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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 […] View resource Briefing paper Where’s The Money? G8 promises, G8 failures 05/07/2001 1 documents 6 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Debt Debt relief MDGs Millenium Development Goals 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, […] View resource Briefing paper WTO Patent Rules and Access to Medicines: The pressure mounts 01/06/2001 1 documents 11 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Trade policy TRIPS and patents World Trade Organisation WTO 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 […] View resource Briefing paper Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The threat to public health 01/05/2001 3 documents 17 pages long Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines HIV and AIDS 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 […] View resource 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 Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email 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 […] View resource Briefing paper Debt Relief: Still failing the poor 05/04/2001 1 documents 14 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Debt Debt relief World Bank and IMF 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 […] View resource Briefing paper Education: Tackling the global crisis 05/04/2001 1 documents 6 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Education financing World Bank and IMF 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. View resource Briefing paper Making PRSPs Work: The role of poverty assessments 05/04/2001 1 documents 8 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods World Bank and IMF 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 […] View resource Briefing paper Harnessing Trade for Development 01/09/2000 2 documents 66 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email 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 […] View resource Briefing paper Millennium Summit: Closing the credibility gap? 25/08/2000 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords 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 […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know