spring meetings

Failure to vaccinate globally could cost up to $2,000 per person this year in rich nations

6 April 2021

Rich countries must open the way to cheaper mass-produced COVID-19 vaccines in order to protect every person in the world and avert a $9 trillion “worst case” global economic catastrophe, said Oxfam today. They should also agree this week to inject $650 billion more into the global economy to help developing countries cope with the pandemic’s already devasting effects.
Development Committee & Verdict on the 2014 Spring Meetings

12 April 2014

Oxfam’s Nicolas Mombrial said:
Christine Lagarde and Jim Kim at the IMF-World Bank spring meetings

10 April 2014

Oxfam's Nicolas Mombrial said: “The IMF and World Bank have admitted the dangers of skyrocketing inequality, but they’re not showing any concrete signs of dealing with the problem.
Challenge to World Bank and IMF to get serious about extreme inequality

9 April 2014

Following Oxfam’s January report revealing that just 85 people owned the same wealth as the bottom half the world’s population, Forbes has updated its “billionaires' list”, showing that extreme inequality has worsened– just 67 people at the top now own half the wealth.