Campaign paper

For the kind attention of: Mr. Ramy Youseff, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee to Draft Terms of Reference for a United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation Cc: Permanent Representatives and Observers to the UN in New York, 15 March 2024 Subject: Joint civil society and trade unions submission in...

Draft Position Paper on WTO Seminar in Bangladesh Opinion expressed in the seminar is reflected here We want Bangladesh to act for Least Developed Countries WTO’s Mandate is to Improve People’s Lives Not to Facilitate the Unfair Corporate Trade Introduction WTO is the official international organisation that sets rules for global trade and resolves disputes if...

COAST and EquityBD jointly drafted a paper for CoP 28 in Dubai, urging action on behalf of Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Most Vulnerable Countries (MVCs). The paper outlines critical needs, criticizes past negotiation failures since the Paris Agreement, emphasizes solidarity with CSOs, and presents key demands for fulfilling...

This document states the background, process, principal premise and major expectations of Bangladeshi NGOs from INGOs (International NGO), Donors and UN agencies in view of the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) and the Grand Bargain (GB)policy outcomes and in view of the discussions on ‘development effectiveness’ (DE). These three global...

In September 2015, heads of states and governments met at the UN (United Nation) headquarter in New York and agreed on a new generation of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets to succeed the MDGs (Millennium Development Goals) and to guide global development over the next 15...

The sustainability of any modern economy requires the state to have sufficient revenue for funding the physical and social infrastructure essential to economic welfare, and also to enable a degree of wealth distribution between rich and poor in order to promote equity and security. The main components of the Tax...

Climate Change and vulnerability in South Asia Flooding, food shortages, and being impoverishment of our people gradually are common incidents of devastating impacts in South Asia, those have experienced due to advancing of climate change impact, The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report said that the effect of...

A Brief review of SAARC Declaration on Climate Change, Dhaka (2008) and Thimphu (2010) Built a climate resilient South Asia SAARC charter on Free Movement of Climate Migrant Climate Change and vulnerability in South Asia Flooding, food shortages, and being impoverishment of our people gradually are common incidents of devastating impacts in...

Pharmaceutical TRIPS waiver must be extended for LDC WTO is going to introduce the pharmaceutical patent protection under Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)  agreement in January 2016. It means the pledged special waiver on TRIPS for LDC (Least Developed Countries), including Bangladesh,  expires by 31st December 2015. TRIPS...

Value Added Tax (VAT) is an indirect tax on the consumption of goods and services. It is imposed on a product or service whenever value is added at a stage of production and at final sale. The amount of VAT that the user pays is the cost of the...