March 8th, 2012
In honor of International Women’s Day 2012 and women around the world, Task Force Allied Organizations are showcasing inspirational women and their work by contributing to an online album.
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March 7th, 2012
he problem of required small scale bribery in order to receive basic services is endemic in many places around the world. This type of activity is often very difficult to wipe out, because of how pervasive is it on the micro-level. The New York Times covered one pair of web activists who are trying to make a difference on this front.
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March 6th, 2012
Action Aid is right to highlight the problem with the UK’s reform of the so called ‘controlled foreign company rules’. I explained this issue for the TUC in June last year on pages 20 – 25 here. The abuse these changes in the rules will allow is real. The cost will be as big as Action Aid estimates. And that, in itself, simply adds to the tax abuse to the poorest countries of the world by the richest corporations in the world.
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