Countries such as Australia, Germany and the UK are pushing back against the tax practices of global giants such as Google and Facebook
The recent announcement of a promising Covid-19 vaccine is good news. But don’t get too excited, cautions Simon Allison: other more affluent countries have already bought up most of the doses, and we do not own the expensive technology necessary to store and transport it
Tax avoidance hits developing countries hard because companies’ declared profits are more sensitive to tax rates than in developed countries.