EP endorses FTT proposal
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- Written by Sven Giegold
- Category: Analysis
Attac fought for the introduction of a financial transaction tax for more than ten years. Today another big step forward was made. The European Parliament adopted the Commission proposal from last year.
Protestors Demand Robin Hood Tax on Financial Transactions
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- Written by Johanna Treblin
- Category: Analysis
(From IPS TerraViva United Nations)
Hundreds of nurses and protestors from other professions gathered on Friday in Chicago to call on world leaders to adopt a Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street transactions as a way to raise hundreds of billions of dollars every year to help heal the U.S. and world economies.
The march is part of the Robin Hood Tax global week of action taking place from May 18 to May 22 in the wake of the G8 Summit at Camp David, which began this Friday. Activists around the world are lobbying for this global financial transactions tax, supported by a range of United Nations (U.N.) human rights experts, including Olivier De Schutter, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the right to food, .
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The 2013 World Development Report will be on Jobs
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- Written by World Bank
- Category: Analysis
“……….Recent world events have put jobs at the center of the policy debate. In advanced economies, there is concern about a jobless recovery; in developing countries, continued growth cannot shield workers who are vulnerable to shocks. Political upheavals in the Arab world have highlighted the discontent of educated youth whose employment opportunities fall short of their expectations.
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G20 Ministers of Labour and Employment
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- Written by G20
- Category: News
Agreements reached at the Meeting of Ministers of Labour and Employment : to create quality employment ...
A global FTT, a human rights imperative
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- Written by UN expert on Poverty
- Category: Analysis
GENEVA (14 May 2012) As European Union Finance Ministers meet on 15 May to coincide with the G-8 Summit in Camp David, a group of United Nations independent experts urged the EU to take the lead in promoting the adoption of a global financial transaction tax to offset the costs of the enduring economic, financial, fuel, climate and food crises, and to protect basic human rights.
Poverty and Inequality in Latin America
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- Written by IFAD
- Category: Documents
IFAD's Poverty and Inequality Report 2011 on Latin America ... sad reading ...
A human rights agenda for the President of the World Bank
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- Written by Jessica Evans
- Category: Analysis
The World Bank has historically been resistant to addressing human rights. But in the wake of the Arab Spring, it cannot ignore the importance of free speech, association, and assembly to sustainable development. Nor can it continue to turn a blind eye to governments shepherding funds primarily to their supporters with the hope that at least some resources will reach those in need. As the World Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim has the opportunity to lead the Bank into a new era by using its voice and resources to bridge the false divide between human rights and development.
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Social Protection Floor
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- Written by ILO
- Category: Documents
Read the draft text of the ILO recommendation which will probably be adopted by the International Labour Conference in June.
And don't forget GSJ's analysis of the preparatory documents and simlilar proposals on the same topic (see below)
Human Security and the Next Generation of Human Development Goals
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- Written by IDS
- Category: Documents
About MDGs and beyond ...
European Parliament wants measures against tax evasion
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- Written by Ales Marriage
- Category: Analysis
(from Global Financial Integrity)
The European Parliament voted through a resolution calling for measures against tax evasion. The resolution was passed with an overwhelming 538 votes in favour, and only 73 against and 32 abstentions. The resolution of 19 April goes far in echoing Eurodad’s demand in calling for Automatic Information Exchange (AIE), Country-By-Country Reporting (CBCR), a mandatory Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCBT) amongst other useful suggestions.
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Rio+20: Right to water confirmed
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- Written by Andre Abreu
- Category: Analysis
Right to water is affirmed in the Rio +20 text, but social rights and Rio principles are still under threat in the definitions of the green economy.
A few weeks ago, the civil society groups involved in the UNCSD Rio +20 negotiations shared their deep concern about the threat against human and social rights in the draft text for the Conference, as well as the threat over other important collective principles established in 1992. During the past session of the UN negotiations in March, we had seen with surprise and disappointment a group of few member states in the offensive to bracket and delete any reference to human rights, including the right to water, in the draft text to be presented in June to the heads of state in Rio. At that time several NGOs, human rights experts, unions and social movements have mobilized to denounce the attack on the rights and over principles born in the Rio 92 earth summit.
