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Foundations for Peace: Urgent steps to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

28/03/2002

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam International calls on all parties to acknowledge and address the growing insecurity and the humanitarian crisis resulting from the conflict, and to reaffirm and protect the rights of civilians under international law. Immediate action must be taken to protect the lives of Israelis and Palestinians and to take steps to reverse the long-term damage […]

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Africa at the Crossroads: Time to deliver

01/03/2002

3 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese

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Africa is at a crossroads. Despite the development efforts of the past two decades, Africans are getting poorer. Over 300 million people live on less than US$1 dollar per day. Life expectancy is 48 years and falling. Twenty-eight million people are living with HIV/AIDS, and 40 per cent of children are out of school. The […]

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Last Chance in Monterrey: Meeting the challenge of Poverty Reduction

01/03/2002

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32 pages long

Languages: English

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On present trends, all the Millennium Development Goals will be missed by a wide margin. As a result, there will be 56 million additional child deaths and 75 million children out of primary school by 2015. But trend is not destiny. An extra $100bn a year in aid would be enough to realise the MDGs […]

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TRIPS and Public Health: The next battle

01/03/2002

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19 pages long

Languages: English

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The Declaration on TRIPS and Public Health agreed at the WTO Ministerial in Doha in November 2001 was an important step forward in the campaign for affordable medicines. It affirmed the primacy of public health over intellectual property rights, and the rights of governments to make full use of the public health safeguards in TRIPS. […]

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The Spoils of Peace: How can tighter arms export controls benefit both the poor and British industry?

01/02/2002

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Conflict costs an estimated half a million lives each year, and ruins the livelihoods of many of the poorest people in the developing world. Conflict also creates conditions in which exploitation and human rights abuses can take place with seeming impunity. These conditions make it more difficult for businesses to invest and operate in a […]

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Poverty in the Midst of Wealth: The Democratic Republic of Congo

18/01/2002

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Languages: English

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The eruption of Mount Nyiragongo has made the situation dramatically worse for the people of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. But this is only the latest crisis on top of years of conflict and suffering. The ongoing war in the DRC has cost the lives of up to 2.5 million people in less than four […]

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Proposed Reforms to UK Asylum Policy: Oxfam’s response

01/10/2001

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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On 29 October 2001, the Home Secretary announced the outcome of the vouchers review, together with a broad range of additional proposals for the radical reform of UK asylum policy. A further announcement of anti-terrorism measures followed on 17 November. Some of these proposals will require legislation: a White Paper on the measures set out […]

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Is the WTO Serious About Reducing World Poverty? The Development Agenda for Doha

01/10/2001

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This briefing outlines the issues which the WTO should address if it is to make an effective contribution to poverty reduction in developing countries. The paper, prepared in advance of the Ministerial Conference in Doha, argues that 1) Uruguay Round outcomes were unfair to poor countries, 2) Ministers should therefore commit the WTO to rebalance […]

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Education Charges: A tax on human development

01/10/2001

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Education financing

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New research illustrates how education charges trap children in a cycle of illiteracy and poverty. Governments and international organizations must act immediately on their commitments to deliver free basic education for all.

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Eight Broken Promises: Why the WTO isn’t working for the worlds poor

01/10/2001

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Hypocrisy and double standards characterise the behaviour of industrialised countries towards poorer countries in world trade. This briefing paper identifies eight broken promises made by the rich to the poor. At the forthcoming World Trade Organisation summit in Doha, the biggest global meeting on trade since Seattle, WTO members must end the cycle of broken […]

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