The Swiss people vote their own taxes, have a high degree of control over how tax revenues are spent, and believe their tax system to be fair, transparent, and comprehensible.

2. thanks to securitization, private equity, hedge funds, and over the counter trading, financial markets have become less transparent.

But a carbon tax is far more transparent and potentially less prone to the pitfalls seen in international carbon quota trading.

For years, foreign governments complained about American hedge funds, arguing that their non transparent behavior posed unacceptable risks to stability.

Ineffective and non transparent provision of funds for financing educational activity defines the conditions in which future teachers will work.

If world leaders are serious about reducing inequality and eradicating poverty, they must commit to creating a just and transparent tax system.

Nigeria has proposed creating stabilization funds, and, in the future, it will sell its natural resources in transparent, competitive bidding processes.

Policy options include tax incentives, R D funds, economic development agencies, incentives for networking and joint ventures.

Varlık Vergisi ( wealth tax or capital tax ) was a Turkish tax levied on the wealthy citizens of Turkey in 1942, with the stated aim of raising funds for the country's defense in case of an eventual entry into World War II.

And what about the second tax proposed by the IMF, on banks profits and bonuses? Such a tax is politically appealing, but ultimately it makes little sense except, perhaps, in a crisis year when bank subsidies are glaringly transparent.

A lower corporate tax rate would weaken this justification. Moreover, pension funds, retirement plans, and non profit organizations, which receive about 50 of all corporate dividends, do not pay tax on these earnings, and would benefit from a lower corporate tax rate.

A small and gradually rising carbon tax that funds a feed in tariff system could win political support in the US.

Domestic financing for development can be greatly expanded through a combination of increased domestic savings, improved tax administration and more transparent public administration that widens public participation.

The mechanism must be able to disburse funds in a rapid and transparent manner with the primary aim of saving lives and providing immediate humanitarian relief.

It seems only fair to tax the financial sector in order to nurture good innovation that funds social infrastructure such as education.

These funds are largely tax exempt, often because they are registered offshore, although they operate from the world s major onshore financial centers.

While it is unlikely that Russian sovereign wealth funds and state owned companies will change overnight, they will certainly become more transparent and efficient in the near future.

Funds, whether from internal or external sources, must be used effectively and in a transparent manner for pro poor growth instead of for only a section of the population.

For donor assistance to be truly effective, the States involved must produce clear strategic plans with defined priorities and measurable outcomes, and be transparent in their use of funds.

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This, in turn, requires a proper procedure, based on transparent competition, for the initial sale of prospecting rights, as well as a well designed tax system to collect revenues from subsequent corporate profits.

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To generate funds, governments could give tax breaks in order to encourage private sector investment in R D that is of strategic importance to meeting the MDGs.

Stock exchanges are another source, as are tax collection foreign direct investment debt forgiveness, which also releases some money long term bonds borrowing and finally, pension funds.

The Government had refused to register the Open Society Institute and the Action Front, the latter on the ground that many of its activities and its use of funds had not been transparent.

Most countries have introduced some form of forced savings (such as compulsory contribution to pension and provident funds) and provide tax incentives to stimulate long term household savings.

Regardless of how transparent our governments want to be, they're going to be selectively transparent.

Effectively manage public finances to achieve and maintain macroeconomic stability and long term growth and to make effective and transparent use of public funds and ensure that development assistance is used to build national capacities

In the US, it has been calculated that the funds cost 2 3 billion in lost tax revenues an amount three times that of the EU s budget for humanitarian aid.

Lacking any source of adequate funds, they revived an 1864 Haitian law, discovered by Butler, requiring peasants to perform labor on local roads in lieu of paying a road tax.

At least that was transparent.

So concrete, transparent and efficient.

Tax revenue can be raised without increasing marginal tax rates by limiting the tax subsidies that are built into the current tax code.

Shareholders organized themselves into pension funds, investment funds, and hedge funds.

A tax called a death tax is regarded very differently from a tax called an inheritance tax, even though the two are really identical.

Previous positions include Director, International Tax Relations, Tax Policy Department Director, Tax Department, Italian Banking Association and Economic Adviser to the Minister of Finance for international tax policy and financial tax issues.

(b) To manage public finances effectively to achieve and maintain macroeconomic stability and long term growth and to make effective and transparent use of public funds and ensure that development assistance is used to build national capacities

By imposing a stiff tax on energy consumption, Europeans would reduce both consumption of energy and its price in world markets, in turn cutting the flow of funds to Russia and Iran.

All for One Tax and One Tax for All?

In situations where the United Nations has been entrusted with the management of Iraqi funds, it is very much in the interest of the United Nations to be open and transparent and to recall at all times that its obligations with respect to such funds are fiduciary. We expect to have full access to information on all Iraqi accounts.

Capital tax differences among countries would induce capital to flow from the high tax to the low tax economies. Such tax induced distortions would lead to an inefficient regional allocation of investment and possible tax competition.

a Airstrip includes use tax, landing fee and passenger tax.

The Governing Council requested the Panel to ensure that the funds awarded were spent on conducting the environmental monitoring and assessment activities in a transparent and appropriate manner and that the funded projects remain reasonable monitoring and assessment activities .

Operating Funds UNDP and UNDP Trust Funds

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