In late November, the UN General Assembly passed a landmark resolution signaling a start on working on a UN framework convention on taxation. This is a testament to decades of work especially by civil society and African states in pushing for a greater role for the United Nations in global tax
Author: Matti Kohonen, IPS
G20 Summit: A missed opportunity to tackle global cost of living crisis
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Targeting only Russian oligarchs, a historic mistake
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