European Network on Debt and Development

…This week’s European Union (EU) meeting of finance ministers in Brussels for the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) produced strong rhetoric about the importance of tackling tax evasion and tax fraud, but offered little in the way of concrete … →

…Hardly a day passes by without EU leaders issuing new promises that they will clamp down on tax crimes and tax havens. Eurodad has written three short notes on why and how EU politicians can live up to their promises … →

…Tax responsibility: key questions for investors Eurodad member ActionAid has published an investors’ guide for tax responsibility. This guide is aimed at investors seeking to examine corporate tax policy and practices.   Tax is increasingly under the spotlight, intensifying financial, … →

…Since CONCORD published the Eurodad-authored report on Global financial flows, aid and development earlier this year, there’s been a slew of other interesting papers taking a ‘big picture’ look at the landscape of finance flows to and from developing countries. … →

…By Bodo Ellmers and Jeroen Kwakkenbos The Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank just ended in Washington DC and brought little promise of sunny days ahead for development. The different Communiqués released during the … →

…Don’t miss the major opportunity for information sharing, analysis and strategy session of the year: the Eurodad biennial conference, which takes place in Prague from 3-5 June! The deadline for registration is Tuesday, 30 April. Co-organised by Eurodad Czech member … →

…In a response to the OECD’s February report Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting, 58 campaigning organisations say it’s time to make multinationals pay their fair share of tax. Eurodad, Christian Aid and others call on the OECD and G20 … →

…As the UN’s high-level panel on the post 2015 development agenda prepares to meet in Bali, it is clear that no worthwhile development goals can be met without fundamental changes in the international financial and economic system. This includes exposing … →

…Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) secured a big step towards the financial transparency needed to combat tax dodging last week when they made EU Finance Ministers agree on country-by-country reporting for EU banks from 2014. This represents a major … →

…The success of emerging markets in sustaining investment during the crisis has triggered a new G20 workplan on long-term investment, but with the IFIs and the OECD at the helm, it’s uncertain whether this will mean any new thinking. This … →