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Talon PAG reform state 2016-2026

BEN·2016 – 2026·Patrice Talon reform coalition
Leaders: Patrice Talon (President, 2016-2026) · Abdoulaye Bio Tchane (Minister of State for Development and Government Action Coordination) · Romuald Wadagni (Minister of Economy and Finance)

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Talon's two-term programme used the Programme d'Actions du Gouvernement as a central planning instrument for infrastructure, social protection, tourism, agro-processing, and public-administration reform. It paired investor-facing special-zone and logistics projects with targeted social-insurance expansion, while electoral and party-law changes narrowed the effective opposition field.

Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes

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transfer expansion
fiscal.transfer_expansion
Size of cash and near-cash transfer programmes (unemployment benefits, means-tested assistance, universal child benefits). Architecturally distinct from forced-saving schemes — see condition welfare_architecture.
increased · moderate
larger transfer footprint
ARCH expands health insurance and social-protection coverage for poor and informal households.
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sectoral subsidy
fiscal.sectoral_subsidy
Targeted industrial and sectoral subsidies (renewable energy, chip manufacturing, agriculture, green hydrogen, etc).
increased · moderate
expanded sectoral subsidies
Glo-Djigbe and PAG industrial projects channel state support to selected agro-industrial and logistics activities.
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trade openness
regulatory.trade_openness
Trade policy openness — tariffs, non-tariff barriers, FTAs, industrial protection.
increased · weak
more open trade
Special-zone and corridor investments are designed around export processing and foreign-investor access.
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rule of law
institutional.rule_of_law
Rule of law as institutional substrate — contract enforcement, judicial independence, equal treatment before the law. Upstream of most other axes.
decreased · moderate
weaker rule of law
Party-system and electoral reforms raised ballot-access thresholds and concentrated representation in pro-government blocs.

Policies enacted

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