2011 G8 Summit in Deauville, France

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The G8 leaders made a promise to the world’s poorest people to halve poverty by 2015 and to put people first. With only four years to go on that commitment, the G8 must enact an emergency plan to deliver the aid they have promised, and invest in reducing hunger, health and education and take action to stop rich companies avoiding taxes in poor countries.

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  • The Grand Finale of the G8 Summit

    27 May, 2011, 16:44 BST
    The Grand Finale of the G8 Summit
    As the G8 Summit comes to a close, it seems like we’ve seen another grand show from world leaders, but not much real decision-making. It’s a disappointment that they didn't regain their credibility, and have been unclear on previous promises and new commitments. Why the façade?
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  • Let them eat cake!

    26 May, 2011, 13:48 BST
    Let them eat cake!
    There are few similarities between present-day France and the France of the 18th century, when royalty like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette ruled the country, but today Oxfam brought them back to life to send a message to the G8 leaders.By not following through on their aid promises to the poorest countries, they’re acting like the elite French royalty who so famously said, “The peasants have no...
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  • Will G8 leaders bluff again at this year’s Summit?

    25 May, 2011, 10:10 BST
    What better way to start the week of the G8 Summit, than gambling at a casino! Well that’s what Oxfam’s Big Heads (representing the G8 leaders) were up to yesterday at Cercle de jeu Clichy Monmartre in Paris. The scene was set, and reporters poured in to see the message that Oxfam was sending: G8 aid commitments… who bluffs?
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  • Dear G8 Leaders, don’t lie about your aid

    20 May, 2011, 14:26 BST
    The Leaders of the top eight economies in the world are coming to the G8 Summit in Deauville, France this year with a lot of explaining to do.In 2005, the heads of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States made a $50 billion aid promise to the world’s poor by 2015. But Oxfam and others ...
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  • Verdict: Robin Hood down, but not out, at G20 Summit

    27 June, 2010, 23:52 BST
    Verdict: Robin Hood down, but not out, at G20 Summit
    After the G8 disgracefully dropped the ball on aid at what has been dubbed the ‘Summit of shame’, the G20 today...
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