<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David G Legge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlegge@phmovement.org">dlegge@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"> </span><div bgcolor="#F2F2F2" link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-GB"><div class="m_4819199626051039451WordSection1"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> South Centre [mailto:<a href="mailto:south" target="_blank">south</a>=<a href="mailto:southcentre.int@mail169.suw16.rsgsv.net" target="_blank">southcentre.int@<wbr>mail169.suw16.rsgsv.net</a>] <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:125%;color:black">The South Centre is pleased to announce the publication of Policy Brief No. 48 entitled <b>"Collaboration or Co-optation? A review of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax",</b> a joint publication of the South Centre and the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ), authored<b> </b>by
Manuel F. Montes, Permanent Observer and Senior Advisor on Finance and
Development for the South Centre, and Pooja Rangaprasad, an independent
researcher on tax and development based in Delhi, India. <u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_4819199626051039451content"><div id="gmail-m_4819199626051039451inside_content"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;color:black">The
Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT), launched in April 2016, is an
effort to intensify cooperation on tax issues among the staff of the
OECD, IMF, World Bank and the United Nations. The PCT’s stated
objectives include the production of joint outputs, strengthening
interactions between standard setting, capacity building and technical
assistance and sharing information. PCT has since produced toolkits on
issues such as tax incentives, transfer pricing, and taxation of
offshore indirect transfers. The PCT also held its first global
conference in February 2018 at the UN where a concluding ‘conference
statement’, negotiated among the four secretariats, was produced.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;color:black">In
a political context where a majority of UN Member States continue to
contest international tax standard setting led by the OECD and call for a
global negotiation process based within the UN, this collaboration
between the four institutions requires a closer look. Increased
technocratic cooperation when the process is challenged by a political
deficit in norm setting raises critical questions for the institutions
involved and the constituencies they represent. This policy brief will
unpack some of these issues pertaining to the Platform for Collaboration
on Tax (PCT).<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:125%;color:black">To access the policy brief directly, go to this webpage: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/W5GyCL7rN8iRR1G7TKbwLO?domain=southcentre.us5.list-manage.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(109,198,221)">https://www.<wbr>southcentre.int/policy-brief-<wbr>48-june-2018/</span></a> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;color:black">To access the South Centre website, where you can also find other policy briefs, publications and news items, go to: <a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/dMheCMwv0QUqqZw7cOPklX?domain=southcentre.us5.list-manage.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(109,198,221)">http://www.southcentre.int</span></a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:125%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:125%;color:black"> Email: <a href="mailto:south@southcentre.int" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(109,198,221)">south@southcentre.int</span></a></span><br></p><p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>