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Jane Wurwand, through the FITE initiative, is giving the CSR world a much-needed kick in the pants by promoting dignity and empowerment, rather than outdated charity aid models that often promulgate cycles of poverty.
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The figure would represent around one in nine people on earth, according to current population projections, but would mainly affect the world's poorest people in Africa, Asia and Latin America, according to the authors of "Human Tide: The Real Migration Crisis, " produced buy the charity Christian Aid.
CNN: Climate change 'to create 1B refugees'
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David McNair, senior economic justice adviser at the charity Christian Aid, says tax havens are used in a variety of ways, but the general principle - for a business active in a number of countries - is to maximise the amount of profit made by subsidiaries based where taxes are low, at the expense of those based where taxes are high.
BBC: Tax havens: Is the tide turning?