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Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Peace said:   World Development Report:

Oxfam spokesperson Caroline Pearce said: On economic growth:

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

The unrealistic demands of Belgium and Slovakia are undermining negotiations for a ground-breaking Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) said Oxfam today.  

“This is great and sorely needed news at a time when the world faces a sobering set of challenges," said Nick Galasso, interim head of Oxfam International's Washington office.

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.

Oxfam is launching an emergency response in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, the districts worst afect by Wednesday's flash flood, as roads and bridges swept away by the surge have left the entire communities almost impossible to reach. 

Oxfam is preparing for a potential response as swarms of locusts sweep across Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia and are likely to grow 500 times bigger by June to neighboring Uganda and South Sudan. The plagues are hitting the East African region where food insecurity has already reached record levels.

The Oxfam Confederation has taken a major step forward on its journey to becoming more diverse, inclusive, and locally led. 

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