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Developing countries must mobilize domestic resources for development. National budgets contain potential for savings and redistribution. Governments can make additional resources available for sustainable development by reforming their tax systems and eliminating harmful subsidies and unproductive expenses. Of course, when dictators send billions to secret bank accounts, and when wealthy citizens send their savings overseas, they drain domestic financial resources, undermining the basis for development. This page posts articles on the challenges and opportunities of mobilizing domestic resources for development.