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Tax Evasion/Development Seminar at World Bank/IMF Meetings

September 29, 2009

By Clark Gascoigne

Clark Gascoigne is the Communications Director at Global Financial Integrity in Washington, DC.

On Sunday (Oct 4), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs are sponsoring a side-event titled “Tax Evasion and Revenue Policy in Development Finance” at the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Istanbul, Turkey.

The seminar, which features GFI Director Raymond Baker among others, will take place between 10:00am and 12:00pm in Room Taxim at the Istanbul Convention Centre.

For more information on the event and to view an agenda, click here…

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