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After years of international isolation, Myanmar is liberalizing its economy and seeking to attract foreign investment. This paper outlines potential risks to communities posed by these investments, and explores state regulation as a way to promote responsible business practices in the sector.

This update provides an overview of the current situation in Greece, one year on since the introduction of Europe’s flawed migration policies to close borders along the Western Balkan route and return migrants and refugees to Turkey.

In an open letter, a large coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions, including Oxfam, is asking European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker for a more ambitious proposal on tax transparency.

On 4 December 2014, Winnie Byanyima was announced as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s 2015 Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. Here is her response:"There is overwhelming consensus that things must change. The World Economic Forum has listed growing income inequality as a major global risk for several years running. Business leaders, faith leaders, and leaders of governments agree: extreme and growing inequality must be addressed urgently.…

EU energy ministers met today to adopt amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive and the Fuel Quality Directive made in June.

Today the European Commission published a Communication setting out its position towards international climate change negotiations aimed at reaching an agreement by December in Paris.

Today the European Parliament’s Environment Committee approved a deal with EU governments to cap the amount of harmful biofuels used to meet renewable energy targets.

This report captures our effort to turn commitments on localization and support for women’s leadership into action – a learning journey that aimed to test, adapt and innovate through trust-based, flexible funding.The Women’s Humanitarian Leadership Fund (WHLF) was created to put this vision into practice. In its first phase in Ukraine, Oxfam and ActionAid together with twelve Women’s Rights Organizations (WROs), tested a simple but transformative idea: trust WROs to decide how humanitarian resources are best spent to support affected…

Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report published today for Somalia, which shows that over 6 million people are experiencing hunger (IPC Phase 3 or above), including nearly 1.9 million in emergency levels (IPC Phase 4), Oxfam’s Somalia Humanitarian lead, Sameer Kariya said: “Somalia is once again sliding dangerously close to catastrophe. More than 6 million people - nearly one in three people - are struggling to find food. “Three poor rainy seasons have pushed communities in the country…

An internal investigation has revealed that the World Bank has invested in a palm oil and food company implicated in serious rights abuses in Honduras.