Global Financial Integrity

Seeking Submissions for Work on Illicit Flows for Amartya Sen Prize Contest

Academics Stand Against Poverty, the Yale Global Justice Program, and Global Financial Integrity invite submissions of original essays of ca. 7,000 to 9,000 words on the intelligent use of incentives toward curtailing corporations’ use of tax evasion and avoidance, abusive transfer pricing and all forms of illicit financial flows. All prizes are named in honor of Amartya Sen, whose work has shown how the rigor of economic thinking can be brought to bear on normative and practical questions of great human significance. For more details, please see the contest web page.

GFI Seeks Consultant for Open Data Scoping Study

We have the financial transparency ideas, now we need the right open data standards to go with them!

As a member of the Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC), Global Financial Integrity is seeking proposals from experts in the area of data standards for a consultant to produce a scoping study that identifies the range of open data standards that might accompany the FTC’s transparency platform and an assessment of the related political challenges and opportunities.

Deadline for applications is August 21 ! Please see the Request for Proposals (RFP) for complete information.