Into the light: Benchmarking beneficial ownership transparency frameworks across MENA
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Across MENA, countries are reforming ownership transparency frameworks, but sustained progress depends on stronger implementation.
G20 Leaders or Laggards? Reviewing G20 Promises on Ending Anonymous Companies
The issue of anonymous companies has risen in prominence on the global agenda. Yet, in 2015, our analysis of how well G20 members were implementing the G20 Beneficial Ownership Principles showed that 15 of the G20 members had weak or average beneficial ownership legal frameworks. This publication, G20 Leaders or Laggards?, updates that assessment.
Read the executive summary and the full report.
Country reports on G20 Beneficial Ownership Principles:
- USA
- Canada
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