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Blog Post
April 16, 2015
Tax day looms large for many Americans – April 15 was the last date for paying your tax bill, and the day on which the top one percent of Americans, who get 21.0 percent of total income, pay 21.6 percent of total state and federal taxes. So much for a progressive tax system.
CGD in the News
February 23, 2015
Charles Kenny writes about why global money laundering regulations are ineffective, expensive to enforce, and unfair to poor countries. He calls for increased accountability for the Financial Action Task Force and significant reform of money laundering laws.
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CGD in the News
December 02, 2014
Governments routinely sign multibillion-dollar contracts for infrastructure and services alongside agreements over the use of public property such as oil or gas deposits. The Development Gateway Market, which registers a small proportion of global government tenders for goods and services, adds as m...
CGD in the News
December 01, 2014
When people in developing countries encounter a policeman, they’re less likely to be subject to formalities. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime tracks ‘formal contact’ with police –people cautioned, investigated or arrested. Countries poorer than Brazil see 704 form...
CGD in the News
November 28, 2014
Government procurement is a $9.5 trillion industry, and supplying goods and services to the government is a core business function for thousands of companies around the world. In the U.S., contracts signed by both parties are usually not published, and are only released if someone files what is know...
BRIEFS
November 11, 2014
Government procurement worldwide is worth around $9.5 trillion a year. Oil, gas, and mining rents (the gap between the price of the goods produced and the cost of production) amount to around $5 trillion, which is 4.8 percent of global GDP. Governments routinely sign multibillion-dollar contracts r...