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Oxfam calls for the European FTT to be a Robin Hood tax

Reacting to the vote of the European Finance Ministers in favour of the 'enhanced cooperation...

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IMF and World Bank must support poor countries facing food price volatility and Euro crisis

The World Bank and IMF must step up their support for developing countries who are struggling with...

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One year on, South Sudan falters under failing economy

Skyrocketing fuel and food prices deepen humanitarian crisis as country teeters on economic meltdown ...

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EU Finance Ministers break deadlock on financial transaction taxes and now must deliver for the poorest

Today EU Finance Ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, agreed to drop the idea of an EU-wide European...

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UN Zero Hunger challenge offers ray of hope in fight against hunger

The challenge echoes the successful 'Hunger Zero' strategy of the Brazilian hosts which...

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G20 fails 1 billion people worldwide

Oxfam’s executive director in Mexico, Carlos Zarco said: “This is a hugely disappointing...

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Eurozone breakup could cost poorest countries $30bn

A Eurozone breakup could cost the world's poorest countries $30 billion (£19.3 bn) in lost...

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Work no longer pays for Britons caught in "perfect storm" of falling incomes and rising costs

Charity warns "UK could return to inequality levels not seen since Victorian times" ...

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Oxfam Media Brief - G20 must live up to its pledges for fairer and stronger growth

In 2009, G20 leaders launched a framework for "strong, sustainable and balanced growth"....

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'Austerity isn't working' eminent economists tell EU leaders

European leaders pushing austerity as the solution to the current economic crisis are guilty of...

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