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Media briefing

A Tale of Two Britains: Inequality in the UK

17/03/2014

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Inequality is a growing problem in the UK. While austerity measures in Britain continue to hit the poorest families hardest, a wealthy elite has seen their incomes spiral upwards, exacerbating income inequality which has grown under successive governments over the last quarter of a century. Today, the five richest families in the UK are wealthier […]

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Briefing paper

Riding the Wave of Reform: Fast-tracking Myanmar’s future with good quality aid

21/01/2014

2 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2011, following decades of isolation, Myanmar embarked on an unprecedented reform process, raising hopes for a new democracy. These reforms have been welcomed by the international community with rising levels of aid. If properly handled and spent, aid offers an opportunity to harness Myanmar’s economic potential and make it work for poor people – […]

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Briefing paper

Working for the Few: Political capture and economic inequality

20/01/2014

6 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Almost half of the world’s wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population, and seven out of ten people live in countries where economic inequality has increased in the last 30 years. The World Economic Forum has identified economic inequality as a major risk to human progress, impacting social stability within countries […]

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Briefing paper

A Cautionary Tale: The true cost of austerity and inequality in Europe

12/09/2013

32 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

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European austerity programmes have dismantled the mechanisms that reduce inequality and enable equitable growth. With inequality and poverty on the rise, Europe is facing a lost decade. An additional 15 to 25 million people across Europe could face the prospect of living in poverty by 2025 if austerity measures continue. Oxfam knows this because it […]

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Media briefing

How Tackling Tax Evasion Could Help Overcome Poverty in the UK

31/01/2013

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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The equivalent of nearly £200 per household is being lost through illegal tax evasion, as 220,000 people in the UK are forced to go to charity foodbanks, according to this Oxfam media briefing. Whilst many people in the UK are submitting their tax returns today, new figures from Oxfam reveal that illegal tax evasion by […]

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Media briefing

The Cost of Inequality: How wealth and income extremes hurt us all

18/01/2013

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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An explosion in extreme wealth and income is exacerbating inequality and hindering the world’s ability to tackle poverty. The $240 billion net income in 2012 of the richest 100 billionaires would be enough to end extreme poverty four times over, according to this Oxfam media briefing. It calls on world leaders to curb today’s income […]

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Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

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The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

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Research report

Taxation in Paraguay: Marginalization of small-scale farming

24/05/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Overview

Paraguay’s tax system does not provide the resource base to eradicate poverty in the country, and has done little or nothing to achieve a more equal distribution of income and wealth. Two major taxation reforms over the last decade have done little to alleviate the fiscal injustice that is generated partly by the low tax […]

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Discussion paper

Creating a Fair Tax System to Benefit Paraguay’s Small-Scale Farmers

24/05/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This paper aims to contribute to a constructive and deep debate on how to increase equality and justice in Paraguay’s taxation system. To this end, it submits a proposal for debate: to increase tax revenues through a temporary tax on the export of soybeans together with other revenue measures (e.g. improving tax revenues on land, […]

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