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Council Urges Transformation of Global Refugee Governance
May 22, 2018
The World Refugee Council, a global body that includes politicians, policy advisers, academics, and nongovernmental organizations, has issued an interim report describing how governments and international organizations must "transform" the global governance system for refugees through greater accountability and imposing "collective responsibility" in refugee sharing.
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Paper Seeks Accountability System for Refugee Admittance
May 22, 2018
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper exploring the introduction of various international "accountability mechanisms" forcing governments to uphold treaty commitments and "moral obligations" to accept refugees from other countries.
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OECD: Tax Savings to Reduce Inequality
May 22, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued two reports calling on governments to improve their taxation of household savings and wealth with the aim of reducing economic inequality, identifying taxation as "among the most effective tools governments have for reducing inequalities and bringing about more inclusive growth."
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Oxfam Criticizes World Bank for Reliance on Private Finance
May 21, 2018
The nongovernmental organization Oxfam has critiqued the World Bank's practice of encouraging private spending and support for the private sector as part of its development efforts, pushing the institution instead to convince countries to use "progressive taxation and spending" policies to create more revenue for development programs.
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Global Governance Advocates Call for World Parliament
May 21, 2018
Jo Leinen of the European Parliament and Andreas Bummel of the nongovernmental organization Democracy without Borders have published a book calling for the establishment of a "democratically elected world parliament," beginning with a "consultative body composed of national or regional parliamentarians" to be created by the UN General Assembly.
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