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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 […] View resource Discussion paper British-Based Corporations and the Tax ‘Race to the Bottom’ 02/10/2019 1 documents 28 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Corporate taxation Poverty reduction Public services Tax avoidance Tax havens Taxation Overview 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 […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Poverty reduction Public services Public-private partnerships SDGs Sustainable Development Goals Taxation Overview 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 […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Crown Dependencies Gender inequality Inequality Overseas Territories Poverty reduction Tax havens Taxation Overview 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 […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Decent work Education Gender inequality Healthcare Poverty reduction Overview 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 […] View resource Briefing note Tax Incentives in the Global South 10/05/2018 1 documents 11 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Domestic resource mobilization Inequality Poverty reduction Public services Tax incentives Taxation Overview 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 […] 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 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Impact investment Poverty reduction Private sector Overview 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 […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Billionaires Extreme wealth Human economy Inequality Poverty reduction Overview 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. […] View resource Spotted an error? Let us know