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Artwork by Fabeha Monir.

Our view

We are living in a disaster movie

Fires are raging on every continent. Our planet is both drowning in water and withering away due to drought. Surely it must be clear to us all by now that humankind is heading for disaster.

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno

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A committee of the European Parliament discussing the Panama Papers in May. The Panama Papers made information about large-scale tax evasion and money laundering public.

International initiatives

Battling tax evasion

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by Nico Beckert
Protest in London in August against British mining companies that are accused, among other things, of evading taxes in Africa.

Commodities

Missing billions

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by Nico Beckert
More money for Barron, Eric, Tiffany and Ivanka Trump.

Bad governance

Democratic procedures serve a purpose

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by Hans Dembowski
The results of a Saudi-led airstrike in Sanaa in early December.

Civil strife

Shifting alliances

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by Maysam Behravesh

Food security

Pest exacerbates poverty

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by Humphrey Nkonde
The mining industry is Mongolia’s most important income source – and the experience with double taxation agreements has not been good.

Government revenues

Undermining statehood

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by Dereje Alemayehu
The informal sector is difficult to tax: selling potatoes in Arusha.

Domestic resource mobilisation

Double standards

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by Dereje Alemayehu
Stroms are getting worse: typhoon-caused flooding in Hoi An, Vietnam, in November.

Global warming

The case against fossil fuels

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by Shikha Jha
Coal has become increasingly important in India – people near strip mine in Jharkand.

Public budgets

Harmful government expenditure

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by Shikha Jha

The new ANC leader must face the dilemma of globalisation

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by Hans Dembowski