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Development finance institutions using tax havens for most transactions

October 19, 2017

Development finance institutions use tax havens to fund projects in developing countries for a number of reasons. Though offshore havens provide an alternative method of finance due to weak legal systems in developing countries (therefore becoming more attractive to prospective investors), systematic problems in these countries that prevent fair and effective taxation of foreign funds and efficiency of foreign investment needs to be addressed.

Source: Overseas Development Institute