In his latest blog, FACT executive director Ian Gary argues that tax reform must be at the center of the “financing for development” agenda, and that multinational tax transparency has a key role to play in helping Global South countries generate revenues to fund their development needs.
Read the new report by former-FACT policy fellow Gabriel Aliu on the use case for public country-by-country reporting for Global South tax authorities, drawing on interviews conducted with Global South tax officials and other experts.
Read FACT’s official comment urging global governments to strengthen existing systems and multilateral cooperation on beneficial ownership transparency ahead of the 10th Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption.
FACT executive director Ian Gary joined experts and allies from Oxfam America, Tax Justice Network Africa, UNDP, and the Australian and Nigerian governments for a panel on global tax transparency as a part of the UNDP’s Dialogue on Tax and SDGs in New York.
In order to effectively address the international debt crisis, climate change, and other key challenges, Global North leaders must acknowledge their own complicity in enabling the illicit flow of needed funds out of developing economies.
Global civil society organizations collectively representing more than 100 groups sent a letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today calling on the U.S. to advance specific, meaningful financial transparency reforms to ensure the U.S. does its part to defend worldwide freedoms in the wake of the second Summit for Democracy.
