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Briefing paper

Debt Relief: Still failing the poor

05/04/2001

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14 pages long

Languages: English

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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

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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

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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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Briefing paper

Missing the Target: The price of empty promises

22/07/2000

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This report, looks at global trends in child deaths, education and income poverty. It was prepared for the Special Session of the General Assembly to Review and Assess Implementation of the declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Summit for Social Development Geneva, 26-30 June 2000.

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Briefing paper

Drop the Debt: Go Back to First Principles: A challenge to the G7

21/07/2000

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The G7’s grand promise at Cologne – an enhanced HIPC that would deliver debt relief to 25 countries this year – has been left hanging. Only eight countries have begun to receive debt relief. IMF conditionality and an unnecessarily bureaucratic process has slowed debt relief to a trickle. Oxfam proposes a quicker, simpler way forward.

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Briefing paper

Education and the G7: Time for a global initiative

21/07/2000

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Education is a key item on the agenda of this year’s G7. 125 million children are out of school, and 880 million people can neither read nor write. Governments agree it is a global crisis. They met in Senegal two months ago and promised a renewed effort to provide good quality basic education for all […]

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Briefing paper

Make Debt Relief Work: Proposals for the G7

21/07/2000

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In spite of the fanfare, progress on debt relief has been agonizingly slow. Debt servicing continues to suck resources away from the fight against poverty and contributes to child deaths more than 20 times the rate in rich countries. Countries should get immediate debt relief if they meet one condition: debt relief finance goes into […]

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Briefing paper

Winning the Peace? Some lessons from the EU’s aid to South Eastern Europe, June 1999 – June 2000

06/06/2000

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam International welcomes the commitment the EU has shown recently to improving its institutions for crisis management and post-conflict reconstruction. However, one key area of weakness in EU policy and practice has not been addressed in the recent proposals for institutional and policy development. In its work in South Eastern Europe, the EU has failed […]

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Briefing paper

Tax Havens: Releasing the hidden billions for poverty eradication

01/06/2000

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Finance

Overview

Tax havens and offshore financial centres (OFCs) have seldom figured as prominently in media coverage of economic affairs as they do today. Interest has focussed on the concerns of northern governments and the interests of powerful transnational corporations (TNCs). The main actors in the debate are revenue authorities, corporate lawyers, tax accountants and financial journalists. […]

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Briefing paper

G7 Differences Threaten to Sink Debt Relief Hopes

01/06/1999

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

On June 18th, national leaders from the world’s largest economies have an opportunity to end the debt crisis crippling many of the world’s poorest countries. But there is a real danger that current proposals within the G7 will fail to deliver. Without active, personal engagement by the G7 leaders, the Cologne summit will mark a […]

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