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governance of tax matters, tax dodging will continue to drain public budgets
and undermine the ability of governments to tackle inequality.
Specific commitments must include: a reform process where developing
countries participate on an equal footing, and a new global governance
body for tax matters; public country-by-country reporting; public registries
of beneficial ownership; multilateral automatic exchange of tax information
including with developing countries that can’t reciprocate; stopping the use
of tax havens, including through a black list and sanctions; making companies
pay based on their real economic activity.
6) Achieve universal free public services by 2020
Health and education can help to close the gap between the haves and have
nots, but under spending, privatisation and user fees as well as international
rules are standing in the way of this progress and must be tackled.
Specific commitments must include: removal of user fees; meeting spending
commitments; stopping new and reviewing existing public subsidies for health
and education provision by private for-profit companies; excluding public
services and medicines from trade and investment agreements.
7) Change the global system for research and development (R&D) and pricing
of medicines so everyone has access to appropriate and affordable medicines
Relying on intellectual property as the only stimulus for R&D gives big
pharmaceutical companies a monopoly on making and pricing of medicines.
This increases the gap between rich and poor and puts lives on the line.
The rules must change.
Specific commitments must include: a new global R&D treaty; increased
investment in medicines, including in affordable generics; excluding
intellectual property rules from trade agreements.
8) Implement a universal social protection floor
Social protection reduces inequality and ensures that there is a safety net for
the poorest and most vulnerable people. Such safety nets must be universal
and permanent.
Specific commitments must include: universal child and elderly care services;
basic income security through universal child benefits, unemployment benefits
and pensions.
9) Target development finance at reducing inequality and poverty,
and strengthening the compact between citizens and their government
Development finance can help reduce inequality when it is targeted to support
government spending on public goods, and can also improve the accountability
of governments to their citizens.
Specific commitments must include: increased investment from donors
in free public services and domestic resources mobilisation; assessing
the effectiveness of programmes in terms of how they support citizens
to challenge inequality and promote democratic participation.
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