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Stiglitz: US Is Blocking New Forms of Global Governance
August 12, 2015
Professor Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University has criticized the US government for blocking efforts to create global governance systems that grant more authority to developing countries, including the creation of a sovereign debt resolution mechanism and a UN body that oversees corporate tax allocation.
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UN Committee Blames Israeli Settlements for Violence
August 12, 2015
A UN Special Committee charged with investigating Israeli practices affecting Palestinians has found that Israeli settlement practices are the "primary driver" of rising levels of violence in the region.
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IMF Publishes Government Revenue Database
August 12, 2015
The International Monetary Fund ("IMF") recently published the World Revenue Longitudinal Dataset, which contains data on revenue for 186 countries between 1980 and 2013, as it seeks to spark "informed discussion" on national tax policies around the world in the wake of a major UN development summit.
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NGOs Criticize Proposed World Bank "Safeguard Policies"
August 12, 2015
A group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have criticized the World Bank's proposed Environmental and Social Safeguards Framework for what they see as a dilution of the Bank's human rights and environmental protection policies and failure to require adequate public reporting on these issues.
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AI Adopts Policy Seeking Decriminalization of Prostitution
August 12, 2015
The New York Times reports that the nongovernmental organization Amnesty International ("AI") has voted for a policy calling for the abolition of laws criminalizing the buying and selling of sex.
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