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A fairer tax system is essential to ‘building back better’

Robert Palmer

December 16th, 2020 General, Tax

Tax Justice UK shares Oxfam’s commitment to tackling inequality, eradicating poverty and standing up for those who typically struggle to get their voices heard. The need to address these issues …

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"Taxes Sign" by efile989 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

In case you missed it – progress on tax justice!

Oliver Pearce

July 29th, 2020 Tax

On the face of it, this week may not appear to have been particularly auspicious for tax justice campaigners. The big story, about big money (thirteen billion euros), was that …

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Demonstration outside Barcelona City Hall, one of many public actions calling for Tax Havens Free Zones. Photo: Oxfam Intermon

Tax Havens Free Zones. Where think global, act local is more than just a slogan.

Rodrigo Barahona and Susana Ruiz

March 25th, 2019 Active citizenship, Inequality, Influencing, Tax

Rodrigo Barahona and Susana Ruiz describe how the Tax Havens Free Zones initiative is gathering momentum in the fight against inequality and poverty. When large companies and wealthy individuals divert …

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Female parliamentarians in Ghana attend a gender budgeting training session organised by Oxfam partners, SEND Ghana. Photo: Nana Kofi Acquah/Oxfam.

New voices tearing up outdated economic norms and practices

Kwesi Obeng

March 21st, 2019 Active citizenship, Economics, Gender, Inequality, Tax

Young women in Ghana are calling out the double standards that put them at an economic disadvantage.  Kwesi W Obeng draws parallels with Oxfam’s work on tax and gender. Some …

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Sakshi Rai speaking at the round table event: 'Towards an Asian Narrative on Tax Justice and Financial Transparency'. Credit: CBGA

Motivating people to take action: towards an Asian narrative on tax justice and financial transparency

Amy Croome

December 6th, 2018 Active citizenship, Economics, Inequality, Influencing, Tax

Amy Croome, from Oxfam GB, interviews fellow researchers, and civil society actors, on approaches, challenges, and opportunities to tax justice in Asia. For two days academics, activists and civil society …

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Revealing Big Pharma’s tax dodging: The story behind the numbers

Robbie Silverman

September 21st, 2018 Inequality, Tax

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One year on from the Panama Papers: how well is the UK tackling tax avoidance?

Oliver Pearce

April 3rd, 2017 Inequality, Tax

One year on from the leaking of the Panama Papers, Oli Pearce, Policy Manager at Oxfam GB,  explores how well the UK is dealing with tax avoidance.  If a week …

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Hackathon in Kenya. Credit: Oxfam

What can tech do for tax justice?

Sue Moore

September 27th, 2016 ICT4D, Methodology

How can we use technology to support the work towards better fiscal systems and the citizens they affect? Sue Moore takes us through a recent hackathon in Kenya, run with …

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