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G7 Differences Threaten to Sink Debt Relief Hopes

01/06/1999

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

On June 18th, national leaders from the world’s largest economies have an opportunity to end the debt crisis crippling many of the world’s poorest countries. But there is a real danger that current proposals within the G7 will fail to deliver. Without active, personal engagement by the G7 leaders, the Cologne summit will mark a […]

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Briefing paper

Time for a Tobin Tax? Some practical and political arguments

01/05/1999

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19 pages long

Languages: English

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Finance

Overview

This paper is intended to further discussion on ‘Tobin taxes’. It provides information on the currency aspect of international financial instability, looks at the arguments around a global currency transaction tax and its potential value, explores the possibility of the proposal’s further political advance, and concludes with comments on prospects for advocacy.

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Briefing paper

EU Association Agreements with Latin America: Good news for those in poverty?

01/05/1999

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese

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Trade policy

Overview

This Briefing focuses on the economic dimension of the Association Agreements under discussion between the European Union and Mercosur, Chile and Mexico. These accords will create free trade areas and cover related matters such as intellectual property rights, government procurement, trade in services and capital movements. After examining trade relations between Europe and Latin America […]

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Briefing note

Oxfam International Submission to the Heavily Indebted Poor County (HIPC) Debt Review

01/04/1999

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Three years after its inception, the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative has failed to resolve the debt crisis in the world’s poorest countries. Early promise has given way to disappointment. Without a concerted international effort to provide earlier and deeper debt relief, and to integrate debt reduction into wider poverty reduction initiatives, the HIPC […]

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Briefing paper

The Global Education Crisis: What role for the EU?

01/03/1999

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

Overview

Basic education is the single most powerful weapon against poverty. It is also a fundamental human right. Yet today, 125 million primary aged children are not enrolled in school, and almost 900 million adults are unable to read or write. The European Commission is the world’s fifth largest donor, while the EU member states account […]

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Briefing paper

Debt Relief for Rwanda: An opportunity for peacebuilding and reconstruction

01/03/1999

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18 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Rwanda stands at a critical point in its history. The country’s people are seeking to rebuild a society shattered by war and a genocide in which one in eight Rwandans – Tutsi and Hutu opponents of the government’s extremist policies – was killed, and which further led to the outflow of over one and a […]

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Briefing paper

Palestinian Refugees and Unrwa

01/02/1999

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam GB has been working with Palestinian refugees for fifty years, supporting initiatives in health, education and livelihoods. It currently supports projects which involve refugees in Lebanon and the Palestinian Territories, in the fields of vocational training, early childhood development, and gender. Within the framework of its programme and advocacy interests in the Middle East, […]

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Briefing paper

Central America after Hurricane Mitch: Will the donors deliver?

03/12/1998

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

During the week of December 7, the international community will hold two meetings of vital importance to the future of Central America. The Paris Club of creditor nations will hold their regular monthly meeting in Paris on December 9; on their agenda will be discussions on debt relief for Central America. The leaders of Nicaragua, […]

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Briefing paper

Update on the MAI

01/12/1998

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Finance

Overview

This update provides information on recent developments on the draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) and Oxfam GB’s position on it. Oxfam had fundamental concerns with the draft MAI relating to its scope, process, principles and provisions. Our analysis led us to conclude that the draft MAI was a seriously unbalanced agreement that would be […]

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Briefing paper

East Asian ‘Recovery’ Leaves the Poor Sinking

01/10/1998

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11 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The economic crisis in East Asia shows no sign of abating. Far from resolving the region’s problems, IMF ‘rescue’ measures have exacerbated their severity, contributing to an economic collapse which parallels in scale the Great Depression of 1929. Real wages have collapsed, remittances to poor rural areas have fallen, and access to basic services is […]

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