First Global Conference of the Platform for Collaboration on Tax: Taxation and the Sustainable Development Goals
14 February–16 February 2018
This event is by invitation only.
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) will hold its First Global Conference on 14-16 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The conference will focus on the key directions for tax policy and administration needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Speakers and participants will include senior country policy-makers, tax administrators, and representatives from academia, the private sector, civil society, donor organizations, and regional tax organizations. Conference sessions will cover: domestic resource mobilization and the state; the role of tax in supporting sustainable economic growth, investment and trade; the social dimensions of tax (poverty, inequality, and human development); tax capacity development; and tax cooperation.
NRGI senior economic analyst Thomas Lassourd will take part in a panel discussion on Wednesday, February 14, and lead a group discussion on Thursday, February 15. The panel discussion on Wednesday will explore explore the complexity of taxing natural resources, focusing mainly on petroleum extraction. Key issues include determining the appropriate government share of resource profits while encouraging investment in exploration and development; ensuring that the system is designed to respond to volatile changes in resource prices and project outcomes; striking the right balance between other tax revenues and receipts from natural resources; and appropriately designing the regime to minimize negative impacts on the population and the environment. For more background, see the event page.
Wednesday, February 14
4:40 pm-6 pm
Resource Abundance and Taxation: Avoiding the Curse
Moderator
Victoria Perry, assistant director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
Panel
8:30 am-9:30 am
Can Revenue Transparency Help Countries Secure a Fair Share of Their Extractive Industries?
NRGI's team will disseminate recent resources on extractive industry payments like ResourceContracts.org and ResourceProjects.org, strengthen methodologies to analyze the data, and create a rich discussion between tax experts, civil society activists and government officials to improve the effectiveness of publicly available information in monitoring extractive industry payments.
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) will hold its First Global Conference on 14-16 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The conference will focus on the key directions for tax policy and administration needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
Speakers and participants will include senior country policy-makers, tax administrators, and representatives from academia, the private sector, civil society, donor organizations, and regional tax organizations. Conference sessions will cover: domestic resource mobilization and the state; the role of tax in supporting sustainable economic growth, investment and trade; the social dimensions of tax (poverty, inequality, and human development); tax capacity development; and tax cooperation.
NRGI senior economic analyst Thomas Lassourd will take part in a panel discussion on Wednesday, February 14, and lead a group discussion on Thursday, February 15. The panel discussion on Wednesday will explore explore the complexity of taxing natural resources, focusing mainly on petroleum extraction. Key issues include determining the appropriate government share of resource profits while encouraging investment in exploration and development; ensuring that the system is designed to respond to volatile changes in resource prices and project outcomes; striking the right balance between other tax revenues and receipts from natural resources; and appropriately designing the regime to minimize negative impacts on the population and the environment. For more background, see the event page.
Wednesday, February 14
4:40 pm-6 pm
Resource Abundance and Taxation: Avoiding the Curse
Moderator
Victoria Perry, assistant director, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF
Panel
- Philip Daniel, honorary professor, University of Dundee
- Matthew Landy, vice president and head, International Tax, Statoil
- Thomas Lassourd (@ThomasLassourd), senior economic analyst, NRGI
- Peter Muliisa, corporate secretary, Uganda National Oil Company
8:30 am-9:30 am
Can Revenue Transparency Help Countries Secure a Fair Share of Their Extractive Industries?
NRGI's team will disseminate recent resources on extractive industry payments like ResourceContracts.org and ResourceProjects.org, strengthen methodologies to analyze the data, and create a rich discussion between tax experts, civil society activists and government officials to improve the effectiveness of publicly available information in monitoring extractive industry payments.