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Discussion paper

British-Based Corporations and the Tax ‘Race to the Bottom’

02/10/2019

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Over the past 20 years, many of the large corporations listed on the London Stock Exchange have paid tax at rates significantly lower than headline rates in many countries around the world. This often means that governments have less funding to provide public services and to reduce poverty. The picture is complex – the ‘race […]

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Briefing paper

Reward Work, Not Wealth: To end the inequality crisis, we must build an economy for ordinary working people, not the rich and powerful.

22/01/2018

14 documents

70 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, French, Italian, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese

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Last year saw the biggest increase in billionaires in history, one more every two days. This huge increase could have ended global extreme poverty seven times over. 82% of all wealth created in the last year went to the top 1%, and nothing went to the bottom 50%. Dangerous, poorly paid work for the many […]

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Briefing paper

Redefining Inclusive Growth in Asia: How APEC can achieve an economy that leaves no one behind

01/11/2017

4 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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In November 2017, leaders will gather in Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The last few decades have seen astonishing growth and poverty reduction across Asia, but inequality is on the rise and the benefits of growth are increasingly going to those at the top. This paper sets out how APEC leaders can […]

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Briefing paper

Making Tax Vanish: How the practices of consumer goods MNC RB show that the international tax system is broken

13/07/2017

3 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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Big business is able to take advantage of loopholes in global tax laws and avoid tax on a massive scale. This deprives governments around the world of the money they need to tackle poverty and inequality. It means there is less for them to invest in healthcare, education and jobs. This report examines the failings […]

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Briefing paper

Starting with People: A human economy approach to inclusive growth in Africa

02/05/2017

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese

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High levels of inequality across Africa have prevented much of the benefits of recent growth from reaching the continent’s poorest people. To combat inequality in Africa, political and business leaders have to shape a profoundly different type of economy. It must start with the needs of Africa’s women and young people for good quality sustainable […]

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Discussion paper

Raising the Bar: Rethinking the role of business in the Sustainable Development Goals

13/02/2017

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development gives business a significant role to play in efforts to achieve the SDGs, based on its ability to invest and innovate. However, for companies to truly contribute, they must move beyond current forms of engagement, abandon a narrow focus on the SDGs as an opportunity to increase corporate profits […]

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Briefing paper

Development Finance Institutions and Responsible Corporate Tax Behaviour: Where we are, and the road ahead

10/11/2016

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Many Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) are not doing enough to eliminate the risk of public money being complicit in tax avoidance schemes. This is the finding of an analysis of publicly available policies of nine DFIs related to corporate tax payments, which suggests that DFIs are doing too little to encourage responsible corporate tax behaviour. […]

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Briefing note

Still Broken: Governments must do more to fix the international corporate tax system

10/11/2015

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The gap between where companies pay tax and where they really do their business is huge, as shown by new research described in this briefing. In 2012, US multinationals alone shifted $500-700bn, mostly to countries where these profits are not taxed, or taxed at very low rates. G20 countries themselves are among the biggest losers. […]

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