Reports
December 9th, 2016
This report from the Tax Justice Network, funded by the FTC, explains obstacles around sharing of country by country reporting information, and shows the extent of the inequality in access that has been created by the OECD approach. However, the report also provides examples of jurisdictions that have legislated in their domestic laws to obtain
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May 9th, 2016
A new study supported by the FTC and published by the Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability, a Coordinating Committee member, looked at India’s experience with exchange of information agreements with other countries, as well as recommendations for other countries to get better access to information on their citizen’s assets held abroad.
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January 27th, 2016
Based on expert opinion, the Corruption Perceptions Index measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption worldwide. 2015 showed that people working together can succeed in fighting corruption. Although corruption is still rife globally, more countries improved their scores in 2015 than declined. Some countries have improved in recent years – Greece, Senegal and the UK are
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December 9th, 2015
Illicit financial flows from developing and emerging economies surged to US$1.1 trillion in 2013, according to a study released Wednesday by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a Washington, DC-based research and advisory organization. Authored by GFI Chief Economist Dev Kar and GFI Junior Economist Joseph Spanjers, the report pegs cumulative illicit outflows from developing economies at
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