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What are the barriers to ensuring that a living wage is paid, and what are the root causes of low wages?

Oxfam has calculated that if inequality in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region were to be reduced by five points between 2011 and 2019, some 17.4 million people could move out of poverty. If the opposite were to occur, a five-point increase could result in an additional 18 million people living in poverty.  

Over the past six years, the International Finance Corporation has channelled over $50bn to the financial sector. However, the evidence continues to grow that this private sector arm of the World Bank Group has little control over how a great deal of this money is spent.

This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls.

Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said: Financial transaction tax:

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has just published its food price index which shows a sharp rise in

In response to the publication of UNESCO's Education For All Global Monitoring Report 201

The Food and Agricultural Organisation's Food Price Index has today revealed that global food prices have remained at peak levels.

This collated research report is based on formative research from 12 countries across Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Pacific. The report identifies dominant and common patterns in the social norms that perpetuate violence against women and girls.

Oxfam spokesperson Colin Roche said: