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ASSOCIATION FOR
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BUSINESS AFFAIRS
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WORKSHOP ON TAX, POVERTY AND FINANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
2007
Tax Justice Research Workshop organised by the University
of Nairobi
in association with the
African Community Development Foundation, the Association for
Accountancy and
Business Affairs and the Tax Justice Network
Tax,
Poverty and Finance for Development
Programme
18th
January 2007
Welcome –
13h00 - Dominic
Wamugunda (Professor, University of Nairobi) and Sven Giegold (Tax Justice
Network)
Session 1 13h15
to 15h00 – Tax and Development in Africa
Chair:
Paul Mbatia (Professor, University of
Nairobi)
N.A.
Adebayo (Chief Lecturer, The
Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria) – The Welfare
Consequences of Tax Policies in
Nigeria: Lessons for the Rest of Africa
Attiya Waris (Assistant Lecturer,
School of Law, University of Nairobi) – The
Effect of the East African Community
Customs Union on Human Rights
Alex Cobham (St Annes College, Oxford,
UK) - Why the Tax
Consensus Failed
Africa – and What Next?
Refreshment
break
Session 2 15h30
to 17h15 – Africa’s Burden
Chair:
Bruno Gurtner (Senior Economist,
AllianceSud, Switzerland)
Edward Asare (Coordinator, Centre for
Informal Activities and Development, Ghana) – Taxation
and its Impacts on the
Lives of Ghanaians
Nick Shaxson (freelance journalist and
author, Netherlands) – Africa’s Oil Zones and
Offshore Finance
Noog Hendricks (University of Cape
Town, South Africa) – Is There a Significant
Change in the tax
Compliance Culture of South Africans? A
Review of Public Data
Session
3 17h30
to 18h45 – Talking Tax Justice
Chair:
Jack Ranguma (Kenya)
Ruanda Oberholzer (Department of
Taxation, University of Pretoria, South Africa) – Perceptions of
Taxation: A
Comparative Study of Different Population Groups in South Africa
Wale Ajao (Deputy Editor, The Vanguard, Nigeria) - The Role of the
Media in the Search for Tax
Justice
19h00
Conference Dinner
19th
January 2007
Session
4 09h00–10h30
- Trade, Tax Competition and Transfer
Pricing
Chair:
Alvin Mosioma (Coordinator, Tax
Justice Network for Africa)
Sheila
Killian (University of Limerick, Ireland) – Taxing Thoughts: Tax
Competition and the
True Cost of Intellectual Capital
Anna Thomas (Christian Aid, London) – A
Rich Seam: Is the Commodity Price Boom Benefiting Developing Countries?
Session
5 11h00–12h30
- Towards a Tax Agenda for Poor People
Chair:
Vitus Azeem (Centre for Budget
Advocacy, Ghana)
Femi Aborisade
(The Polytechnic,
Ibadan, Nigeria) and Andy Wynne [School of Oriental and
African Studies, London, UK] - Developing a
Progressive Public Finance
Programme to Counter Neo-Liberalism: The Nigerian Experience
Kati Peltola (
Helsinki, Finland) – Promoting Pro-Poor
Development: A
Transparent and Simple Tax System at National Level
Session
6 14h00–15h45
-
New Rules and New Thinking for the Tax Justice Agenda
Chair:
Pramod Kumar (Member, Indian Income
Tax Appellate Tribunal)
Sol Picciotto (Professor, Law School,
University of Lancaster, UK) - Devising
Fair Rules for Multi-Level Games: Limitations of the OECD’s Harmful Tax
Practices Initiative
Adenike Adedokun (The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Nigeria) – Local
Government’s Tax Mobilisation and Utilisation in Nigeria: Problems and
Prospects
Margaret Legum (South African New
Economics Network) – How
Justly to Raise Taxes
15h45 Close
The
Research Workshop will be followed at 17h00 by the
Annual Meeting of the Tax Justice Council.
All are welcome to attend.