Tag: inequality
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The World Economic Forum 2025: Time to Tax the Richest and End Extreme Wealth
January 20th marked the beginning of the 2025 World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. The event brings together global leaders in politics and business to discuss key global and regional challenges – such as responding to geopolitical shocks and stimulating economic growth – with little transparency or representation from regular citizens and other stakeholders.…
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What is Nigeria’s path to closing the revenue gap for development?
Following the recent publication of the Fair Tax Monitor Nigeria Report: Taxing the Rich, FTM’s Ishmael Zulu was interviewed for the Business Edge on Nigeria’s national station News Central. In this wide-ranging and comprehensive interview, a number of topics were addressed, such as Nigeria’s critical revenue gap, which threatens its development goals and the stark…
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A Greener, Fairer Future: How Our New FTM Chapter Paves the Way for Environmental Tax Justice
As COP29 unfolds, global attention is squarely on solutions to meet urgent climate targets. In line with these critical discussions, Oxfam and Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) are expanding the Fair Tax Monitor’s Common Research Framework (CRF) to include an in-depth Green Taxes chapter. This new component is designed to help low-income countries implement environmentally…
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New Fair Tax Monitor Nigeria Report: Taxing the Rich to Combat Inequality
On 15th October 2024, the newest Fair Tax Monitor (FTM) report, thematically focused on Taxing the Rich, was launched in Nigeria. It shines a light on a critical issue: how fair taxation of the wealthiest could be the key to tackling the country’s deepening hunger and inequality crisis.
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Launch of the Fair Tax Monitor in Uganda
Oxfam and SEATINI Uganda are launching a study entitled Fair Tax Monitor Study: Uganda.
