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Civic Space Monitoring Tool: Understanding what is happening in civic space at a local and national level

04/10/2019

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Mobilizing the power of people to overcome poverty and injustice is at the heart of Oxfam’s mission and vision. To realize this vision, people need space to speak out and organize against injustice and the root causes of poverty, without fear of repercussions. Yet civic space, as the oxygen for people’s voices, and vital prerequisite […]

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Discussion paper

British-Based Corporations and the Tax ‘Race to the Bottom’

02/10/2019

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Over the past 20 years, many of the large corporations listed on the London Stock Exchange have paid tax at rates significantly lower than headline rates in many countries around the world. This often means that governments have less funding to provide public services and to reduce poverty. The picture is complex – the ‘race […]

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Briefing paper

Hitting the Target: An agenda for aid in times of extreme inequality

08/04/2019

3 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The deadline for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals is looming, and the poorest countries face significant funding gaps as well as growing economic inequality that stands in the way of poverty reduction. This means that aid has a critical role to play, and a new mission to fight both inequality and poverty. This is only […]

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Briefing note

Not Enough Substance? Assessing changes made by UK-linked tax havens to fulfil EU requirements

02/04/2019

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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New EU requirements to combat tax avoidance – as part of a tax haven blacklist process started in 2017 – may change how multinational companies use tax havens, but not necessarily lead to a significant drop in global tax avoidance. Oxfam research revealed in Off the Hook: How the EU is about to whitewash the […]

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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 note

Tax Incentives in the Global South

10/05/2018

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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This joint briefing from Oxfam, Christian Aid, ActionAid and the CBI reflects a growing convergence between businesses and tax advocacy groups on the use of tax incentives in the Global South. It argues that tax incentives can be a useful tool in promoting decent jobs and growth. But it also contends that too often tax incentives […]

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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

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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 […]

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Discussion paper

Impact Investing: Who are we serving? A case of mismatch between supply and demand

03/04/2017

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has several programmes that focus on poverty-reducing enterprises which engage marginalized populations through investment and investment-like approaches. These programmes recognize the need to structure finance differently so that it realizes the full potential of those enterprises to make a sustainable contribution to poverty reduction. The founders of Sumerian Partners have long histories of supporting […]

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Briefing paper

An Economy for the 99%: It’s time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few

16/01/2017

11 documents

48 pages long

Languages: Chinese, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits the richest, the rest of society – especially the poorest – suffers. The very design of our economies and the principles of our economics have taken us to this extreme, unsustainable and unjust point. […]

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