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New Oxfam analysis warns of a $27 trillion black hole – accumulating at around $3.9 trillion a year to 2030 – that low-and-middle income countries face to meet climate-related loss and damages, adaptation, and mitigation measures, along with their health, education and social protection needs. All of these investments are crucial to tackling economic and […]
New Oxfam analysis describes a $27 trillion black hole – accumulating at around $3.9 trillion a year to 2030 – that low-and-middle income countries face to meet climate-related loss and damages, adaption, and mitigation measures, along with their health, education and social protection needs. All of these investments are crucial to tackling economic and gender […]
Imagine lining up everyone on the planet by their wealth and status. On one end, a small group of individuals that have few, if any, barriers to living a full and healthy life. On the other, a larger group of people who find themselves excluded from the possibility to do the same. Understanding global inequality […]
The rising price of food caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned.
More than a quarter of a billion people around the world could be pushed into extreme poverty this year amid a surge in global food prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the ongoing impact of Covid and rising global inequality, Oxfam has warned. Highlighting the knock-on impact of the war for the poorest people around […]
Nearly a third of all U.S. workers make less than $15 an hour, and women, Black and Hispanic workers are significantly more likely to earn low wages than white men, according to new research by Oxfam. A report from the organization released Monday found that 31.9 percent of the U.S. workforce makes sub-$15 an hour wages, […]
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