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Eight of ten Europeans say laws need to change to clamp down on the use of tax havens, a poll published on Tuesday shows.

The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than the 4.6 billion people who make up 60 percent of the planet’s population, reveals a new report from Oxfam today ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Countries across the world must play their fair part in cutting emissions if we are to reduce the harmful impacts of climate change on global food supply, worldwide development organization Oxfam warns today.

More than 200 million people will be trapped unnecessarily in extreme poverty - despite world leaders’ pledge to end it - unless action to tackle economic inequality is accelerated. 

Donors have replenished the World Bank’s fund for the world’s poorest countries, the International Development Association, to the tune of

In response to the Forbes Rich List published today, which reveals there are now a record 1,826 billionaires in the world worth $7.05 trillion, Nick Bryer, Oxfam's Head of UK Policy, Programs and Campaigns said:“This is yet more evidence that the very few at the top are coining it in. At the other end of the scale there are nearly a billion people who go to bed hungry every night. Such extreme…

At least $18.5 trillion is hidden by wealthy individuals in tax havens worldwide, representing a loss of more than $156 billion in tax revenue, according to new figures published today by international agency Oxfam.

Civil society organizations call for African leaders to move quickly to implement recommendations in UNECA report on Illicit Financial Flows.

European leaders meeting today to discuss ways of boosting economic growth should press ahead with plans for a financial transaction tax (FTT), Oxfam said.

After months of deadlock, EU countries reached an agreement on a low-rate minimum tax for multinational profits at the EU level. This follows a deal struck at the international level to implement a global minimum tax.