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Research report

Multiple Inequalities and Policies to Mitigate Inequality Traps in Pakistan

11/03/2015

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The growth-inequality nexus has long been debated by researchers, social commentators and politicians. Despite being controversial, there is growing evidence of multi-dimensional inequality in developing countries, including Pakistan. Oxfam has carried out research on multiple inequalities in Pakistan in collaboration with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the findings of which are presented in […]

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Research report

The Welsh Doughnut: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice

09/03/2015

3 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Overview

The world faces twin challenges: delivering a decent standard of living for everyone, while living within our environmental limits. These two interwoven concerns are captured in Oxfam’s Doughnut model, which offers a framework to create a safe and just space for humanity to exist within. At the national level, the Welsh Doughnut model suggests areas […]

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Briefing paper

The Tax Dodging Bill: What it is and why we need it

27/01/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In a just tax system, everyone pays their fair share according to their means. But when those most able to pay can unfairly escape their contributions to society, the majority of people lose out. Inequality increases and there is less public money available to contribute towards improving the lives of the poorest. At a time […]

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Briefing note

Asia at a Crossroads: Why the region must address inequality now

20/01/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Asia is at a Crossroads. Rising inequality poses a dire threat to continued prosperity in Asia, where an estimated 500 million people remain trapped in extreme poverty, most of them women and girls. The huge gap between rich and poor hinders economic growth, undermines democratic institutions and can trigger conflict. If Asia’s policymakers hold tight […]

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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

Keywords

G20
Taxation

Overview

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

Fiscal Justice to Reduce Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

10/09/2014

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Overview

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is still the most unequal region in the world, despite economic growth and the reduction of both poverty and inequality over the last decade. Political and economic elites have shaped fiscal systems which, in general, have a very limited impact when it comes to correcting inequalities and in some […]

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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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Overview

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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Overview

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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Briefing paper

Working for the Many: Public services fight inequality

03/04/2014

7 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish

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Overview

Free public services, such as health and education, are one of the strongest weapons in the fight against inequality. They benefit everyone in society, but the poorest most of all. They mitigate the impact of skewed income distribution, and redistribute revenue by putting ‘virtual income’ into the pockets of the poorest women and men. Across […]

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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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Overview

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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