Ending Child Labour in Domestic Work
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- Written by ILO
- Category: Documents
According to the ILO, more than ten million children are doing domestic work, hazardous and sometimes slavery-like work. Six and a half million of them are between 5 and 14 years old and 71 % of them are girls ...
Countries at risk 2013
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- Written by ITUC
- Category: Documents
New report on countries were trade union rights are violated.
World of Work 2013
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- Written by ILO
- Category: Documents
New ILO report on the state of the world of labour and on how to repair the social and economic cohesion
Debunking Myths about the Tobin Tax
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- Written by Suleika Reimers/EurActiv
- Category: Analysis
Interesting article on the 'myths' about the Tobin Tax c.q. Financial Transaction Tax:
http://www.euractiv.com/infosociety/ngo-opponents-tobin-tax-calm-analysis-528330
Is Kenya Being Shaped into Africa's Flagship Tax Haven?
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- Written by Gathoni Bessol and Mark Kirk
- Category: Analysis
If anyone ever doubted the sheer scale of corporate greed, they had the unedifying spectacle of Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, to enlighten them last week. In already infamous evidence to a Senate Committee, he demonstrated there is no limit on what corporations will take from society. With the detachment of a sociopath, Cook said outright that he would not consider repatriating the $100bn they have hoarded offshore if it meant paying standard US corporation tax.
Read more: Is Kenya Being Shaped into Africa's Flagship Tax Haven?
An Indispensable Tax To Cope With Global Challenges
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- Written by Minsters for development: France, Germany, Belgium
- Category: News
Thirty-five billion in revenue per year. This is the estimate made by the European Commission of the proceeds of the future tax on financial transactions. This tax was born from the idea of finding additional funding for the fight against poverty in the world. 11 countrieshave now decided to implement it at European level. As Development Ministers, we are moved to action, and invite our colleagues to join us in devoting a proportion of the proceeds of the Financial Transaction Tax to those in need of development assistance.
Read more: An Indispensable Tax To Cope With Global Challenges
UN:A world free of poverty by 2030?
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- Written by Thalif Deen
- Category: Analysis
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A U.N.-commissioned high-level panel of eminent persons, led by three world leaders, has moved the goal posts for the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger: from the current 2015 deadline to a new targeted date of 2030. In a long-awaited report released Thursday, the panel called for a new global partnership - between the world's richest and poorest nations - to be underlined by "a spirit of solidarity, cooperation and mutual accountability" to battle global poverty.
(And read the UN report)
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Why is Africa poor?
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- Written by Ann Hollingshead
- Category: Analysis
The Unexpected Role Of Net Resource Transfers
That Africa is poor is assumed, but rarely well explained. Generally, we—both in terms of those who study these issues and collectively as a society—have accepted the fact that Africa is underdeveloped. Yet this conclusion is neither forgone nor self-evident. Even more infuriating, it is often explained, but never sufficiently explained. That is, there are a lot of competing theories on the subject, but most fail to give a complete picture. Of course, it’s a complicated issue, so it makes sense that no one theory would prove universal. Yet, even with intense academic scrutiny, the picture is incomplete.
FTT's death?
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- Written by David Hillman
- Category: News
In the wake of many attacks in the last few days saying that the "FTT
legislation in Europe has been gutted" and that "the 11 countries can't
agree and it's falling apart" - to all these stories, it would be good
to respond with the line 'that reports of the FTT's death have been
greatly exaggerated'.
The G8 and the emergence of a global corporate regime for agriculture
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- Written by Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance
- Category: Analysis
A sharp criticism of the G8's approach which ignores human rights and the root causes of hunger ... preparing the 'hunger summit of June 8
Africa a Net Creditor to the Rest of the World
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- Written by AfDB/GFI
- Category: Analysis
New African Development Bank-GFI Joint Report
Net Resource Transfers Out of Africa Range from US$597 Billion to US$1.4 Trillion from 1980 through 2009
Unrecorded Illicit Financial Outflows from The Continent Ranged from US$1.22-1.35 Trillion from 1980-2009, Swamping Recorded Financial Transactions
Net Resource Deficit, Illicit Outflows Seriously Undermine Development
A new joint report by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and Global Financial Integrity (GFI), launched officially on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the 48th AfDB Annual Meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, reveals that the African continent has been a long-term net creditor to the rest of the world. The report, finds that Africa suffered between US$597 billion and US$1.4 trillion in net outflows between 1980 and 2009 after adjusting net recorded transfers for illicit financial outflows.
