eNewsletters
The TIWB Secretariat publishes bi-monthly newsletters to update the public of its activities and programmes progress. These newsletters provide case studies on TIWB programmes, highlight UNDP Country Office involvement, describe recent activities, propose recommended reading and note recent press coverage of the initiative.
Volumes
Discover updates from TIWB, including new programmes in Armenia, El Salvador, and Seychelles, plus Namibia's creation of a transfer pricing unit. Explore Nigeria's advancements in oil and gas audits, Angola’s collaboration with Brazil, and Niger’s strides in multinational tax audits. Don’t forget to register for the virtual Criminal Tax Investigations Showcase on 11 December!
Hear from Marcos Roca, Team Leader at TIWB Secretariat and find highlights about the significant strides TIWB has made in supporting developing countries to mobilise domestic resources and combat tax crimes. Discover our latest programmes on fighting tax crime in Nigeria, and the launch of the Digital Forensics Laboratory in Armenia, as well as insights into the Francophonie’s role within TIWB.
Hear from Ms. Rusudan Kemularia, Head of the TIWB Secretariat, on the challenges, successes, and objectives of the initiative throughout the last five years, access the new TIWB e-learning module for experts, listen to what TIWB stakeholders are saying about the initiative, read about recent programme launches in Angola and Bhutan, and discover highlights from the latest UNDP Executive Board meeting.
Read the Co-Chairs Statement from the annual Governing Board Meeting, download the Statement of Outcomes from the TIWB Stakeholders Workshop, learn about the latest revenue figures assessed from TIWB assistance, register online for the upcoming virtual workshops on “Unveiling BEPS Risks in the Extractives Sector“and “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting: A spotlight on the tourism sector”
Read about the new TIWB programme launch in Togo; outcomes from the recent TIWB Governing Board meeting, tax audit training in the mining sector and High-Level Symposium on Tax and SDGs; and hear about the experience and successes of providing tax assistance to developing countries.
Read about potential TIWB support for digitalisation of tax administrations, achieving the milestone of 100 TIWB programmes, the Mongolian Ministry of Finance’s recent efforts to modernise its tax legal framework in the mining sector, outcomes of the 2022 TIWB Experts Roundtable & Stakeholders Workshop, and a new OECD report on illicit financial flows in South Africa.
Read about Governing Board member, Minister Ville Skinnari’s Reflections on the initiative and Finland’s tax and development strategy, register to attend TIWB’s session at the OECD’s Tax and Development Days 2022, read about the 100th TIWB programme launched in Senegal, as well as collaboration in Latin America to combat tax and financial crime.
Hear from the Head of the TIWB Secretariat, Ms. Rusudan Kemularia, about highlights from the Annual Report 2021, watch the replay from TIWB’s recent high-level webinar and find out about the recently launched TIWB programme with the Revenue Department of Thailand.
Read about UNDP Cambodia’s Country Office support of programme implementation in concertation with HMRC’s TIWB experts, see the global programes and discover the latest TIWB news from Pascal Saint-Amans, Director of the OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration.
Read about Governing Board member, Dr. Ekniti Nitithanprapas' Reflections on the initiative, TIWB and CIAT’s collaboration combatting tax crime in Latin America and the Caribbean, fighting international tax avoidance and evasion in Senegal, recent programme launches in Bhutan, El Salvador and the Maldives, and an interview with Rusudan Kemularia, Head of the TIWB Secretariat.
Read about TIWB and ATAF’s partnership for successful capacity building in Africa, how TIWB can help developing countries recover from COVID-19 economic repercussions, recent success by the Mongolia tax administration, and Norway’s technical collaboration with TIWB for systemic change.
Read about the effect of COVID-19 on TIWB operations, reflections by Governing Board member Ms. Mary Baine (Director of Tax Programmes at the African Tax Administration Forum), learning-by-doing in Georgia, and UNDP's new Country Engagement Plans to strengthen the linkages between TIWB and the financing of the SDGs.
Read about TIWB's ongoing work during the COVID-19 period, reflections by Governing Board member Sir Paul Collier (Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government), the French experience, a Rwanda-Netherlands partnership and UNDP Madagascar Country Office’s support to the local TIWB programme.
Read about TIWB's continued growth, reflections by Governing Board member John Christensen (co-founder and director of the Tax Justice Network), highlights from the April 2019 TIWB Governing Board Meeting, South-South co-operation priorities and UNDP Maldives Country Office’s supportive role in programme implementation.
Read about TIWB's participation in the inaugural Paris Peace Forum held in November 2018, reflections by Her Excellency Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (TIWB Governing Board member), a new pilot programme for tax criminal investigations, how TIWB is supporting Egypt's Vision 2030, small island developing states' reliance on the tourism industry, and new programmes and videos recently launched.
Read about the successful Experts Roundtable and Stakeholders Workshop held in November 2017, new members of the TIWB Governing Board, Tax Administration Jamaica's TIWB programme, UNDP Uganda's commitment to supporting tax audit capacity building and reflections by Bob Hamilton (TIWB Governing Board member).