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A New Standard for Country-by-Country Reporting on Tax?

Maya Forstater
February 19, 2019
The vexed question of whether country-by-country (CBC) reports on multinational companies’ tax affairs should be put into the public domain has been a sticking point in debates on responsible tax practice for years. 
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What Have We Learned from Expenditure Conditionality in IMF Programs?

November 09, 2018
As part of borrowing from the IMF, the IMF and the country that is borrowing agree on the implementation of certain policies (conditions) during the program period. The implementation of some conditions is not essential for the continuation of the program, including some pertaining to budgetary expe...
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International Investment Agreements: Not Fit for the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda

January 18, 2018
In a world with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the international investment policy system stands as an obsolete regime in urgent need of revision and reform. This is the main conclusion of the analysis that the think tank CIECODE conducted for CGD’s 2017 Commitment to Development...
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Another Side to the Story: Syrian Refugees Have Invested over $300 Million in the Turkish Economy

August 02, 2017
We are inundated by bad news about Syria and the heartbreaking stories of refugees fleeing this war-torn country. But there is another side to the story. A groundbreaking study by the NGO Building Markets indicates that there are over 10,000 Syrian-owned businesses in Turkey...