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Tax treaties: Boost or bane for development?

Are tax treaties good for development, or are they holding countries back? How can better tax treaties help poor countries protect their tax base?

As citizens increasingly demand that international corporations pay their fair share of taxes, and developing countries struggle to fund basic services. Read what two of our experts think: http://wrld.bg/Rd46306fxyx

Tax treaties: Boost or bane for development?

Tax treaties are like a bathtub; a single leaky one is a drain on a country’s revenues. Photo: Kris Schroeder Tax officials and experts grAppled with the issue of tax treaties several weeks ago at the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. This arcane subject has now emerged as a new lightning rod in the d…