Here’s the fifth edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and Osama Diab of the Egyptian Initiative for … [Read more...]
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Edition 4 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here’s the fourth edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma and now regular contributor Osama Diab of the … [Read more...]
Veils of secrecy: enhancing tax and ownership transparency in development projects
We're sharing here new research from the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights which evaluates the role played by a member of the World Bank Group, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in development projects. The full title of their research is Veils of secrecy: evaluating the IFC's role … [Read more...]
Empowering rural women through tax justice policies: 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women
How do we empower rural women through tax justice policies? That’s what we at the Tax Justice Network were at the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women to discuss recently at the UN Headquarters in New York City. This annual session is an opportunity for State delegations and … [Read more...]
Edition 3 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here’s the third edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma It’s available for listeners to download and it’s … [Read more...]
Edition 2 of the Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
Here's the second edition of our new monthly Arabic podcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة contributing to tax justice public debate around the world. (In Arabic below) Taxes simply الجباية ببساطة is produced and presented by Walid Ben Rhouma, and is available for listeners to download and … [Read more...]
Our new Tax Justice Network Arabic monthly podcast/radio show الجباية ببساطة
We're very pleased to be announcing the launch of our new monthly Arabicpodcast/radio show Taxes Simply الجباية ببساطة, sister to our Spanish language service, Justicia ImPositiva and our English language Taxcast, contributing to the tax justice public debate around the world. Taxes simply الجباية … [Read more...]
New release of global tax data
If you were working on tax as a development issue in the early 2000s, not only were you a lonely figure but you were also faced with some of the most pathetic cross-country data imaginable. For a 2005 paper (which introduced the 4 Rs of tax, inter alia), I tried to put together a comprehensive … [Read more...]
Tax justice in the Arab world: new research
We're pleased to be able to share the recent work of the Arab NGO Network for Development, a regional network in 12 Arab countries. They've released research (available in English here and in Arabic here) which assesses tax systems in a number of Arab countries from an economic and social justice … [Read more...]