The Global Social Crisis
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UN's yearly report on the World Social Situation (2011) has just been published. It makes an analysis of the global social crisis and points to the need of social protection as well as the need to re-think social policies.
Viable solution or impossible dream?
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The case for and against a financial transaction tax
Brief report from a meeting in Brussels, June 14, organized by IDS, CIDSE, Oxfam and Concord.
This was a kind of high-level meeting, with lots of important people, even from the financial sector and from the European Commission. And this clearly is evidence of the importance the topic of global taxes is taking. As Jean Saldanha from CIDSE said in her introduction, if you mentioned a Financial Transaction Tax five years ago, you were simply laughed at, but today, it is not a joke anymore.
Zedillo's 'j'accuse'
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- Written by CGD
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Ernesto Zedillo shakes up a panel discussion on international financial institutions and global public goods. 'I would say the balance in terms of concrete achievements [in development] is not only discouraging, but frightening'. An on the G20: 'it is a disaster. It is a joke. It is not a serious exercise'.
GROWTH WITH SOCIAL JUSTICE: TIME FOR A NEW ERA
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- Written by Juan Somavia
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GENEVA, Jun (IPS) More than 200 million people are officially unemployed worldwide, including nearly 80 million young women and men eager to secure their first job. Both figures are at their highest points ever, but this is only the tip of the iceberg. The number of workers in vulnerable employment - 1.5 billion (around half of the world's labour force) - and persons working but surviving on less than US$2.00 per day - 1.2 billion - is on the rise again.
ITUC and civil society allies at Bonn Climate Talks
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14 June 2011: Trade unions and civil society allies are calling on this week’s UN climate meeting in Bonn to endorse a financial transactions tax to help meet the cost of action against climate change.
The future of social policy
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- Written by Ilcheong YI / UNRISD
- Category: Analysis
It is interesting to note that throughout the global economic crisis there has not been a hot debate on the future direction of the welfare state in developed countries. In a sense the lack of debate is unsurprising since the epicentre of the crisis was the financial sector and the culprits could not so easily place the blame on the welfare state as has so often been done in previous economic crises. Those developed countries most affected by the crisis began to adopt temporary social assistance to address problems at the initial stage. However, fiscal austerity soon crept in to the policy framework used to respond to the crisis, and welfare states in many developed countries are now expected to be rolled back.
News from the German FTT Campaign
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- Written by Peter Wahl/WEED
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The German campaign for the FTT (Steuer gegen Armut) had a meeting in the finance ministry with Hartmut Koschyk, deputy of finance minister Schäuble, on the 10th of June.
On the proposal of Koschyk, we also met secretary of state Hans Bernhard Beus, who is head of the tax department in the finance ministry.
European Parliament calls again for an FTT
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In its vote on June 8 2011, the European Parliament made its proposals for the new multiannual Financial Framework for the European Union. Once again, it calls for the introduction of an FTT in order to contribute to the own resources of the Union. See paragraphs 170-177.
Furthermore, in a chapter which should have been called 'development cooperation', it only talks about 'poverty alleviation' ... see paragraphs 113 and further on.
How much of Bill Gates' Phylanthropy is supported by Microsoft's Tax Planning?
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- Written by Richard Murphy
- Category: Analysis
Bill Gates likes to be thought of as a great philanthropist. He’s referred to as such, so I guess he’s happy about it. And in some senses he is .
But remember he gets tax relief as a result.
Read more: How much of Bill Gates' Phylanthropy is supported by Microsoft's Tax Planning?
Tax Havens: a danger to society!
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- Written by Nicholas Shaxson
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Bigger role for the private sector in Development
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Everywhere, development cooperation is looking for new ways to work. And unfortunately, these ways are not always the most altruistic. More and more, the private sector is called upon to 'help' and receives the aid money ...
For a recent example, read the DFID document on the role of the private sector in development.
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