Fiscal justice Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

From Commitments to Communities: Rethinking Climate Finance: How civil society and community participation strengthen accountability, access and equity

15/05/2026

1 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

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The climate crisis is accelerating, but climate finance is still not reaching the people who need it most. Despite repeated promises and global commitments, funding remains inadequate, fragmented, and too often locked in top-down systems that ignore local realities. Communities on the frontlines and civil society actors are too often shut out of decisions that […]

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Briefing paper

A European agenda to tax the super-rich: A solution to inequality in the European Union

09/10/2025

2 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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Europe faces a deep inequality crisis: the richest 1% in the EU own nearly a quarter of all wealth while half the population shares just 3%. Decades of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations resulted in the super-rich paying proportionally less taxes than ordinary citizens, eroding fairness, democracy, and social cohesion. The EU lacks […]

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Case study

Fiscal Justice in Latin America and the Caribbean: Case studies

03/11/2020

6 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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These case studies are part of Oxfam’s Fiscal Justice Track Record programme, and include case studies from Bolivia, Peru, El Salvador and the Dominican Republic. The series provides in-depth updates on Oxfam and partners’ fiscal justice and inequality work. Oxfam’s F.A.I.R.-EiU programme aims to ensure that citizens are empowered to redress inequality of power and […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Uganda: Fair taxation through evidence-based advocacy and active citizenship

19/08/2020

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam in Uganda is working with civil society organizations to amplify the voices and needs of Ugandan citizens in terms of the country’s fiscal system, which determines taxation and public spending. In its Finance for Development programme, Oxfam promotes fiscal justice to tackle inequality in the country by empowering citizens to exercise their rights by […]

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Case study

Oxfam in Peru: Young Peruvians fighting inequality and fiscal injustice

19/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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In Peru, Oxfam and partners are supporting young people to take part in the debate on fiscal justice and inequality by connecting with investigative journalists, academics, movements and civil society organizations. Through the digital platform Actua.pe, this active citizenship is further strengthened online, using creative visuals to inform the debate on issues that they care […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

A Guide to Gender-Responsive Budgeting

28/02/2018

10 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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A gender-responsive budget is a budget that works for everyone (women and men, girls and boys) by ensuring gender-equitable distribution of resources and by contributing to equal opportunities for all. Gender-responsive budgeting is essential both for gender justice and for fiscal justice. It involves analysing government budgets for their effect on genders and the norms […]

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Briefing paper

Taxing for a More Equal Kenya: A five-point action plan to tackle inequality

06/12/2017

1 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

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Extreme inequality is out of control in Kenya. Less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% (more than 44 million people). Tackling inequality could help to lift millions out of poverty, secure sustainable economic growth and bring the country together. Inequality is not inevitable and the government can […]

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Case study

Fiscal Justice Global Track Record: Oxfam’s tax, budget and social accountability work

20/09/2016

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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For Oxfam, fiscal justice is about people having the space, voice and agency to exercise their rights – and through this to influence and monitor fiscal systems to mobilize greater revenue and increase spending for quality public services. Fiscal justice is a critical lever to tackle extreme inequality and reduce poverty. It is about more […]

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