Movements · central_african_republic_touadera_security_fiscal_state_2019_present Touadera security-alignment and fiscal state 2019-present CAF · 2019 – present· Faustin-Archange Touadera government and United Hearts Movement
Leaders: Faustin-Archange Touadera (President, 2016-present) · Felix Moloua (Prime Minister, 2022-present)
Doctrine — stated goals and content Touadera's second-term governing project pairs a peace-and-security settlement with fiscal stabilization and a constitutional reset in a conflict-affected state. It seeks to rebuild central authority through security arrangements, donor-backed public-finance discipline, and new constitutional institutions.
Policy-content fingerprint — how the framework codes this movement on its axes ~
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.
mixed · moderate
The peace agreement and ECF strengthen formal governance, while the 2023 constitution reset presidential-term constraints.
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spending level → fiscal.spending_level
General government spending as share of GDP, excluding transfers already captured under fiscal.transfer_expansion to avoid double-counting.
decreased · moderate
lower spending share
The ECF emphasizes deficit control, arrears prevention, and expenditure prioritization.
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property rights → institutional.property_rights
Security of private property rights — formal recognition, expropriation risk, titling systems.
increased · weak
stronger property rights
Peace-agreement stabilization seeks to reduce armed predation over local communities and assets.
Policies enacted · caf_political_agreement_peace_reconciliation_2019 · caf_imf_ecf_2023 · caf_constitutional_referendum_seventh_republic_2023 References African Union and United Nations, Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, 2019. IMF, Central African Republic 2023 Article IV and ECF materials. International and UN reporting on the Central African Republic 2023 constitutional referendum. IESET — an empirically-grounded, adversarially-reviewed framework for contemporary economic policy questions. Every hypothesis pre-registered in git before the data is examined.