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Passing the Buck on Debt Relief: How the failure of the private sector to cancel debts is fueling a crisis across the developing world

16/07/2020

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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The Covid-19 pandemic will not be defeated unless it’s defeated in all countries. In developing countries, where public health spending is often severely constrained, significant debt cancellation will be necessary to deal with the double whammy of health and economic crises. Leaders of G20 countries, the IMF and the UN have acknowledged the need for […]

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Briefing note

Still Broken: Governments must do more to fix the international corporate tax system

10/11/2015

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The gap between where companies pay tax and where they really do their business is huge, as shown by new research described in this briefing. In 2012, US multinationals alone shifted $500-700bn, mostly to countries where these profits are not taxed, or taxed at very low rates. G20 countries themselves are among the biggest losers. […]

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Media briefing

Turn the Tide: The G20 must act on rising inequality, starting with fairer global tax reform

11/11/2014

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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In the time that Australia held the G20 Presidency (2013 to 2014), the total wealth in G20 countries increased by $17 trillion, and the richest 1% of people captured a staggering $6.2 trillion of this wealth – 36% of the total increase. Yet G20 countries are still home to more than half of the world’s […]

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Briefing paper

The G20 and Gender Equality: How the G20 can advance women’s rights in employment, social protection and fiscal policies

14/07/2014

6 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Across G20 countries and beyond, women are paid less than men, do most of the unpaid labour, are over-represented in part-time work, and are discriminated against in the household, in markets and in institutions. In 2012 in the Los Cabos Declaration, G20 leaders committed to tackling the barriers to women’s full economic and social participation […]

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Briefing paper

Business Among Friends: Why corporate tax dodgers are not yet losing sleep over global tax reform

02/05/2014

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Fair tax regimes are vital to finance well-functioning states and to enable governments to uphold citizens’ rights to basic services, such as healthcare and education. Tax dodging by big corporations deprives governments of billions of dollars and drives rapidly increasing inequality. Recent G20 and OECD moves to clamp down on corporate tax dodging are a […]

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Issue briefing

Inequality Matters: BRICS inequalities fact sheet

14/03/2013

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that reducing inequality is fundamental to fair and sustainable development. This fact sheet outlines trends in key dimensions of socio-economic inequality in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), looking especially at education, gender, health, social expenditure and environmental sustainability. The BRICS countries have growing influence in the global economy, […]

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Discussion paper

A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can we live within the doughnut?

13/02/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In the run-up to Rio+20, this discussion paper presents a visual framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings planetary boundaries together with social boundaries, creating a safe and just […]

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Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

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Issue briefing

Not a Game, Speculation vs Food Security: Regulating financial markets to grow a better future

03/10/2011

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Food prices are a matter of life and death to many in the developing world. Financial markets that should be helping food growers and processors to manage their risk and set prices have become a potential threat to global food security. Deregulated and secretive agricultural commodity derivatives markets have attracted huge sums of speculative money, […]

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Briefing note

Out of the Bunker: Time for a fair deal on shipping emissions

08/09/2011

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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International shipping is a major – and rapidly growing – source of greenhouse gas emissions. Agreement to apply a carbon price to shipping can both reduce emissions and raise funds for climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries. This paper shows that doing so is possible while ensuring developing countries face no net costs. […]

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