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Governments need more domestic revenue to fund their own development goals, but it won’t come from squeezing the poor. It’s not only about collecting more. It’s about how that revenue is collected.

http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2014/POL031314A.htm Oxfam spokesperson Nicolas Mombrial said: "This is the final judgment on inequality being bad for growth."

40 former Heads of State and Government are calling for “a new economic coalition of the willing” to urgently tackle inequality in a joint letter released ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville.

European aid to poor countries is stalling two years ahead of the UN Millennium Development Goals deadline, with aid cut or stagnant in 19 member states, reveals the new Concord AidWatch report.

Oxfam in Paraguay today announced its involvement in a campaign to get “public lands” into the hands of landless young people. 1980 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Adolfo Perez Esquivel is supporting the campaign, co-organized by local communities and the Articulacion Curuguaty (Curuguaty Network).

Deportations of refugees and migrants from Greece to Turkey must be halted immediately and people wanting to seek asylum should not be kept in detention, said Oxfam, Norwegian Refugee Council and Solidarity Now today in Greece. 

Today European leaders met in Brussels to agree an EU climate and energy package up until 2030.Leaders decided to curb C02 emissions by at least 40%, increase the amount of renewable energy in the mix to at least 27%, and set a non-binding target to reduce energy demand by at least 27%. In response to the announcement of the deal, Natalia Alonso, Oxfam’s Deputy Director of Advocacy…

The European Court of Auditors' long-overdue report finally evaluates an important financing mechanism for development, but takes a purely financial perspective instead of looking at results delivered for beneficiaries.

While the international community has stepped up to help those impacted by mega-emergencies, such as the earthquake in Haiti or the floods in Pakistan, unfortunately, “slow-onset” humanitarian crises, such as the worsening drought in the Horn in Africa, have not received the same attention.

This report collects extensive existing evidence, testimonies, and the voices of people seeking protection, in order to document the human consequences of restrictive, illegal and inhumane policies at this border.