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Bhutan’s Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) launched in partnership with India

Bhutan’s Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) launched in partnership with India About Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) Programme The Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) Programme which is jointly launched by UNDP and OECD is intended to support developing countries to strengthen national tax administrations through building audit capacity and sharing this knowledge with other countries. The TIWB Programme aims to strengthen tax administrations of developing countries by transferring technical know-how and skills to their tax auditors and through the sharing of general audit practices and dissemination of knowledge products with them. The TIWB Programme complements the efforts of the international community…

24 June, 2021 Bhutan

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Another front

Another front Context: - For the third time since early June 2020, China has repeated its claim that Bhutan’s eastern boundary was a “disputed” area. - China’s claims were first made at a UNDP-led Global Environment Facility conference, when the Chinese representative tried to stop funding for the Sakteng forest reserve in Bhutan’s eastern district of Trashigang, which abuts Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang district. - Chinese claims in eastern Bhutan come as a surprise for several reasons. - The Trashigang area being claimed as disputed by the Chinese does not share a boundary with China. - Chinese officials have not raised…

23 July, 2020 Bhutan