Financial Transparency Coalition

Yesterday, the World Bank committed to examine ways to collect and publish information about the real owners of companies (also called “beneficial owners”) participating in Bank-financed contracts. We welcome the Bank’s leadership as the impact of its new procurement policy stands to affect a portfolio of about US $42 billion invested in more than 1,800

PRESS RELEASE Tonight, the Addis Ababa outcome was closed. The final outcome rejects the proposal of establishing an intergovernmental UN body on tax matters, and instead introduces some minor changes to the existing UN expert committee. This means that the OECD will remain the only intergovernmental body that adopts global standards on tax matters.

Financing for Development negotiations near to collapse as rich countries block Global Tax Body Rich country governments led by the US, UK and Japan are jeopardising the entire FfD agreement as they refuse to consider an inter-governmental tax body on tax Wednesday July 15 2015

Press Release Los problemas sin resolver de cara a la Cumbre de Addis amenazan el futuro del desarrollo ADDIS ABEBA—A medida que los tomadores de decisión llegan a Addis Abeba para la tercera Conferencia sobre Financiamiento para el Desarrollo (FpD), el tema sin resolver del órgano fiscal mundial para combatir la evasión fiscal internacional y