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International aid agency Oxfam has started an emergency response to get aid to those affected by flooding in the Sindh, Punjab and Baluchistan provinces of Pakistan. This is the third consecutive year of flooding in Pakistan and many of those affected had not fully recovered from last years’ mega-floods.

Today news agency Reuters released details about a leaked legislative proposal from the

Award winning photographer Alixandra Fazzina has recently travelled to some of the worst hit areas in Pakistan where she saw first hand the devastation caused by the floods. She photographed families in Pakistan and in the UK to document how they were spending the holy month of Ramadan.

Today, European finance ministers updated the EU tax haven list. They added Brunei Darussalam and removed Costa Rica and Curaçao from the greylist. There were no changes to the blacklist. 

On 1 June 2011, Oxfam launched the GROW campaign to tackle food injustice and build a better food system.

High food prices have brought into sharp focus an existing global food crisis that affects almost one billion people.

At a time of great need, aid and other forms of development cooperation are at risk. Representatives from donor countries and developing countries alike will meet at the end of 2016 to discuss the way forward. The direction they take has the potential to affect millions of lives, for better or worse.

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said:   Economic crisis and growth

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Peace said:   World Development Report:

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