Welcome to the ninth 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...]
World Bank
Conference Report: Platform for Collaboration on Tax First Global Conference on Taxation and SDGs 14 -16th February, 2018
Subject to resource availability The Platform for Collaboration on Tax held its inaugural conference in New York last week (14-16 February, 2018). With the backdrop of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) this collaborative initiative choreographed by Platform Partners - International Monetary … [Read more...]
Tax justice, the new Washington consensus?
I had the honour of giving a keynote address at the World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual meetings on 15th October 2017, for an event entitled 'Technical challenges and solutions for taxing wealth in developing countries' - which gave the impression that a new Washington consensus on tax … [Read more...]
The World Bank’s Dirty Finance
In 3 October 2016, following a months-long investigation, Inclusive Development International, a human rights organisation, in collaboration with three other NGOs, published a report uncovering coal projects financed by the World Bank's private-sector arm, the International Finance … [Read more...]