RHT Policy Library
European Commission, 2010 Communication from the European Commission: Brussels
This report argues that the only way to achieve financial stability and financial integration in Europe is to move towards a European-level bank resolution framework that has both funding and intervention authority.
The Tobin Tax - A Review of the Evidence
McCulloch N and Pacillo G, 2010 Institute of Development Studies
This report reviews the literature on how a Tobin Tax might be implemented, the amount of revenue that it might realistically produce, and the likely incidence of the tax.
Dolphin T, 2010 IPPR
Produced by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) this paper assesses the ability of the UK’s financial institutions to pay an additional £20 billion annually in tax revenues in order to provide funds that could be used to fight poverty and climate change.
The European Commission, 2010
In the context of a current financial crisis and need for fiscal consolidation, this paper analyses potential instruments to raise additional tax revenues from the financial sector.
The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on the Budgets of Low-Income Countries
Kyrili K and Martin M, 2010 Development Finance International and Oxfam
This report examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the budgets of low-income countries, especially their spending to reach the Millennium Development Goals.
Globalizing Solidarity: The Case for Financial Levies
Leading Group on Innovative Financing for Development, 2010
This ground-breaking report was written by a Committee of Experts from 9 countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Japan.
Bank of England, 2010
The Financial Stability Report aims to identify key risks to UK financial stability and to stimulate debate on policies needed to manage and prepare for these risks.
Symposium on the financial crisis and global economic governance
Third World Network, May 2010
This presentation for the UNCTAD Symposium on the financial crisis and global economic governance (Geneva, May 2010), focuses on:
Risk, reward and responsibility - the financial sector and society
HM Treasury, December 2009
Following the 2008 financial crsis, questions were rasied regarding the balance of risks, rewards and responsibilities between society and the financial sector. In response, this paper looks at regulatory reform and efforts to improve financial institutions’ corporate governance and risk management.
The Currency Transaction Tax: Rate and Revenue Estimates
Schmidt R, 2008
A report written by Professor Rodney Schmidt of the North-South Institute, Canada, and published by the United Nations University, 2008
Meeting the Millennium Promise
Phil Thornton, 2007
Meeting the Millennium Promise is a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid and Trade. Since early 2007 the All Party Parliamentary Group for Debt, Aid and Trade has been taking evidence from a range of governments, NGOs, financial actors, academics and other stakeholders into possible innovative sources of finance to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Taking the Next Step: Implementing a Currency Transaction Development Levy
David Hillman, Sony Kapoor and Stephen Spratt, December 2006
This report, written by Stamp Out Poverty, was commissioned by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the Third International Conference of the Leading Group on Innovative Finance for Development, in Oslo in February 2007.
A Sterling Solution: Implementing a Stamp Duty on Sterling to Finance International Development
Spratt S, 2006 Intelligence Capital and Stamp Out Poverty
The report, written by City think-tank Intelligence Capital, details for the first time how the UK government can unilaterally implement a stamp duty on sterling currency transactions.
A Euro Solution: Implementing a Stamp Duty on the euro to Finance International Development
Spratt S, 2006 Intelligence Capital and Stamp Out Poverty: London
This report written by City think-tank Intelligence Capital, shows for the first time how governments in the eurozone can implement a stamp duty on euro currency transactions to bridge the funding gap required to meet the Millennium Development Goals.
Innovative Finance Mechanisms: comparing Aviation Tax and Currency Transaction Tax
Sony Kapoor, 2005
Former derivatives trader Sony Kapoor is a policy adviser with Stamp Out Poverty and author of the Currency Transaction Report. This paper compares the Aviation Tax proposition with the CTT.
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