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African governments say delay in enforcing the MLC hampers their revenue collection targets Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Following the recent publication of an international treaty that seeks to make global tech giants and other large multinational corporations pay more tax where they do business, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation …

People and organisations in developing countries know what is best for them, so why are they regularly pushed to the sidelines by Western development aid?  | SIBILLA BONDOLFI | When he was 13, Bwaita Aggrey met Jacob and Frida from Sweden while walking around Jinja, a town in southeast Uganda …

These two pillars will ensure African governments benefit from the global tax system ANALYSIS | AIMÉE DUSHIME | The two-pillar plan to reform global tax offers African governments a unique opportunity to address tax challenges from digitalisation of economies and to maximise tax revenues. To harness the potentials of base …

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | A new report launched has urged Africa with its development partners to design new business models for infrastructure development to meet the needs of the growing population on the continent. The report launched by the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …

How a post-pandemic revival could kick-start continental free trade area | FAIZEL ISMAIL | The African Continental Free Trade Area was launched two years ago at an African Union (AU) summit in Kigali. It was scheduled to be implemented from July 1, 2020. But this has been pushed out until …

Athens, Greece | AFP |  The coronavirus crisis has forced Greece to take rapid steps to computerise its lumbering civil service and belatedly introduce e-governance in one of the EU’s worst digital laggards, experts say. After recording its first coronavirus death on March 12, Athens took unprecedented measures totally at odds …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Non-traditional donors, especially China are negotiating with government for funding informally and less transparently, leaving room for manoeuvring and corruption, a research paper has said. The paper, published by the Southern Voice, a network of think tanks from Africa, Asia and Latin America, says this …

  In Paris this month, developing countries must understand what is at stake and speak up COMMENT | José Antonio Ocampo | Project Syndicate | At first glance, it appears to be a bureaucratic meeting like any other. But the discussions at the OECD in Paris at the end of this …

Paris, France | AFP |  Healthier lifestyles and higher incomes have helped increase life expectancy in the 35 OECD nations by 10 years in the past half century, according to a report published Friday. The OECD’s ‘Health at a Glance 2017’ report said the average life expectancy throughout the group …

Report shows that Rwandans were most responsive to either gentle reminders or positive messages underscoring the role of tax in funding public services By Neil Ford Rwanda has piloted a promising project that encourages more people to pay income tax. The venture boosted tax revenues in 2016 by $9m, according …