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The Impact Talk Podcast from Oxfam Novib kicks off in January 2021 with the release of the 4-part “Power of Citizens’ Voices Series.” In this series, we explore impacts and lessons from the last five years of Oxfam and partners’ work raising the voices of citizens on critical topics like conflict and security, the right to food, and securing the financing needed for development. Through conversations with civil society actors and activists and colleagues from Kenya, Afghanistan, Uganda, Nigeria, Cambodia and The Netherlands, we’ll hear about how Oxfam and partners have worked to raise the voices of citizens, the impacts we’ve achieved in doing that and what we’ve learned along the way. Join us for the “Power of Citizens’ Voices Series” of the Impact Talk Podcast from Oxfam Novib.

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Power of Citizens’ Voices Series: Tax Justice and the Fight Against Inequality

February 08, 2021 • The Oxfam Novib Impact Measurement and Knowledge Team • Season 1 • Episode 3

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Power of Citizens’ Voices Series: Tax Justice and the Fight Against Inequality

This is the third of four episodes in the Power of Citizens’ Voices series, “Tax Justice and the Fight Against Inequality”. In this series we talk with civil society leaders, activists and colleagues from around the world about how raising the voices of citizens drives impact on critical topics like conflict and security, the right to food, and securing the financing needed for development.

To fight inequality and defeat poverty it’s crucial that we make taxation and government spending fair, transparent and responsive to the needs of citizens. In this episode, we look at the issue of tax justice through conversations with from Roselie Schonewille (Inequality Campaigner, Oxfam Novib) on why this matters, Jasper van Teeffelen (Researcher, SOMO) on unfair tax treaties involving The Netherlands, and Regina Navuga (Program Coordinator, Financing for Development Programme, SEATINI Uganda) about the struggle for a fairer fiscal system in Uganda.

Hosts: Patrick Guyer and Lisanne Hekman

Editing and sound design: Sound Seekers

Artwork: Anouk Klinkers

Links to organizations and publications referenced in this episode:
Organizations:

Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) – official website
Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (SEATINI Uganda) – official website
Oxfam Novib – official website

Publications:

Theory and practice of the Dutch tax treaties with developing countries (2020) – SOMO publication
Finance for Development Impact Study Uganda (2020) – Oxfam Novib impact study

Keywords: Tax justice, social contract, tax treaties, The Netherlands, Uganda