June 2nd, 2011
In a piece titled
Dirty Money: Why does the international banking system make it so easy for corruption to flourish?, the People & Power series on Al Jazeera reports on kleptocrats, grand scale corruption, and the ease of channelling dirty money through the secrecy mechanisms of the global financial system,
Again, let's drive the point home here, we're talking secrecy - we are not disputing rights to due privacy - we are talking the kind of secrecy that allows criminals and tax cheats to profit with impunity, and to lead privileged...
June 2nd, 2011
India yoga guru Baba Ramdev vows anti-graft fast
BBC, June 2, 2011
12 Major Corporations Pay Less than Zero in Taxes
Accounting Today, June 1, 2011
Argentina accuses world's largest grain traders of huge tax evasion
Guardian.co.uk, June 1, 2011
TAX: Countries continue to move towards better tax transparency
OECD, June 1, 2011
Swiss still lagging on int'l tax standards – OECD
Reuters, June 1, 2011
With Obama’s Help, OECD Wants A World Tax Organization
Forbes, June 1, 2011
June 1st, 2011
‘Give a man a fish’, goes the old saying, ‘and he’ll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he’ll eat forever.’
In its time, this was a progressive message, arguing for sustainable development approaches over simple aid-giving, but it now sounds rather dated. Worse than the apparent gender bias is the underlying assumption that development solutions involve ‘us’ teaching ‘them’ how to avoid being poor.
The thrust of
Christian Aid’s work on
financial integrity, and that of the Task Force and its other
members,...
June 1st, 2011
Thomas Pogge on Global Poverty
Policy Innovations, May 31, 2011
Nigeria, Others Lose $6.5tr Illicit Funds in Nine Years
THISDAY, June 1, 2011
Bush requests transparency upgrade
Cayman News Service, May 31, 2011
Paul Egerman: Offshore tax dodging hurts U.S. businesses
The Cap Times, June 1, 2011
U.S. wealthy exit Swiss bank accounts: study
Reuters, May 31, 2011
Govt's overdrive to check black money yielding results
PTI, June 1, 2011
