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Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said: On economic growth:

Today the shape of the new European Parliament was revealed, with the results marred by weak turnout and a ri

The World Bank and International Monetary Fund need to ditch the ‘trickle down’ economics of the past and lead the fight against inequality if they are serious about the new target to end extreme poverty by 2030.

Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:

In 2005 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) introduced the Policy Support Instrument (PSI).

Robert Zoellick / the food crisis: Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said: 

International agency Oxfam warned that today’s announcement of the "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition" focuses too heavily on the role of the private sector to tackle the complex challenges of food insecurity in the developing world.

The Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg and Cyprus are among the world’s 15 worst corporate tax havens, according to new Oxfam research published today. The report ‘Tax Battles’ reveals a global race to the bottom on corporate tax that is starving countries out of billions of dollars needed to tackle poverty and inequality.

Food prices are a matter of life and death to many in the developing world.

At the height of the food price crisis in 2008, the Philippines was among the countries with ‘severe localized food insecurity’, requiring external assistance in food. A series of