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Media reactions
13 October 2012
Oxfam Japan Executive Director Akiko Mera said:
Gold sales profits for low-income country lending
“The news that the IMF will make $1.1 billion in gold sales profits available to low income countries...
11 October 2012
Responding to comments by Christine Lagarde, IMF Managing Director, endorsing moves towards a European Financial Transaction Tax, Oxfam spokesperson Sebastien Fourmy said:"It is clear that political...
11 October 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:
On reform of the IMF:
“Emerging markets are right to be deeply frustrated at the pace of change. IMF governance reforms are moving far too slowly. Emerging...
11 October 2012
Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said:
IMF – Christine Lagarde
Courageous and cooperative action: “It’s imperative that the poorest countries are not overlooked at this meeting.Europe’s...
9 October 2012
Today, at a meeting of EU Finance Ministers in Luxembourg, Commissioner Algirdas Semeta announced that another four countries are in support of moving forward with a Financial Transactions Tax (FTT...
9 October 2012
The publication of the Food and Agriculture Organizations’ Hunger Report today revealed that almost 870 million were hungry in 2010/12 and showed a dramatic slowdown in the number of people lifted...
27 September 2012
(The ‘Friends of Yemen’ Meeting saw an additional US$1.5 Billion pledged for the Yemen’s Transition Process. This bring the total pledges since May to US$7.9 Billion)Kelly Gilbride of Oxfam said:“...
27 September 2012
Sally Chin of Oxfam said:“Focusing on a military solution will take the region down the wrong path. A long series of military operations in recent years has consistently failed to provide lasting...
27 September 2012
As crucial talks between Sudan and South Sudan end Oxfam’s South Sudan Country Director Jose Barahona said;“The Presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have agreed some encouraging steps forward and it...
26 September 2012
Joint NGO media reaction by Oxfam; Friends of the Earth Europe; World Economy, Ecology and Development (WEED); World Development Movement
Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and...