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Global South calls for international body to fight tax havens
Article / 18th June 2017Representatives from the Global South have called to strengthen and upgrade the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation on Tax Matters, transforming it to an intergovernmental body that represents all. By Tharanga Yakupitiyage.
Tax evaders exposed: why the super-rich are even richer than we thought
Article / 18th June 2017Analysis of a massive trove of data – much of it leaked from tax havens – suggests that inequality levels across the world should be revised upwards dramatically. By Annette Alstadsæter, Niels Johannesen and Gabriel Zucman.
The people of Yemen are being subjected to deprivation, disease and death as the world watches
News / 2nd June 2017In a statement to the Security Council, the head of the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHR) urges the international community to take urgent action to stem the world’s largest food security crisis in Yemen.
In a “world of plenty,” G7 must fight famine
Blog / 26th May 2017World leaders must step up and take action in fighting famine to prevent further catastrophic levels of hunger and deaths, said Oxfam. Ahead of the 43rd G7 summit, Oxfam urged world leaders to urgently address the issue of famine, currently affecting four countries at unprecedented levels.
Africa is not poor, we are stealing its wealth
Report / 25th May 2017New research by UK campaigners shows that more wealth leaves Africa every year than enters it. Africa is rich, but we essentially steal its wealth, writes Nick Dearden of Global Justice Now.