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Research report

Understanding Bank De-Risking and its Effects on Financial Inclusion: An exploratory study

18/11/2015

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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‘De-risking’ refers to financial institutions closing the accounts of clients perceived as high risk for money laundering or terrorist financing abuse, namely money service businesses, non-profit organizations, correspondent banks and foreign embassies. This report explores the linkages between bank de-risking and the ascendance of the risk-based approach to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of […]

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Discussion paper

Getting to Good: Towards responsible corporate tax behaviour

17/11/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Tax is an issue of good corporate governance and responsible business practice. This discussion paper, written jointly with ActionAid and Christian Aid, proposes what ‘good’ looks like in responsible corporate tax behaviour, and contains a wide range of positive behaviours and actions companies can undertake to go beyond legal compliance and result in significant gains […]

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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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Briefing note

Climate Change Spending in Ethiopia: Recommendations to bridge the funding gap for climate financing

01/11/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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The Government of Ethiopia considers climate change to be one of its priorities in responding to the country’s long-term development needs. The nation’s widely acclaimed Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy has called for annual spending of $7.5bn. With federal budgetary resources for climate change relevant actions estimated to be in the order of $440m […]

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Media briefing

Finance for Development: What’s at stake?

10/07/2015

3 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Government leaders, ministers and representatives gather in Addis Ababa in July 2015 for the third UN Financing for Development Conference. The meeting will set out how the global community will raise the money needed to finance the Sustainable Development Goals – a set of universal global goals for eradicating poverty and protecting the planet which […]

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Research report

Financing the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from government spending on the MDGs

11/06/2015

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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Spending by governments is falling short of what is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by one-third – and beyond 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will require at least $1.5 trillion extra each year. Based on lessons from tracking country budgets, this report looks at how the SDGs should be financed and […]

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Media briefing

Money Talks: Africa at the G7

02/06/2015

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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In 2010 alone, G7-based companies cheated Africa out of an estimated $US6bn through just one form of tax dodging – trade mispricing. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. If […]

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Media briefing

Africa: Rising for the few

02/06/2015

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Multinational companies cheated Africa out of US$11bn through just one of their tax dodging tricks – trade mispricing – in 2010. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. Securing Africa’s […]

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Discussion paper

Financing Healthcare for All in India: Towards a Common Goal

29/05/2015

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper explores available evidence, contextualises and maps the debate in India around financing healthcare for all. While the focus is on healthcare in response to current policy debates, Oxfam India recognises the crucial importance of adopting a holistic approach to health, addressing factors such as nutrition and sanitation, and broader social determinants of health.

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Discussion paper

Delivering Sustainable Development: A principled approach to public-private finance

10/04/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The sustainable development goals (SDGs) will require significant financing. Governments across the world are increasingly looking at ways of working with the private sector in order to meet financing needs. They will need to find ways of maximizing the contribution of these actors. This will depend on ensuring that activities undertaken conform to high standards […]

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