A shot in the arm: 5 ways the World Bank can promote a fairer and faster global vaccine roll-out

Oxfam International

March 30th, 2021 Health, In the news

Levelling up: how wealth taxes can reduce inequalities

Oliver Pearce

March 10th, 2020 In the news, Inequality, Poverty in the UK, Tax

How far will this week’s budget go in ‘levelling up’ the UK in line with the government’s stated aims? Whilst much of the public debate has centred on what changes …

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How can the UK government justify arms sales that fuel the war in Yemen?

Laura Gyte

April 25th, 2019 Conflict, Food security, Humanitarian, In the news, Protection

Laura Gyte describes why Oxfam intervened in a court case brought against the UK government over arms sales. UPDATE: on 20 June the Court of Appeal ruled that UK arms …

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Debt: a noose around Somalia’s future

Dustin Barter and Mohamed Ahmed

February 6th, 2019 Aid, Conflict, Debt, Food security, In the news, Livelihoods

Full debt cancellation is the only way forward for Somalia, write Dustin Barter, Oxfam’s Senior Campaigns and Policy Manager in Somalia, and Mohamed A. Ahmed, Independent Debt Specialist. As the …

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Taxing wealth is key to fighting inequality

Didier Jacobs

January 25th, 2019 Economics, Gender, General, In the news, Inequality, Private sector, Tax

Conventional wisdom about taxing wealth is shifting, writes Didier Jacobs, Oxfam America’s Senior Policy Advisor. Long dismissed as unfeasible, and frowned upon as politically incorrect, radical ideas are now gaining …

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Seven brilliant questions you asked about Oxfam’s inequality report

Oxfam International

January 24th, 2019 Economics, Education, Health, In the news, Inequality, Private sector, Tax

Feminist solutions to man-made economic inequality

Francesca Rhodes, Man-Kwun Chan and Anam Parvez Butt

January 24th, 2019 Economics, Education, Gender, Health, In the news, Inequality, Tax, Women's Economic Empowerment

Francesca Rhodes, Gender Policy Advisor, Man-Kwun Chan, Influencing Advisor, Women’s Economic Empowerment and Care, and Anam Parvez Butt, Gender Justice Research Lead at Oxfam GB outline some of the key …

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Inequality is bad for your health, and what you can do about it

Anna Marriott

January 22nd, 2019 Health, In the news, Inequality, Private sector

Twenty five years more life: the real prize for tackling inequality

Max Lawson

January 22nd, 2019 Economics, Gender, Health, In the news, Inequality, Tax

Davos is here again

Duncan Green

January 21st, 2019 Economics, Gender, In the news, Inequality, Methodology, Private sector, Tax

Duncan Green summarises Oxfam’s new report.