The Global South is fighting for a voice in global tax rules
The Global South has shown that international solidarity can force meaningful changes in a regime built against their interests.
A piece I wrote covering a global-south led effort to establish a UN based tax convention was published in the Center for International Policy journal. Want to read on? Check it out here: https://internationalpolicy.org/publications/the-global-south-is-fighting-for-a-voice-in-global-tax-rules/.
Since 1954, a “rich countries club” of the Global North have set the rules of the global tax system through the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Now, countries of the Global South are successfully fighting for more equal say.
On the 22nd of November, 2023, the Africa Group of the United Nations spearheaded an effort to take global tax rule setting away from the OECD and towards the UN. The UN has global representation, more transparent voting mechanisms, and more impactful accountability measures in case countries violate rules…
Want to continue reading? Check out the full post published at the Center for International Policy Journal here: https://internationalpolicy.org/publications/the-global-south-is-fighting-for-a-voice-in-global-tax-rules/
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