Success of “global tax platform” hinges on how well it represents developing countries and fights inequality This global tax platform represents a step in a long road towards building a fairer and more transparent global tax system.
Lampedusa 1 year on: EU still failing to deal with migration crisis as death toll rises Despite 800 people drowning off Lampedusa in the Mediterranean on this day last year, Europe is still failing to deal effectively with the
Panama Papers dominate tax discussions during the Spring Meetings At the close of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meetings in Washington, Chris Stalker, Acting Head of Oxfam International’s Washingto
Ecuador Earthquake: Oxfam response Oxfam is responding to a major earthquake off the coast of Ecuador.
Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece must be halted as fears of human rights violations grow Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey must be halted immediately and people wanting to seek asylum should not be kept in detention, sai
Fifty biggest global US companies stash $1.3 trillion offshore The 50 biggest US companies have more than a trillion dollars hidden offshore according to a new report published by Oxfam today.
Slight increase in development aid not sufficient to lift people out of poverty Development aid has reached an all-time high, but with 900 million people still living in extreme poverty much more needs to be done, says Oxfam.
World Bank and IMF must help bring an end to tax havens Following the abuses revealed in the Panama Papers, world leaders attending the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and I
Commission’s selective tax transparency proposal leaves most of the world in the dark The European Commission has missed yet another chance to effectively end tax havens.
Majority of World Bank’s private investments go to companies that have a presence in tax havens Fifty one of the 68 companies that were lent money by the World Bank’s private lending arm in 2015 to finance investments in sub-Saharan Africa use tax haven
