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The G7’s Deadly Sins: How the G7 is fuelling the inequality crisis

22/08/2019

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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President Macron has promised to make the fight against inequality a priority at this year’s G7 Summit in France. G7 leaders regularly pay lip service to the dangers of extreme inequality, yet they are actively fuelling inequality at home and across the globe. In this briefing, Oxfam sets out the seven key issues the G7 […]

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Briefing note

The Role of the UK in Tackling Global Inequality: Contributions to achieving SDG 10

26/06/2019

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This year, the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is assessing global efforts in achieving Goal 10 (reducing inequality) and the UK government is reviewing its progress towards the SDGs. While the UK government has adopted some policies that can contribute to achieving Goal 10 globally, it is failing to prioritize the actions needed […]

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Discussion paper

Fighting Inequality to Beat Poverty: The role of UK international development

04/06/2019

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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UK international development actors – from government to private sector and NGOs – can play a key role in fighting extreme economic inequality to beat poverty in developing countries. This paper shares key principles, policies and programmes that have emerged from Oxfam’s work with partners around the world in recent years, so as to encourage […]

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Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

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Briefing paper

Closing the Divide in Malawi: How to reduce inequality and increase prosperity for all

25/04/2018

2 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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Inequality between the richest and the rest in Malawi continues to rise, with poverty remaining extreme and endemic. Climate change is compounding the challenges, with recent droughts and floods likely to have worsened poverty, resulting in one in three Malawians relying on humanitarian assistance in 2016. Economic inequality threatens to undermine the hard-fought and important […]

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Briefing paper

Great Expectations: Is the IMF turning words into action on inequality?

10/10/2017

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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In recent years, the International Monetary Fund has become a global leader in highlighting the inequality crisis; consistently identifying it as a major threat to human progress and prosperity. This is a significant shift from its previously held position that rising inequality was a necessary trade-off for achieving greater economic growth. What is the IMF […]

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The G7’s Deadly Sins: How the G7 is fuelling the inequality crisis

The Role of the UK in Tackling Global Inequality: Contributions to achieving SDG 10

Fighting Inequality to Beat Poverty: The role of UK international development

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

Closing the Divide in Malawi: How to reduce inequality and increase prosperity for all

Great Expectations: Is the IMF turning words into action on inequality?