The ‘3Ts’ of the G8 summit – tax, trade and transparency – are interlinked, especially through the axis between transparency and tax, as Kevin Watkins outlines. Discussions on tax are bringing to light the hidden worlds of corporate tax avoidance and tax evasion by individuals, whereas – led by the UK – the transparency agenda is focusing on land, open data and extractives.
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This roundtable explored the economic situation in low income countries (LICs) and the role of the International Monetary Fund.
Back at the first RioEarth Summitin 1992, the civil society organisations in attendance counted an unusual group among their number. Amid the assorted staffers and activists from environmental and development NGOs, there was a handful of campaigners who had a very different relationship with the Earth: representatives of an astronauts' organisation. Their reason for being there? Having seen the planet from space, they'd learned to view it from a different angle.
On 19 October 2011, European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs hosted a conference to discuss the newly launched European Commission’s ‘Agenda for Change on Development policy’. Speaking on the panel, Simon Maxwell provides his perspective.