Wilson Laleau, the Minister of Economy and Finance revealed this week that in the 2015-2016 budget the cost of passports goes from 1,600 to 3,000 Gourds Gourdes (nearly 200% increase) and the driving license from 1,000 to 3,000 gourdes (300% increase)

For Minister Laleau, it is not a tax increase, but a necessary tariff adjustment on services whose costs have not varied for 10 years. He recalled that during this period all the costs have increased and that the State is no longer able to make available new secure documents, which are much more expensive to produce without a rate adjustment

However, he admits that the government also wants to mobilize new resources to finance major investments in social ...

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