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Breaking out of the cocoon

Story has it that there was once a person who saw a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon, so he/she decided to cut it for the butterfly to get out. Little did he/she know that his action prevented it from flying. The butterfly could only crawl around its cocoon, causing the wrinkles on...

Assessing Vietnam's Tax Incentive Policies

Over the last three decades, like many other developing countries, as part of its economic reform, Vietnam has introduced various forms of tax incentives to stimulate investment, export promotion and employment creation. The assessment of Vietnam tax incentive policies...

Europe’s biggest banks register €25 billion profit in tax havens

Europe’s 20 biggest banks are registering over a quarter of their profits in tax havens – well out of proportion to the level of real economic activity that occurs there, according to a new report by Oxfam and the Fair Finance Guide International today.

The report, ‘...