I'm wondering whether Touba organized a tax base. It will be difficult for the Holy City of the Mourides to have infrastructure and services such as garbage collection without means to identify and administer a revenue system.
In 2005, the Arizon company STC created a land management and tax support system, SIGGIL, for Touba. The system created the ability (with GIS) to create and distribute land ownership titles to over 100,000 citizens. SIGGIL enabled the local government to levy the first taxation in Touba. According to the company website (www.stchome.com):
"Scientific Technologies Corporation (STC), an Arizona corporation established in 1988, provides domain expertise and information technology solutions to address complex real world problems in community, regional, state/provincial, and national public health programs... "
According to internet reports the software was delivered. I'll follow up to see if it was implemented... Senegal sources report that the Khalif has succeeded in generating tax revenue. (See previous posts about some of those funds disappearing in Dakar)...
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