Enough Food for Everyone IF we end tax avoidance

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Enough Food for Everyone IF we end tax avoidance

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More than 100 charities have launched the IF campaign to tell the UK government, which hosts the G8 summit this year, that the world produces enough food for everyone if four key goals are met. Joseph Stead, senior economic justice adviser at Christian Aid, examines the tax aspects of the campaign and argues that tax avoidance is inextricably linked to hunger in the developing world.

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