WEF

WEF Human Capital Report highlights need for massive increase in funding for public education

13 September 2017

World Economic Forum’s Human Capital Report demonstrates the need for a massive increase in funding for public education to close the growing gap between rich and poor and build a workforce that is fit for the future.
Oxfam challenges African leaders to champion new economic models that are ‘fit for the future’

2 May 2017
Just 8 men own same wealth as half the world

16 January 2017

Eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity, according to a new report published by Oxfam today to mark the annual meeting of political and business leaders in Davos.
5 shocking facts about extreme global inequality and how to even it up

12 January 2017

Our broken economy is widening the gap between rich and poor. It enables a small elite to accumulate vast wealth at the expense of hundreds of millions of people, often women, who are scraping a living on poverty pay and denied basic rights. Check it by the numbers and take action.
The time is now

10 May 2016

Africa is losing billions to corruption, poorly negotiated deals and tax dodging. Leaders must listen to their people. They must crack down on tax dodging and maximize progressive revenues to create a more human economy for Africa.
G7 companies cheat Africa out of billions of dollars

1 June 2015

G7 based companies and investors cheated Africa out of an estimated US$6 billion in 2010 through just one form of tax dodging, according to a new Oxfam report ‘Money talks: Africa at the G7’, released today.
Announcement of Winnie Byanyima's co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s 2015 Annual Meeting

4 December 2014
World Economic Forum inequality warning a wake-up call for leaders

6 November 2014
Growth in Africa undermined by rapidly increasing inequality

7 May 2014

Inequality in Africa is rising to dangerous levels and unless checked will undermine the usefulness of economic growth on the continent.
Annual income of the 113 richest people in Latin America could lift 25 million out of poverty

2 April 2014

Oxfam warns that in spite of the advances made in the last decade, Latin America and the Caribbean remains the region of highest wealth inequality in the world. Its elites continue to accumulate extreme wealth and excessive power.