The Dominican Republic’s pro tempore presidency Tof the Latin American and Caribbean Tax Cooperation Platform (PTLAC) comes at a defining moment for the international community. As geopolitical fragmentation and wars increasingly shape global dynamics, PTLAC stands as a powerful reminder that regional cooperation and dialogue— rather than confrontation—are essential to achieving shared economic and social[...]

April, 2026.
The ongoing US-Israel war against Iran and the wider destabilisation of global energy markets have triggered an extraordinary surge in oil, gas and fertiliser prices — a surge that disproportionately hurts ordinary workers, farmers, and fossil fuel importing nations, while a small group of large corporations and state producers accumulate windfall profits at[...]

Joseph Stiglitz keynote delivered at UN ECOSOC Special Meeting on Financial Integrity

As negotiations for a Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation have resumed this week at the United Nations, we stand at a critical juncture in the global fight for financial integrity. The choices we make here—about transparency, accountability, and the fair global taxation—will[...]

The US Threat to Progress on Tax Multilateralism

By the end of 2024, considerable progress had been made towards the construction of a comprehensive multilateral architecture for corporate taxation. 

This shift was initiated through intergovernmental negotiation at the OECD, where countries reached a consensus on a global minimum tax (GloBE) in 2021. In 2024, global[...]

Tuesday, September 30 – At UNESCO, Commissioner Jayati Ghosh opened the week with the[...]