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Sofia Scasserra Researcher

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Sofia Scasserra is an associate researcher with the Transnational Institute (TNI) and specialises on digital economy, labor and development. She is a researcher at the World Labor Institute at Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) in Argentina.  She is also advisor to the international trade union movement and in the Argentine Senate.

Latest work

  • How the World’s Tax Havens became the Data Centres for the Digital Economy In conversation with Sofia Scassera

    Digital Futures

    As the various tax avoidance scandals such as the Panama papers, Paradise papers and Pandora papers have shown, tax havens are some of the most important instruments for reproducing social inequalities. The wealthy use countries with favourable laws to store their wealth, safely and away from public scrutiny.  

    Podcast by
    • Sofia Scasserra
    • Shaun Matsheza

  • Un paraiso de datos Cómo los paraísos fiscales del mundo se convirtieron en los centros de datos de la economía digital

    • Futuros digitales
    • Finanzas
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    Este estudio explora cómo los paraísos fiscales se han vuelto regiones geográficas predilectas a la hora de almacenar datos. No es una relación directa ni causal, como veremos, pero si hay una suerte de predilección por almacenar esta materia prima estratégica en estas guaridas fiscales.

    Paper by
    • Sofia Scasserra
    • Adriana Foronda

  • Banking on data How the world’s tax havens became the data centres for the digital economy

    • Digital Futures
    • Finance
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    This study explores how tax havens have now become the preferred destinations for data storage. It is not a direct or causal relationship, as we shall see, but there is a strong tendency to store this strategic raw material in these havens.

    Paper by
    • Sofia Scasserra
    • Adriana Foronda
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