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The tool is a game-changer for those who want to communicate the impact of increasing or decreasing government revenue.\u00a0<\/em><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Africa Has Once-in-a-Generation Chance to Rewrite Global Tax Rules<\/a><\/h1>\n
October 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRachel Etter-Phoya, senior researcher with the Tax Justice Network and research fellow at the University of St Andrews, told AfricaBrief that the upcoming U.N. Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could transform how multinational corporations are taxed.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Urgent calls for debt relief as study shows health and education cuts in developing world<\/a><\/h3>\n
October 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTop economists are demanding urgent action on debt relief in Washington this week, as analysis from the campaign group Debt Justice shows struggling governments are cutting back on health and education.\u00a0As finance ministers and central bankers gather for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank annual meetings, influential experts including the Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, and leading economists Mariana Mazzucato and Jayati Ghosh, are urging them to \u201cturn debt into hope\u201d.<\/h4>\n
This article quotes ACET<\/a> research which used GRADE<\/a> estimations<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Open Letter to Ministers of Finance and Governors of Central Banks, the Governors and Alternate Governors of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund, and the Leaders of the International Financial Institutions\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
October 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCountries around the world are paying exorbitant debt servicing costs instead of paying for schools, hospitals, climate action or other essential services. Many of these countries are not formally defaulting on debt, but they are defaulting on development. African governments now spend an average of\u202f17% of revenues on debt servicing. A cap of\u202f10% in 21 countries could unlock\u202fenough money to provide clean water and sanitation to roughly 10million people, as well as avert roughly 23,000 under-5 deaths each year. This work references the ACET<\/a> simulations which uses the GRADE<\/a> tool to carry out simulations<\/sup><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Reforming the Global Financial Architecture<\/a><\/h1>\n
October 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAfrica\u2019s development is constrained not by ideas or ambition but by how global finance functions. Excess revenue drains away through illegal flows. Many countries spend more on debt payments than on schools or hospitals. Climate finance remains too limited. Credit ratings can be punishing. And when restructuring finally occurs, it often happens late and at a high cost. These simulations used the GRADE<\/a> tool and estimations.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Money can\u2019t buy health, but taxes can improve healthcare<\/a><\/h1>\n
June 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGovernment spending accounts for the lion\u2019s share of total healthcare spending globally, well beyond private healthcare provision, but governments need enough money. Taxes are crucial for making sure countries have the necessary resources. However, the pathway between taxes and better healthcare is not always clear, especially outside the world of tax justice.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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How do increases in government revenues really impact the SDGs? The GRADE Model can tell us<\/a><\/h1>\n
June 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat if more revenue could be made available? What would be the impact on the SDGs? Inspired by this question, researchers at the\u00a0<\/span>University of St Andrews and the University of Leicester in the UK\u00a0<\/span><\/em>developed the Government Revenue and Development Estimations \u2013 (<\/span>GRADE model<\/a>) \u2013 a tool to realistically estimate how increases in government revenues translate into development impacts, such as how many more children could live to celebrate their fifth birthday, attend school, and thrive in adulthood.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Webinar: Tax Systems and Policy – Crucial for good health and good governance<\/a><\/h1>\n
May 2025<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBased on a recently published\u00a0<\/span>research paper<\/a>, panelists discuss why national and international tax policies and systems are failing society and why the health community must engage more actively in advocating for comprehensive tax systems reforms at both the national and global levels.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Do it like a tax haven: deny 24,000 children an education to send 2 to school<\/h1>\n
March 2025<\/p>\n
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European countries tax corporate profits shifted to their jurisdictions at relatively low rates.\u00a0 Coverage of essential social and economic rights in European countries is almost universal. Therefore, their populations do not gain much in terms of essential rights from shifted profits from Nigeria.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Joint statement: It\u2019s time for the OECD to walk the talk on human rights<\/h1>\n
November 2024<\/p>\n
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In December of last year, eight UN human rights experts\u2014issued a historic communication to the OECD. They warned of the potential negative human rights consequences of the \u2018two-pillar proposal,\u2019 emphasizing its impact on vulnerable communities in developing nations.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UN submission sets out racist impacts of UK\u2019s \u2018second empire\u2019<\/a><\/h1>\n
September 2024<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\nGRADE was recently used in a submission<\/a> delivered to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).<\/h4>\n
For this analysis, it was assumed that the contribution of the UK and its network of overseas territories to human rights deprivation is proportional to its responsibility for tax abuse worldwide.<\/h4>\n
It was found that if governments had additional revenue equivalent to the UK\u2019s contribution to their tax losses, 5 million people would drink cleaner water each day and 11 million would use safer sanitation. Critically, more than 1 million children would attend school.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Debt cancellation could put <\/span>5 million more children in <\/span>school<\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n
August 2024<\/p>\n
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