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In Mali, French aid aims to build the technical capacity of Malian administrations to collect tax by fighting against fraud and tax evasion. However, collecting more domestic resources alone will not […] View resource Discussion paper Why is Women’s Work Low-Paid? Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women 10/11/2017 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Inequality Labour rights Living wage Low pay Poverty in the UK Women's labour rights Overview This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […] View resource Journal article Extractives vs development sovereignty: building living consent rights for African women 09/11/2017 16 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Consent Development Exclusion GaD gender Gender and Development Journal Inequality Land rights Resource extraction Social struggle Women Overview This article focuses on the right of consent for women and their communities in respect of extractives and large-scale (or ‘mega’) infrastructure projects that affect their access to, and control over, land and natural resources indispensable to their lives and livelihoods. As we point out, the right of consent is determined by prevailing deeply unequal […] View resource Research report Double Trouble: A review of the relationship between UK poverty and economic inequality 09/11/2017 2 documents 104 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Inequality Poverty in the UK Poverty reduction Overview The link between inequality and poverty has been highlighted by a number of international organisations, which have outlined a series of policy recommendations supporting the view that high levels of inequality need to be tackled even if the central objective is to reduce poverty. This report makes clear there is a positive correlation between income […] View resource Briefing note Stopping the Scandals: Five ways governments can end tax avoidance 08/11/2017 3 documents 10 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Country-by-country reporting Inequality Paradise Papers Tax avoidance Tax havens Tax scandals Taxation Overview When global corporations and the super-rich use tax havens to avoid paying their fair share, it is the poorest countries and people who lose most. The Paradise Papers show that tax havens continue to do a roaring trade, despite government promises to clamp down on tax dodging. This briefing lists five actions governments can take […] View resource Briefing note Ending the Tax Scandals: Five actions the UK government can take to tackle tax avoidance 07/11/2017 1 documents 8 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Country-by-country reporting Inequality Tax avoidance Tax havens Taxation UK poverty Overview When corporations and individuals get away with not paying their fair share of tax, it is poor countries which have the most to lose. Governments are robbed of vital revenue and poor people are left trapped in poverty, while those with the power to avoid paying taxes grow ever richer – leading to spiralling inequality. […] View resource Briefing paper Great Expectations: Is the IMF turning words into action on inequality? 10/10/2017 2 documents 40 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Gender equality IMF Inequality Labour rights SDGs Social spending Taxation Overview 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 […] View resource Discussion paper Is IMF Tax Policy Progressive? 10/10/2017 1 documents 44 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords IMF Inequality Taxation Overview The IMF has significant influence on the tax policies of developing countries through advice and conditionality, technical assistance and by setting global standards and analyzing global trends. Its rhetoric has become more progressive in recent years. This paper assesses the IMF’s tax advice to developing countries based on five country case studies (Ghana, Mozambique, Nicaragua, […] View resource Issue briefing High-Priced Medicines and Lack of Needs-Driven Innovation: A global crisis that fuels inequality 22/09/2017 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Healthcare Inequality Overview New opportunities and challenges one year after the landmark report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines On 14 September 14 2016, the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines publicly released its final report entitled ‘Promoting innovation and access to health technologies’. One year after the release of the landmark […] View resource Discussion paper Oxfam’s Future of Business Initiative: Promoting equitable businesses and fourth sector development 18/09/2017 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords For-benefit enterprises Fourth sector Fourth Sector Development Initiative FSDI Future of Business Initiative Human economy Inequality Private sector Overview Since the turn of the century, the poorest half of the world’s population has received just 1% of the total increase in global wealth. Meanwhile, half the new wealth has gone to the richest 1%. At present, mainstream business is driving, rather than reversing, this disturbing trend. To help reverse this trend, we need rapid […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Page 18 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know