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David McNair

David McNair is director of transparency and accountability at the ONE campaign. He was recently voted among the top 99 foreign policy leaders under the age of 33. He has previously worked for the British Red Cross, Christian Aid and Save the Children UK

March 2014

  • vegetables in Taipei

    Food prices: reining in volatile markets

    In increasingly uncertain times, how can we limit the damaging effects of fluctuating costs of the world's staple foods? David McNair explains

October 2012

  • ICOAST-ENERGY-BIOFUEL-JATROPHA

    Poverty matters blog
    High and volatile food prices are the new normal: we must act now

    David McNair: Poor people are being hit hard: the international community must invest in agriculture, stop tax dodging and end biofuel subsidies

January 2012

  • MDG : Taxation to achieve MDG : School children receive food on the waterfront of the Makoko slum

    Poverty matters blog
    Who's going to pay for the MDGs?

    David McNair: Aid alone is not enough, but transparency and accountability are essential if tax revenues are to plug the financing gap

September 2011

  • MDG : Tax in Uganda : Uganda Coffee Production And Harvest

    Poverty matters blog
    Memo to the G20: stop turning a blind eye to tax dodgers

    David McNair: With poor tax collection costing developing nations billions, the G20 must reaffirm its support for global financial transparency

August 2011

  • Swiss bank

    Germany has set back the fight against tax evasion

    David McNair

    David McNair: Those who squirrel away undeclared wealth in Switzerland will be pleased by this deal. What's worse, the UK may follow suit

November 2010

  • People reach out to catch books, donated by the Cuban government in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

    UK-Swiss deal undermines global efforts to tackle tax avoidance

    David McNair
    David McNair: Financial secrecy robs developing countries of the resources they need to improve lives

May 2009

  • We need a global tax plan

    David McNair
    David McNair: Barack Obama must champion a much better exchange of tax information to help the developing world deal with evasion