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👀Caribbean economist and friend of Vanuatu Marla Dukharan delivered this heartfelt speech in support of the UN Tax Convention – a unique opportunity for developing nations to fight back in what she calls the “economic warfare waged on us through double standards, false narratives, propaganda, and completely indefensible blacklists.” For context, OECD countries cause 78% of global tax loss every year according to the Tax Justice Network but when it comes to pretending to remedy the issue, they blame the smallest and most defenseless nations of the Caribbean and the Pacific. There are indeed islands among the biggest tax havens but very few are lined with palm trees🏝️ 🎬START AT 41:53 https://lnkd.in/e-XDYPPe #Vanuatu #TaxJustice #UNtaxconvention
Marla Dukharan
2mo
Here are my actual speaking notes...https://marladukharan.com/special-reports/the-4th-distinguished-owen-s-arthur-memorial-lecture/
Economist and Leading Advisor on the Caribbean, Board Director, TEDx Speaker
2moMartin, thanks for elevating the conversation in the Pacific, and highlighting the plight of Vanuatu...one of only 3 countries globally (alongside Trinidad and Tobago and Panama) each blacklisted twice by the EU, when they fail to blacklist or even scrutinize the world's biggest financial secrecy jurisdictions. When will this injustice end? When we come to the table and contribute to the UN Tax Convention process underway. Small countries in particular in the Caribbean and the Pacific need to show up and do a better job themselves in participating in the UN process...otherwise, we can't complain when things don't go our way, can we?