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Utterly inadequate international response for Syrians both in and outside borders, says new Oxfam report
The international community is proving utterly inadequate in helping Syrians both inside and outside their country. Oxfam’s damning verdict is in a new report today Solidarity with Syrians that analyses the “fair shares” of rich and powerful countries to provide money, resettlement places for refugees and leadership to end the bloodshed. The report coincides with…
Oxfam criticizes ‘toothless’ OECD Tax Package
Ottawa – The OECD’s Tax Package, released in Paris today, will not stop corporate tax dodgers cheating poor countries out of billions of dollars of tax revenues, says Oxfam. The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Action Plan outlines 15 measures aimed at tackling aggressive tax avoidance by multinational companies. Brittany Lambert, Oxfam Canada’s Senior…
Oxfam applauds World Bank’s rejection of trickle-down economics, and recognition of the huge inequality challenge
Oxfam is encouraged by World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim’s rejection of trickle-down economics and his clear stance on the enormous challenge inequality poses across the world. Jim Kim’s speech at the US Institute of Peace today comes just as Oxfam is warning of 200 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean being…
Inequality trapping hundreds of millions in extreme poverty
More than 200 million people will be trapped unnecessarily in extreme poverty – despite world leaders’ pledge to end it – unless action to tackle economic inequality is accelerated, according to an Oxfam paper published today. World leaders will promise to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 at a UN summit later this week. While applauding…