Press releases

International aid agency Oxfam expressed alarm over the floods in Sindh and Balochistan provinces, as only $1.30 has been committed per person by international donors in the first 10 days of the UN appeal as opposed to $3.20 committed in the same period during last year’s floods.

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Peace said:

 

World Development Report:

Oxfam’s Caroline Pearce said:

Kirsten Hagon, Oxfam’s Head of Office in New York said:

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said:

 

Economic crisis and growth

Oxfam spokesperson Luc Lamprière said:

Financial transaction tax:

Kenya's Prime Minister will be the first world leader to sign a ground-breaking Charter that would make deadly food crises like the one gripping East Africa a thing of the past.

This week, Oxfam Ambassador Actress Scarlett Johansson visited Kenya to see the devastating impact of the drought in East Africa. More than 13 million people are at risk because of a severe drought that has hit parts of Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. In Somalia, the crisis has escalated to a famine.

Oxfam International’s Executive Director Jeremy Hobbs said:

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said:

On economic growth: