The document discusses several key issues regarding international tax cooperation for development: 1) Taxation is important for developing countries to mobilize domestic resources, but many have lower tax revenues than developed countries due to issues like illicit financial flows. 2) International tax rules and norms influence countries' ability to tax, and the UN model convention preserves more taxing rights for developing countries than the OECD model. 3) Transfer pricing and base erosion profit shifting allow multinational corporations to shift profits between countries and avoid taxation, depriving developing countries of tax revenues.