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The year 2008 is halfway to the deadline for reaching the Millennium Development Goals. Despite some progress, they will not be achieved if current trends continue.

Remarkable progress has been made in the last ten years toward achieving the education-related Millennium Development Goals.

The displacement of more than three million people in Pakistan has triggered one of the biggest emergency responses of the year.

The realization of the right to health for millions of people in poor countries depends upon a massive increase in health services to achieve universal and equitable access.

Oxfam’s latest report on resilience calls on governments and aid agencies to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and pe

Insufficient innovation and a lack of access to affordable medicines are major barriers to achieving the right to health in low- and middle-income countries.

This briefing sets out Oxfam’s challenge to world leaders who fail to resolve conflicts, permit warring parties to ignore International Humanitarian Law, and do everything possible to keep the world’s refugees and displaced people from their doors.

This briefing note presents a preview of key findings from Oxfam-commissioned research in Lebanon and Jordan and concludes that for assistance to succeed in its aim of helping both refugees and poor host communities there is a need for increased democratic ownership, transparency and accountability in donor and government aid policies. 

This paper takes a snapshot of women’s rights and political representation in Myanmar today and examines the potential of a quota system for a country at a true turning point in its history. 

Today, the European Parliament voted in favour of an European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), with 487 votes in favour out of 685.