This week, nearly all the world’s governments will hold online talks at the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank. The biggest countries – the G20 – must lead …
Ten lessons on entrepreneurship and job creation in the MENA region
Shekhar AnandJob creation in the MENA Region, the context and challenges The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face unemployment as a common challenge. The youth population is growing but …
Levelling up: how wealth taxes can reduce inequalities
Oliver PearceHow 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 …
German supermarkets commit to tackle low wages
Rachel Wilshaw and Barbara Sennholz-WeinhardtOxfam welcomes the commitment by almost all big German supermarkets to work towards living wages and living incomes for the people who produce the food the retailers sell. Several German …
10 brilliant questions you asked about Oxfam’s inequality report
Oxfam InternationalOxfam’s new inequality report, which reveals that the world’s billionaires —just 2,153 people— have more wealth than 4.6 billion people, is making headlines across the globe. Since we launched our report, …
Making care count: Valuing work and wellbeing over wealth
Julie Thekkudan, Anam Parvez Butt and Clare CoffeyWe are heading into increasingly stormy times. Times when caring for each other will become more critical and challenging. By 2025, economies will be in crisis response mode, coping with …
The daily, unpaid work that greases the wheels of the global economy
Professor Bev SkeggsLet’s do a thought experiment: What would happen if as soon as women gave birth they handed over their babies to the fathers to take total responsibility, at all times, …
Podcast: The politics of counting, review of “The Uncounted” with Alex Cobham
Amy MoranWe speak to the Tax Justice Network‘s Alex Cobham about his upcoming book “The Uncounted”, which gives an insight into the politics of counting. Franziska Mager from Oxfam GB, also …
What do the tax rates UK companies pay tell us about the need for global tax reform?
Oliver PearceAmidst stories of companies avoiding tax (for example, Mauritius Leaks recently), and apparently endless international discussions about how to deal with this phenomenon, it can be difficult to understand whether multinational companies are …