How do we rate the G20 Summit?
Posted by Ben
18 November, 2014
The barricades have come down. The thunderous whomp of helicopters no longer echoes overhead. The motorcades of world leaders no longer crowd Brisbane’s streets and their planes have left the tarmac at Brisbane airport. Protestors and demonstrators, having raised their voices peacefully and often creatively, have returned home. The leaders' communiqué – all three tightly-crafted pages of it – has been released, outlining the work and results of this gathering of some of the world’s most powerful national leaders. When Micah Challenge began campaigning on tax and transparency, we knew that the Brisbane G20 in 2014 would be a key moment in shaping a global tax system that genuinely worked for the poor and cracked down on multinational tax dodging that robs poor countries of the revenue that they need to reduce poverty. On that score, how do we rate the summit? First, we are encouraged that G20 leaders acknowledge the nature and scale of the problem of tax dodging and the way it impacts low-income countries. Prime Minister… read more
