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A new study has uncovered all the world’s corporate tax havens and, for the first time, revealed the intermediary countries that help companies funnel their money into these places.
The report shows that offshore finance is not the sole domain of far-flung islands states, such as the Cayman Islands and Bermuda. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom also play a crucial – and heretofore obscure – role. Javier Garcia-Bernardo, Jan Fichtner, Frank Takes and Eelke Heemskerk explain how these “conduit” countries foster tax-avoidance.
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Tax sheltering is not just the domain of exotic Caribbean isles. Major world powers, including the United Kingdom, play a critical and previously undisclosed role in global tax avoidance.
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Javier Garcia-Bernardo, University of Amsterdam; Eelke Heemskerk, University of Amsterdam; Frank Takes, Leiden University; Jan Fichtner, University of Amsterdam
The Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Ireland are among the rich countries that funnel major corporate money into secret offshore tax shelters, according to a new study.
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Politics + Society
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Fabrice Rousselot, The Conversation; Stephan Schmidt, The Conversation; Clea Chakraverty, The Conversation; Catesby Holmes, The Conversation
From Syria's civil war to women being traded as slaves on WhatsApp, this Global series brings together the past year's most-read conflict reporting, written by the world's top experts.
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Boniface Dulani, University of Cape Town; Michael Bratton, Michigan State University
Zambia has gone from a country where people engaged freely in open political debate to one where most people now look over their shoulders to see who’s listening.
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Environment + Energy
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Alvin Chandra, The University of Queensland
Conflict and poverty further deepen the impacts of climate change, resulting widening income inequality between women and men.
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Health + Medicine
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Fabienne Cazalis, École des Hautes Études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Autism manifests in different ways. The signs are often less visible in women than in men, leading many to be underdiagnosed.
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