August 11th, 2009
A new
report released by the Leprosy Mission Ireland which criticizes the Millenium Development Goals as favoring rich countries also recognizes the importance of shutting down tax havens as a development imperative. From the
Irish Times:
MANY OF the policies adopted by the UN to end global poverty are “unrealistic and unattainable” because they advance the interests of the rich at the expense of the poor, according to a report by Leprosy Mission Ireland.
It analyses the “failures” of the millennium development goals, criticises the way target goals were selected...
August 10th, 2009
A major report on the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) published by Leprosy Mission Ireland and launched by Minister Peter Power, Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Aid calls for radical new thinking on development and aid with several recommendations to address the failure of the MDGs.
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July 31st, 2009
The Union finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee said that the government in power is flexing its muscle hard to get back the black money swapped away abroad.
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July 24th, 2009
The emphasis on tax transparency at the April G20 meeting in London has not dissipated; rather, it has strengthened. Governments increasingly seem determined to implement serious change. Agendas have broadened from a strict focus on tax haven secrecy to measures in the area of corporate profit-shifting.
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