Countries of the Global South will benefit little from the global minimum tax. A VIDC Policy Brief explains why and makes suggestions for improvement.
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Industrialisation has led to rapid economic growth and should be supported by social-environmental agendas. Creating more opportunities for women in industry would mean higher incomes and more control over their lives.
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Assets can still easily be hidden in letterbox companies. But solutions have been on the table for a long time, criticise VIDC and Attac Austria in a joint press release.
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The event focused on the importance of "green", climate-friendly industrialisation in Africa and its necessary preconditions, in a difficult global environment.
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Green finance is supposed to fund the fight against climate change. But who really wins? Authors of the latest Journal of Development Policy provided answers in a webinar.
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Covid-19 affects us all, but not all equally. Documentation of a webinar on vaccine inequlity, with Carlos Correa and Fatima Hassan.
The tax justice network's "mammoth achievement ... for accountability and fair taxation" are apparently worthy of a Nobel Prize. VIDC has been closely linked with GATJ since its founding in 2013. We are pleased and…
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This year's Development Conference will take place on 13 and 14 November and, due to the pandemic, only online. The VIDC is co-organiser of the conference and hosts the Africa panel.
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Thursday, 22 October 2020, 17.00 – 18.30 (Zoom Webinar)
The European Union and China compete for influence in Africa - also in the course of Covid-19 support measures. Will this open up new opportunities for Africans?
H. Krieger analyzes the causes of the revolt, which is directed against mismanagement and corruption, as well as the consequences of the influence of regional and global powers through economic, political and military…
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