolonged stagnation in key economic sectors. He also highlighted the combined impact of inflation peaking at 38.7% in 2021 and a 228% depreciation of the gourde, factors that have significantly worsened budgetary and financial imbalances.
In response, the institution puts forward ten key lessons and ten priority avenues, ranging from full implementation of the LEELF to broadening the tax base and controlling the wage bill. These recommendations were presented at a ceremony attended by, among others, the Minister of Economy and Finance Alfred Métellus, BRH Governor Ronald Gabriel, Director General of Customs Gérald Remplais, and other senior state and civil society officials.
