IMF’s key “Article IV” advice on inequality detached from its rhetoric The International Monetary Fund’s advice to countries promotes policies that fail to reduce inequality and may even increase it, according to Oxfam research.
ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize goes to the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for its outstanding contribution to effor
Amazon’s prime tax deal: Luxembourg offered online retailer massive unfair discount Governments are letting big business off the hook when it comes to paying the billions they owe in tax, Oxfam said in reaction to the latest decision of the
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas without shelter & clean water in flooded camps More than 70 per cent of the nearly 480,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh are without adequate shelter and half have no safe drinking water.&
Brazil decades behind other countries in fighting inequality A Brazilian earning the minimum wage would have to work for 19 years to earn as much as what a rich person in the country's top 0.1 percent makes in one mont
United States stalling UN action on affordable medicines as price of lifesaving drugs soar The international agency said the US and others are putting the interests of the pharmaceutical industry above the lives of people around the globe.
Oxfam warns of Hurricane Maria's impact on thousands of vulnerable families in Dominican Republic Oxfam is preparing to respond to the likely humanitarian needs of people now being hit by Hurricane Maria in the Dominican Republic.
Mexico earthquake: Oxfam sends in assessment teams to two worst hit areas Oxfam is sending in two teams of humanitarian experts to Morelos and Puebla, with more on the way, following the 7.1 earthquake that struck central Mexico on
Oxfam mobilizing to help Cubans devastated by Hurricane Irma with focus on women and girls After completing a fact-finding mission in Cuba to identify those most in need, Oxfam is working with partners and Cuban officials to respond to the widespre
Still no real progress one year after landmark UN refugees pledge One year on from the historic United Nations summit for refugees and migrants, the international community has failed to make meaningful progress towards mee