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Wealth Of World's Top 1% Grew By $42 Trillion Over The Past Decade: Oxfam
The world's richest one per cent increased their fortune by $42 trillion over the past decade, which is nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 per cent of the world's population, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
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Income Inequality Up In 60% Of Nations With IMF, World Bank Loans: Report
A massive 60 per cent of all countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are witnessing high or increasing income inequality, an analysis by Oxfam International has revealed.
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Davos Elites Face Urgent Warnings On Populist Rage, Economic Uncertainty
Global elites descending on Davos for the World Economic Forum faced urgent warnings from Oxfam and the IMF on Monday that the international economy is at risk, as swelling inequality stokes public anger.
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Children Abused By French Guards, Forcibly Returned Migrants: Oxfam
Children as young as 12 and other vulnerable migrants have physically abused, detained and forcibly returned to Italy by French border guards in breach of international norms, Oxfam said Friday.
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Oxfam Bosses To be Questioned Over Haiti Sex Scandal: Reports
Senior Oxfam executives will appear before British parliamentarians on Tuesday amid criticism over the way the charity handled claims of sexual misconduct by its staff in Haiti.
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Oxfam Apologizes To Haiti Government Over Sex Scandal
Oxfam formally apologized to Haiti Monday over the prostitution scandal rocking the aid charity, expressing its "shame" and vowing to do better as it handed over a damning internal report into the allegations.
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Oxfam Aid Worker 'Paid For Sex', Others Bullied Witness: Inquiry
British aid charity Oxfam on Monday released its internal report into a scandal in Haiti that has shattered its reputation, revealing that a former top official admitted to paying for sex and three staff physically threatened a witness.
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"Zero Tolerance" Line On Oxfam Sex Scandal: UK Prime Minister's Office
Britain's government needs to do more to make charities strengthen safeguarding procedures to ensure the "horrific behaviour" of some members of Oxfam International.
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Large US Firms Stashed $1.6 Trillion In Tax Havens: Oxfam
Poverty-fighting organisation Oxfam America said the sum for 2015 was a $200 billion increase over the prior year.
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Bill Gates World's First 'Trillionaire'? A Word Still Not In Dictionary
Microsoft founder Bill Gates will be world's first trillionaire in the next 25 years, according to a new research.
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World's Eight Richest As Wealthy As Half Humanity, Says Oxfam
Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top.
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IMF Chief Urges Transparency To Stop Corporate Tax Avoidance
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday called for financial "transparency" among multinational companies to counter tax avoidance schemes in which less-developed countries suffer the most.
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62 Super-Rich Own as Much as Half the World Does, Says Oxfam
The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world's population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown richer and the poor poorer, an international charity said on Monday.
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Slow Growth, Greek Crisis, Ebola on Menu as IMF, World Bank Meet
A sluggish global economy, the Greek debt crisis and continuing fallout of the Ebola epidemic will take focus beginning today when top finance officials gather for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings.
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World Shares Blame for Syria's Worst Year: Rights Groups
The international community shares responsibility for the worst year yet for civilians in Syria's conflict and has failed to tackle a growing humanitarian disaster, rights groups said today.
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Wealth Of World's Top 1% Grew By $42 Trillion Over The Past Decade: Oxfam
The world's richest one per cent increased their fortune by $42 trillion over the past decade, which is nearly 34 times more than the entire bottom 50 per cent of the world's population, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
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Income Inequality Up In 60% Of Nations With IMF, World Bank Loans: Report
A massive 60 per cent of all countries receiving grants or loans from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank are witnessing high or increasing income inequality, an analysis by Oxfam International has revealed.
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Davos Elites Face Urgent Warnings On Populist Rage, Economic Uncertainty
Global elites descending on Davos for the World Economic Forum faced urgent warnings from Oxfam and the IMF on Monday that the international economy is at risk, as swelling inequality stokes public anger.
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Children Abused By French Guards, Forcibly Returned Migrants: Oxfam
Children as young as 12 and other vulnerable migrants have physically abused, detained and forcibly returned to Italy by French border guards in breach of international norms, Oxfam said Friday.
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Oxfam Bosses To be Questioned Over Haiti Sex Scandal: Reports
Senior Oxfam executives will appear before British parliamentarians on Tuesday amid criticism over the way the charity handled claims of sexual misconduct by its staff in Haiti.
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Oxfam Apologizes To Haiti Government Over Sex Scandal
Oxfam formally apologized to Haiti Monday over the prostitution scandal rocking the aid charity, expressing its "shame" and vowing to do better as it handed over a damning internal report into the allegations.
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Oxfam Aid Worker 'Paid For Sex', Others Bullied Witness: Inquiry
British aid charity Oxfam on Monday released its internal report into a scandal in Haiti that has shattered its reputation, revealing that a former top official admitted to paying for sex and three staff physically threatened a witness.
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"Zero Tolerance" Line On Oxfam Sex Scandal: UK Prime Minister's Office
Britain's government needs to do more to make charities strengthen safeguarding procedures to ensure the "horrific behaviour" of some members of Oxfam International.
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Large US Firms Stashed $1.6 Trillion In Tax Havens: Oxfam
Poverty-fighting organisation Oxfam America said the sum for 2015 was a $200 billion increase over the prior year.
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Bill Gates World's First 'Trillionaire'? A Word Still Not In Dictionary
Microsoft founder Bill Gates will be world's first trillionaire in the next 25 years, according to a new research.
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World's Eight Richest As Wealthy As Half Humanity, Says Oxfam
Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top.
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IMF Chief Urges Transparency To Stop Corporate Tax Avoidance
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde on Sunday called for financial "transparency" among multinational companies to counter tax avoidance schemes in which less-developed countries suffer the most.
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62 Super-Rich Own as Much as Half the World Does, Says Oxfam
The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the world's population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich have grown richer and the poor poorer, an international charity said on Monday.
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Slow Growth, Greek Crisis, Ebola on Menu as IMF, World Bank Meet
A sluggish global economy, the Greek debt crisis and continuing fallout of the Ebola epidemic will take focus beginning today when top finance officials gather for the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings.
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World Shares Blame for Syria's Worst Year: Rights Groups
The international community shares responsibility for the worst year yet for civilians in Syria's conflict and has failed to tackle a growing humanitarian disaster, rights groups said today.
