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Progress in Tax Transparency – Mexico More Compliant Than Austria

More countries than ever are making progress in exchanging information on tax matters for increased transparency. However, the programme to push this forward is resulting in some unexpected outcomes. The […]

How Tax Information Exchange Treaties Are Working

With the hunt for offshore money laundering picking up pace, how are the laws being implemented? The core element is the OECD’s Tax Information Exchange Treaties, which in 2013 built […]

UN Creates Historic Route Forward For Governments in Location-based Data

At the United Nations headquarters in New York this week a Committee of Experts is charting a route forward for global collection and use of geospatial data. That is, data […]

Should All Government Data Be Free?

As a consequence of the G8 declaration of 2014, a number of agencies that collate data are developing systems that allow for greater corporate transparency. The OECD has recently launched […]

Is Cloud Computing Safe For Government?

The increase in cloud computing by governments for storage, processing and transmission of digital data brings with it increased concerns. This is an area being closely examined by organisations including […]

Kenya Is Going Cashless

From 1 July, the Kenyan Government is rolling out a cashless smart card system for use on all of the nation’s public service vehicles. The card, created by Google’s BebaPay, […]

Why ‘Now is the time to prepare for the next crisis’

As we recently reported, growth in Sub-Sahara Africa is expected to reach nearly 5% in 2014, rising to possibly 6% in 2015. The figures in the African Economic Outlook look […]

Britain to become ‘Digital by Default’

Britain is being encouraged to become a government of ‘digital by default’, offering savings in the tens of billions. Independent think tank Policy Exchange has produced a report outlining how […]

Global life expectancy goes up, but rich-poor divide remains

People born in 2012 can expect to live an average six years longer than people born in 1990, according to a new report from the UN World Health Organisation (WHO). […]

Latin American women go to US for business mentoring

A group of 12 female entrepreneurs from Latin America is in the US for a programme designed to develop their business skills. During their stay in the country, the women […]