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Education: Tackling the global crisis

05/04/2001

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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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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Making PRSPs Work: The role of poverty assessments

05/04/2001

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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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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Patent Injustice: How world trade rules threaten the health of poor people

01/02/2001

2 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This paper shows how new global patent rules, introduced by the World Trade Organisation, will raise the costs of vital medicines, with potentially disastrous implications for poor countries. In brief, these rules require all countries to provide patent protection for a minimum of 20 years for inventions in all fields of technology, including medicines. As […]

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South Africa vs. the Drug Giants: A challenge to affordable medicines

01/02/2001

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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On 5 March 2001, 39 of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies took the South African government to court over the terms of its 1997 Medicines Act. The Act was intended to provide a legal framework within which medicines could be made more affordable in South Africa. The companies’ decision to pursue the legal proceedings initiated […]

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Dare to Lead: Public health and company wealth

01/01/2001

2 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Access to medicines

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This is the first in a series of Oxfam Briefings analysing the impact on human development of transnational corporations (TNCs). It reviews the role of the newly formed GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and outlines three challenges facing GSK and other global pharmaceutical companies wishing to increase poor people’s access to medicines. First, how to ensure that changes […]

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A New Era in South Eastern Europe? Grasping the opportunity to promote economic growth with equity

01/11/2000

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is concerned that rising poverty and inequality in South Eastern Europe could derail the EU’s long term efforts to ‘project stability’ to the region. Our experience of working with poor and vulnerable groups throughout the former Yugoslavia and Albania concurs with the World Bank’s assessment that ‘poverty is likely to have worsened dramatically in […]

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Harnessing Trade for Development

01/09/2000

2 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Trade policy

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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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The European Union: A potential global force for change

01/09/2000

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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The EU has reached a turning point in the way it relates to the rest of the world. Changes in the global political and economic landscape following the cold war, along with widespread criticism of the wasteful and inefficient use of aid, has forced the EU to take a closer look at its external relations. […]

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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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Missing the Target: The price of empty promises

22/07/2000

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16 pages long

Languages: English

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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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