Fair Tax - What does it look like and how do we get it? (Invite only event)
Fair Tax - What does it look like and how do we get it? (Invite only event)
Tuesday, 3 May 2016 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Venue:
Investcorp Building lecture room, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
Speaker(s):
Mark Goldring, CEO Oxfam GB
Dr Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa
Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of Oxfam International
Kevin Watkins, Executive Director of the Overseas Development Institute.
Nic Cheeseman, African Studies Centre
Convenor:
Nic Cheeseman and Miles Larmer
Series:
African Studies Seminar
This event, bringing together the shared expertise of Oxfam and the University of Oxford’s African Studies Centre, will discuss the notion of fair tax in the context of a growing inequality crisis. In the wake of the "Panama Papers" scandal they will also debate the problems countries have in establishing fair tax systems in the context of the labyrinthine world of tax havens.
Our keynote speaker Dr Carlos Lopez of the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa will discuss the concept of fair tax in Africa, reflecting in particular on his work to address illicit financial flows. Responses and debate will continue from our panel of eminent commentators and then the wider audience.