Apologies for being slightly off-topic but I would like to share a new paper
put together by several organisations focused on why a Financial Transaction
Tax (FTT) would be good news for global health. `A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX
FOR GLOBAL HEALTH` outlines the global resourcing gap for global health and how
a FTT could help fill this.
An average tax of just 0.05% on transactions (such as bond and share sales) could
raise as much as $409 billion a year, a proportion of which could go towards
global health. With an estimated $488 billion gap in resources for global
health between 2009 and 2015, overseas aid alone will not suffice.
This paper is currently being distributed throughout health activist networks
to try and increase their awareness of the campaign, calling on them to join in
with the campaign for a Robin Hood Tax around the world. We are also sharing it
with parliamentarians interested in global health issues to try and encourage
them to also become Robin Hood Champions.
Please do have a look at the paper and feel free to use it with any of your
contacts who may be interested in health issues. In the longer term we may open
up the paper for further sign on`s, as well, so if you are interested in adding
your name please let Olga at the HIV/AIDS Alliance know (ogolichenko@aidsalliance.org).
