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Briefing paper

G8: Failing the world’s children

05/07/2001

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Education financing

Overview

The debt burden of the poorest countries helps keep children out of school. School fees make education an unaffordable luxury for the world’s poor. But the G8 has failed to tackle the education crisis. Debt relief is not deep enough, and aid levels are falling. The world’s richest nations should launch a global initiative to […]

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Briefing paper

Where’s The Money? G8 promises, G8 failures

05/07/2001

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6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The richest countries of the world promised to help developing countries halve poverty, reduce child mortality by two thirds, and ensure every child gets a free and good quality primary education. All by 2015. There remains a huge gap between promises and action. Inadequate commitments to meet a global crisis in health; inaction in education, […]

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Briefing paper

WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicines: The pressure mounts

01/06/2001

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Public outrage over the exorbitant prices of HIV/AIDS drugs in Africa is focussing public attention on the harmful role of global patent rules in blocking poor people’s access to vital medicines. In response to mounting public pressure, World Trade Organisation (WTO) members have taken an unprecedented step in agreeing to hold a special meeting to […]

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Briefing paper

Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The threat to public health

01/05/2001

3 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat. International pharmaceutical firms, with the backing of the United States government, are trying to ensure that Brazil has to buy the expensive patented drugs that they manufacture, rather than have access to the cheaper generic drugs that […]

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Briefing paper

Rigged Trade and Not Much Aid: How rich countries help to keep the least developed countries poor

01/05/2001

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

Ten years have passed since the international community promised to arrest the decline of the Least Developed Countries. The intervening decade has been one of abject failure, with rich countries reneging on their commitments. Oxfam believes the UN LDC 111 provides an opportunity to show that international co-operation in the interests of poverty reduction and […]

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Briefing paper

Education: Tackling the global crisis

05/04/2001

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Today 125 million children do not get any formal education at all. This education crisis undermines any chance of rapid progress in human development. Oxfam hopes that the Spring Meetings of the World Bank and IMF will see the launch of a global initiative to close the education gap.

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Briefing paper

Making PRSPs Work: The role of poverty assessments

05/04/2001

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper framework has not yet delivered better pro-poor economic policies in poor countries. The World Bank and IMF have failed to carry out poverty impact assessments as part of economic reform design. Poverty assessments would underpin a broader debate around economic policies, and help hold the World Bank and IMF to […]

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Briefing paper

Debt Relief: Still failing the poor

05/04/2001

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Of the twenty-two countries receiving debt relief, three-quarters will be spending over ten per cent of government revenue on debt this year. Sixteen countries will be spending more on debt than on the health of their citizens, and ten will be spending more on debt than on primary education and health combined. Oxfam is calling […]

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Briefing paper

Harnessing Trade for Development

01/09/2000

2 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

World trade rules have been developed by the rich and powerful on the basis of their narrow commercial interests. Rich countries and powerful corporations have captured a disproportionate share of the benefits of trade, leaving developing countries and poor people worse off. Trade rules should be judged on their contribution to poverty reduction, respect for […]

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Briefing paper

Millennium Summit: Closing the credibility gap?

25/08/2000

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

At the start of the 21st century, the world has the resources to eliminate poverty, and finally deliver the vision of the founders of the UN. Despite the enormous wealth being generated by globalisation, however, we are currently failing in this task. This is not the fault of the UN, but rather, of the governments […]

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