Reacting to the UN’s Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) published today on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Oxfam’s Country Director Dr. Manenji Mangundu said: “These latest ...
At Oxfam, we know that climate change, poverty, and inequality are linked. The impact of shifting weather patterns, droughts, flooding, and storms hits marginalized communities with few resources ...
This in-depth economic study assesses the potential effect of agricultural provisions in the US-Colombia FTA on Colombia’s small-scale farmers using data from official and reputable sources to carry ...
A look at how the super-rich have gained outsized economic power and how wealth ought to be redistributed. Does it feel like you’re hearing more about billionaires than ever before? You’re not ...
Irregular rainfall and drought in Mali has significantly reduced Satou Coulibaly’s millet and groundnut harvest in recent years. “It's getting harder and harder to get enough to eat," she says.
This report outlines how global inequality is shockingly entrenched and vast, with the number of billionaires having doubled in the last decade. The report also shows how our sexist economies are ...
Already living in a drought-stricken community in Guatemala, Juana Gutiérrez and her family faced worsening hunger as a result of not being able to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. "We fight to see, ...
Remittances are Somalia’s life-support system and development engine, but the Somali remittance system is under threat. Remittances to Somalia amount to approximately $1.3 billion a year, 16 percent ...
The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...
In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s Economic Justice Senior Policy Lead, said: “Today’s Census data affirms the ...
This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more ...
It's time to build a human economy that benefits everyone, not just the privileged few. New estimates show that just eight men own the same wealth as the poorest half of the world. As growth benefits ...