"The UK government is showing admirable international leadership through sustaining its level of aid to Afghanistan, one of the world's poorest countries. Because of international aid a record number of boys and girls now go to school. Afghanistan's future relies on these children and their potential. Huge challenges of extreme poverty, the position of women and corruption remain. The hard won gains of recent years need to be secured...

"Oxfam welcomes the Government's announcement that it has abandoned plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations."    "Oxfam supports progressive taxation policies in the UK, and elsewhere, that put more of the burden of tax on those who can best afford it. We believe the government's priority must be to raise sufficient tax revenues to deliver the essential public services that its citizens...

International agency Oxfam warned that today's announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase Food and Nutrition Security" focuses too heavily on the role of the private sector to tackle the complex challenges of food insecurity in the developing world. The organization called instead for G8 leaders to keep the promises they have already made to help developing countries invest in sustainable solutions to hunger and poverty.   ...

Washington, DC— On the eve of the G8 Summit, international agency Oxfam called on world leaders heading to Camp David to make predictable, measureable funding and policy commitments that will help 50 million people lift themselves out of poverty through sustainable, small-scale agriculture by 2015.  Almost a billion people on this planet — one in seven of us — are hungry. The kind of hunger that pushes men to leave their families...

In response to today's publication of the Africa Progress Panel's annual Progress Report on Africa, Jobs, Justice and Equity, Oxfam's Chief Executive Barbara Stocking said:  "Kofi Annan and the Africa Progress Panel are right to outline Africa's many successes and its potential for ongoing social and economic development. At the same time, the panel's report also highlights the widening gap...

In reaction to the Prime Ministers remarks at the Clean Energy Ministerial held in London today Oxfam's Head of Government Relations Kathleen Spencer Chapman said:  "It is positive that David Cameron has made it clear that he views investment in renewables as vital to meet the world's growing energy needs. But he missed a key opportunity today to really prove his government's green credentials by publicly...

Renewed military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) risks triggering further devastation for local people in DR of Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan unless more is done to protect civilians and prevent retaliations by one of Africa's most brutal rebel groups, ten local organisations and international agencies said today. As unprecedented global attention on the LRA builds and the African Union-United...

Private funds often lack transparency, accountability and can lead to land grabs Oxfam today calls for greater scrutiny and control of the funding for development channelled through financial intermediaries such as private equity funds, banks and credit agencies. The international agency is concerned that the new model of lending, increasingly used by development finance institutions such...