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" Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance. "
Winnie Byanyima
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" Poverty is a result of lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity is about being without power, without being in a position to make choices. "
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" Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies. "
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" Money doesn't just buy a nice car; it also buys better education or healthcare. Increasingly, it can buy impunity from justice, a pliant media, favorable laws, business advantage, and even elections. This, in turn, perpetuates the policies that allow a tiny elite to accumulate ever more wealth at the expense of the majority. "
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" My own life values were shaped in great part by my mother, who instigated women's clubs in my village. Women were able to organize and stand together. What inspired me most about their work was the power it gave them to assert their rights and the rights of their daughters, be it education or property inheritance. "
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" We don't want to tell young girls and boys that the odds are stacked against them from the start. Instead, we could tell them that with passion, conviction, and determination we can build a better future. This future is possible by redesigning our economy to truly reward hard work rather than wealth. "
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" Investing in vital infrastructure will help to build more sustainable, equitable economies. "
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" I grew up in a country that was in a civil conflict for most of my childhood and adolescence. I saw violence and lived as a teenager through the time of a brutal dictator called Idi Amin. I fled and became a refugee. "
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" Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth. "
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" Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality. "
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" Global governments should start seriously talking about the creation of a World Tax Authority with the mission to ensure that tax systems will deliver for the public interests in all countries. "
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" The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems. "
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" That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development. "
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" Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development. "
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" To reduce gaps between men and women, we will need to change the way people think, behave, and relate to each other. "
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" Citizens need to know how their countries are being run so that they can hold governments and big business to account. "
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" Corporations are driving down wages and working conditions across the globe to maximize returns for their shareholders. They use their power and influence to ensure the rules align with their interests - no matter the cost. "
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" For me, growing up as an activist under an oppressive dictatorship in Uganda, the U.N. was a friend to those of us who fought our way to freedom, as it was for the millions who joined decolonization struggles in the African continent. "
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" We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not democracy. "
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" African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens. "
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" You are not going to lift everybody out of poverty through the kindness of wealthy people. "
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" Governments and civil society must step up to ensure inclusivity in the commissioning, design, delivery, and assessment of vital public services. "
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" The move to a zero-carbon future is unstoppable. "
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" Governments, the investor and business community, and civil society organizations and public representatives need to work together to ensure the necessary foundations are in place to align private finance to guarantee sustainable and equitable development and poverty reduction. "
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" I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. "
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" Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their own citizens, and too many others - including some of the world's wealthiest countries - turn their back on those fleeing conflict and violence. "
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" Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour. "
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" Inequality is inextricably linked with distribution of land and natural resources. "
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" Here's something we're rarely told growing up: our world rewards wealth, not hard work or talent. "
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" Cutting down a forest for timber adds to GDP, but what we don't record is the loss to our wealth in terms of natural resources. "
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