{"id":9817,"date":"2011-05-03T08:38:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T07:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=9817"},"modified":"2011-04-29T16:55:11","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T15:55:11","slug":"aaba-tax-justice-network-workshop-5-6-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2011\/05\/03\/aaba-tax-justice-network-workshop-5-6-july\/","title":{"rendered":"AABA \/ Tax Justice Network workshop 5 – 6 July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Association for Accountancy & Business Affairs<\/a>
\nTax Justice Network<\/a> <\/p>\n

UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX, 5th-6th JULY 2011<\/p>\n

DEBT, TAX AND HUMAN RIGHTS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Provisional Programme<\/span> <\/p>\n

Fuller details of the workshop, including a downloadable booking form, are available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tuesday 5th July<\/span><\/p>\n

Arrival & Registration: 12.00-12.45<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome and Introduction: 12.45 John Christensen (TJN)<\/span><\/p>\n

Session 1: 13.00-14.45 Chair: Prem Sikka, Essex University<\/span><\/p>\n

The Role of Tax in Achieving Human, Social and Economic Rights<\/span><\/p>\n

Chairman\u2019s Introductory Comments<\/p>\n

Attiya Waris and Matti Kohonen
\nBuilding Taxation to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa<\/p>\n

Ignacio Saiz
\nThe role of fiscal policy in realising economic and social rights: the \"Rights or Privileges\" project in Guatemala<\/p>\n

Break<\/p>\n

Session 2: 15.00 -16.45 Chair: Richard Murphy<\/span><\/p>\n

Tax and Social Justice<\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Dietsch
\nEfficiency of what? Tax competition and the promotion of social objectives<\/p>\n

Peter Latham
\nLand Value Taxation, debt and human rights: A Gramscian Perspective<\/p>\n

Ayse Nil \u00c3\u2013zbakan Tosun, Oytun Canyas
\nEffects of the European Convention on Human Rights on Turkish Tax Policy and Administration<\/p>\n

Tea<\/p>\n

Session 3: 17.15 -18.15 Chair: Sarah Knott<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting to the Roots of the Problem<\/span><\/p>\n

Christophe Farquet
\nThe Swiss Tax Haven in the Inter-War Period: An International Comparison<\/p>\n

John Christensen, Nicholas Shaxson, Sam Heinrichs
\nThe Shaping of an Ideology of Offshore<\/p>\n

Drinks<\/p>\n

19h00 Buffet Dinner<\/p>\n

20h00 Panel Discussion \u2014 Debt, Tax and Human Rights\u00a0led by Nick Dearden (Jubilee Debt Campaign), Ronen Palan (University of Birmingham) and Attiya Waris (University of Nairobi)<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th July<\/span><\/p>\n

Session 4: 09.00-10.30 Chair: Markus Meinzer<\/span><\/p>\n

Tax and Change<\/span><\/p>\n

Tim Knight<\/span>
\nEquitable Distribution of Wealth and Income Through Taxation<\/p>\n

Tony Crawford
\nCapitalism without Capital: Tracking the Monetisation of Toxic Loans through Taxation Systems<\/p>\n

Emerta Asaminew
\nEstimating the Underground Economy in Ethiopia<\/p>\n

Session 5: 11.00-12.30: Chair: Liz Nelson<\/span><\/p>\n

Exploring Secrecy: Mechanisms and Magnitudes<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim Henry
\nThe Price of Offshore Revisited<\/p>\n

Steven Eichenberger, Markus Meinzer
\nMapping Financial Secrecy 2011 \u2014 Changes, Process, Methodology and Implications<\/p>\n

Alex Cobham, Petr Jansky
\nTracking 'offshore' finance through the crisis: Using the Financial Secrecy Index to explore the evolution of dirty money flows<\/p>\n

Workshop ends<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuller details of the workshop, including a downloadable booking form, are available\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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