tax

A Tax on the Super-Rich to Fight Hunger Gains Ground

By Humberto Márquez
A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world's 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$ 1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the Brazilian government and the European Union's Tax Observatory has shown.

Fair Tax Plan Could Prejudice Global South

By Ed Holt
An agreement between 136 countries aimed at forcing the world’s biggest companies to pay a fair share of tax has been condemned by critics who say it will benefit richer states at the expense of the global South.

Opinion: Journey Towards an African Taxation Renaissance

By Sipho Mthathi
Africa is known as the ‘paradox of plenty’. How can a continent so rich in natural resources be so poor?

Corporate Tax Dodging Cheats Africa Out of 6 Billion Dollars, Says Oxfam

By Sean Buchanan
G7-based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated six billion dollars in a year through just one form of tax dodging, according to a new Oxfam report ‘Money talks: Africa at the G7’, released Jun. 2.

Opinion: Brazil at the Crossroads

By Fernando J. Cardim de Carvalho
Even moderately well-informed analysts knew that the Brazilian economy was in dire straits as President Dilma Rousseff initiated her second term in office in January.

Opinion: Greece and the Germanisation of Europe

By Guillermo Medina
At last, on Tuesday Feb. 24, the Eurogroup (of eurozone finance ministers) approved the Greek government’s commitment to a programme of reforms in return for extending the country’s bailout deal.
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