Taxation is wrongly viewed by many as an unlikely place to encounter big societal questions about democracy, equity or good governance. It is the opposite.
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The Diamond Industry Is Failing To Clean Up Its Act
The diamond industry must deliver on its promise that consumers can trust the diamonds they purchase are sourced, traded, and processed responsibly.
Year-Long Global Initiative to Reimagine Democracy Releases Report
Report includes insights gleaned from almost 100 interviews, 54 essays and 26 ‘democracy dialogues’ from across the world to discuss the state of democracy.
VIDEO: Strategies for Keeping Voters Informed in Emerging Economies
The Blavatnik School of Government, on November 2, 2018, held an event with a panel of experts who discussed the insides and outs of “Informing Citizens”.
Don’t Leave Half The World Offline And Behind, Urges Web Founder
Tim Berners-Lee, who invented www, appealed on Monday for half of world population not to have internet access, which includes billions of women and girls.
Europe Remembers WWI, One Of Deadliest Conflicts In Human History
Nearly 37 million soldiers and civilians are estimated to have been killed in World War I and many people view the 1914-1918 war as unnecessary.
VIDEO: Populism And The Erosion Of Democracy
Populism is a threat to democracy primarily because it holds the potential of providing the state with a moral status that it otherwise lacks
Our Experiment With Authoritarian Propaganda: American Relativism
It struck me that Alex Jones’ conspiracies, right-wing Eastern European propaganda, Assad’s propaganda, and the reality flipping views I heard one Thanksgiving weekend were eerily similar.
Leading Journalists Demand Justice For Jamal Khashoggi
Leading journalists from around the world pay tribute to Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi Arabian journalist murdered in Istanbul this month.
UN Chief Decries Failure To Bring Women Into Peacemaking
Antonio Guterres says between 1990 to 2017, women constitute only 8% of the negotiators, 5% of witnesses and signatories to major peace processes.