Financial Transparency Coalition

On Monday, new U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke in front of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Amidst ongoing discussions in the U.S. about a proposed $2 trillion economic plan, as well as discussions on financial responses to the pandemic and the Biden administration’s proposed economic and investment policies, Yellen revealed that the U.S. is

One of the biggest questions facing governments and civil society organizations over the past year has been clear: Has the financial response to the COVID-19 pandemic been fair and equitable, or has it exacerbated existing fault-lines?

The Executive Committee of the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) has appointed a new permanent Director. Matti Kohonen has succeeded Eryn Schornick, who helped steer the FTC to multiple policy successes over the past year as FTC interim director and who will remain as executive adviser to the Coalition. 

Exciting news – FTC is co-hosting a panel next Wednesday at the World Bank-IMF Civil Society Policy Forum! FTC, alongside FTC member Christian Aid and a number of other co-hosts, will have a fantastic panel to discuss the financial response to the pandemic, and resulting regressive tax policies and inequality. FTC and Christian Aid will also be revealing