6 February 2012
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Sarah Best
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Blog channel: General
The Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development got a small boost as Ban Ki Moon’s High-Level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) launched its report last week. Made up of 22 global bigwigs, their...
25 January 2012
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Robert Fox
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Robert Fox, Oxfam Canada’s Executive Director, discusses The Global Journal ranking of Oxfam as number three on the world’s Top 100 Best NGOs list.
19 January 2012
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Ian Sullivan
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For a time in the nineties and early naughties, as financial services promised untold riches for all, discussing inequality was seen as the preserve of people at the fringe of debate. Since the onset...
12 January 2012
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Stephen Hale
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The global summit in June presents a rare and timely opportunity to unite world leaders and secure a global commitment to sustainable development – we cannot afford to waste itAnyone remember the...
10 November 2011
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Caroline Berger
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Like many people, my impression of Somalia is colored by the familiar TV images of a lawless land governed by conflict, piracy and bloodshed. With this in mind I was a little apprehensive to visit...
10 November 2011
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Caroline Berger
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Soil banks protect water run-offs and ensure that precious water once again flows to vital grazing areas. They also provide much needed income to people affected by droughts. Caroline Berger reports...
27 May 2011
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Victoria Marzilli
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As the G8 Summit comes to a close, it seems like we’ve seen another grand show from world leaders, but not much real decision-making. It’s a disappointment that they didn't regain their credibility,...
26 May 2011
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Victoria Marzilli
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There are few similarities between present-day France and the France of the 18th century, when royalty like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ruled the country, but today Oxfam brought them back to life...
25 May 2011
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Victoria Marzilli
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Blog channel: General
What better way to start the week of the G8 Summit, than gambling at a casino!
Well that’s what Oxfam’s Big Heads (representing the G8 leaders) were up to yesterday at Cercle de jeu Clichy Monmartre...
20 May 2011
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Victoria Marzilli
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The Leaders of the top eight economies in the world are coming to the G8 Summit in Deauville, France this year with a lot of explaining to do.In 2005, the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy,...
