Given the major role that tax revenues play in funding development efforts – providing two-thirds of the financing for the UN Millennium Development Goals, with official aid and private flows covering the rest – the bleeding must be stanched. As world leaders gear up for this month’s Third International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD3) in Addis Ababa, where they will develop a strategy to fund the post-2015 global development agenda, a move toward a more efficient and equitable global tax system could not be more urgent.
税收收入对于发展措施融资具有重要作用——它们提供了联合国千年发展目标（Millennium Development Goals）资金的三分之二，其余资金来自官方援助和私人资金流——这一出血口必须堵住。本月，全球领导人将在亚的斯亚贝巴召开第三届国际发展融资会议（FFD3），届时将制定为2015年后全球发展日程融资的战略，而更高效、更平等的全球税收制度是不容置疑的当务之急。