Tag: IMF

  • Global investment flowing through tax havens grows by $700bn

    The portion of global investment flowing through tax havens has risen by $700bn in two years, according to an analysis by ActionAid. The NGOs evaluation of data from the International Monetary Fund evidences a 5% increase in investment moving through tax havens between 2013 and 2015, from $11.8tn to $12.5tn. ActionAid said this growth was…

  • World Bank and IMF: Where do they stand on progressive and responsible taxation?

    The IMF and the World Bank are increasingly engaged with the challenge of addressing how tax avoidance and evasion affect developing countries. However, their approach needs to go much further to address the role played by multinational enterprises and tax havens in exacerbating inequality and undermining countries’ domestic revenues. The World Bank and the IMF…

  • Financial Piracy Suit Filed Against the Seychelles

    Complaint Alleges Over 100 Cases of Seychelles’ Seizure of Funds Without Justification, While Accepting IMF Loans and Help from The African Development Bank and Devastating the Nation’s Offshore Banking Industry Two Companies, Cooperhill Investments Limited and Kazou BV, recently filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York…