Madagascar

For every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures

13 April 2023

An important International Monetary Fund (IMF) initiative to shore up poor people in the Global South from the worst effects of its own austerity measures and the global economic crisis is in tatters.
Oxfam and partners mounting a humanitarian response to help people affected by cyclone in Malawi and Mozambique

13 March 2023

More 80 people including women and children have been killed in Mozambique, Malawi and Madagascar, and millions more need urgently need clean water, shelter and food following Cyclone Freddy – the longest and strongest tropical storm on record in the Southern hemisphere – which has damaged thousands of homes, roads, and telecommunication infrastructures.
Poverty and extreme inequality worsen in southern Africa as COVID-19 battered countries embark on a dangerous austerity path

10 May 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the extreme inequality in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries and pushed millions into poverty, reveals a new analysis from Oxfam, Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and Development Finance International (DFI).
Poorer nations expected to face up to $75 billion six-year shortfall in climate finance: Oxfam

20 September 2021

Wealthy nations are expected to fall up to $75 billion short of fulfilling their long-standing pledge to mobilize $100 billion each year from 2020 to 2025 to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to the dangerous effects of climate change and reduce their emissions, according to estimates by Oxfam today.

Madagascar

For every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures

Oxfam and partners mounting a humanitarian response to help people affected by cyclone in Malawi and Mozambique

Poverty and extreme inequality worsen in southern Africa as COVID-19 battered countries embark on a dangerous austerity path

Poorer nations expected to face up to $75 billion six-year shortfall in climate finance: Oxfam