desigualdad económica

Europe is facing unacceptable levels of poverty and inequality. This briefing paper reviews the current situation and presents recommendations to help put an end to poverty and extreme inequality in Europe.

Rising inequality poses a dire threat to continued prosperity in Asia, where an estimated 500 million people remain trapped in extreme poverty, most of them women and girls.

Present in both countries, Oxfam welcomes the announcement restoring diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States. 

Central American countries contribute little to climate change, but will endure some of its most negative consequences.

Oxfam presents new evidence that the gap between rich and poor is growing ever wider and is undermining poverty eradication. This report delves into the causes of the inequality crisis and looks at the concrete solutions that can overcome it.

Extreme inequality is hurting us all. Its damages economic growth, threatens decades of progress toward ending poverty and contributes to the death of one person every four seconds. Such stark inequality is not inevitable – it is the consequence of political and economic choices. And it can be reversed.

Extreme inequality is a threat to democracy, warns Oxfam’s global CEO Winnie Byanyima, at today’s closing session of the IMF - Mozambique government’s Africa Rising conference.