22 May 2013
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Keith McManus
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Blog channel: General
Shocking new statistics released by Oxfam this week have shown that governments are letting people hide at least $18.5 trillion in offshore tax havens. Yes, you read that right: not $18.5 million, or...
8 May 2013
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Winnie Byanyima
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Several African countries are amongst today’s fastest growing economies in the world, boosted in many instances by new discoveries of oil, natural gas and strategic mineral reserves. Extreme poverty...
5 April 2013
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Ricardo Fuentes-Nieva
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Blog channel: General
On why the post-2015 agenda should include a goal to limit the negative characteristics of inequality. On how indicators of income concentration are better suited for this. One proposal that could be...
28 March 2013
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Alhassan Adam
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On 26 March we descended on Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the epicentre of Tunisia's Jasmine revolution. We came from all the four corners of the square “Place du 14 Janvier 2011”, John Hilary, Sidua Hor...
27 March 2013
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Nicole Metz
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Blog channel: General
This blog was co-written by Nicole Metz, Oxfam Novib policy advisor on the Post-2015 Agenda, and Tom van der Lee, a member of the Board of Directors of Oxfam Novib. Inequality is not just...
27 March 2013
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Charlotte Soulary
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Blog channel: General
From 26th to 30th March, international civil society is meeting in Tunis for the 12th World Social Forum.Two years since the Tunisian revolution, several Oxfam affiliates and our partners have...
22 February 2013
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Caroline Hooper-Box
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Blog channel: General
Corruption, extortion and money laundering will be on the agenda this week (Feb 25-26) when the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group meets in Moscow. They will have to act decisively and strongly to...
7 February 2013
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Liesbeth Unger
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Blog channel: General
Oxfam has today published a groundbreaking report on labour rights in Unilever’s supply chain. It is groundbreaking not so much because of its content (although as the project’s technical advisor and...
10 December 2012
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Stella Madete
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Blog channel: General
Somalia has long been known as a nation of poets and storytellers, a tradition that was passed down through generations. When telling a story, the narrator usually begins with sheekoy sheeko, sheeko...
29 October 2012
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Duncan Green
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The Second Edition of From Poverty to Power, Oxfam's flagship publication on global development published last week. We asked the author Duncan Green to reflect on what's changed since the book was...
