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July 18, 2020

G20 must step up efforts to avert looming global debt crisis, says Oxfam

Private creditors should not be plundering the poorest countries in a pandemic, says Oxfam.
June 18, 2020

Pneumonia vaccine price drops dramatically for lower-income countries

Lower-income countries across the world will now be able to access life-saving vaccines which protect against the leading cause of pneumonia, for US$ 2 per dose.
April 15, 2020

#CancelTheDebt to fight coronavirus and save lives, urges Christian Aid

It is estimated that 76 of the world’s poorest countries are due to spend $18.6 billion in 2020 on debt payments to other governments, $12.4 billion to multilateral institutions and $10.1 billion to external private creditors – $40.6 billion in total.
April 9, 2020

Call for immediate cancellation of developing country debt payments

Debt cancellation would help developing countries respond to an unprecedented economic shock and an urgent health emergency, say campaigners.
June 17, 2019

Funds sent home by migrant workers support 1 in 9 people globally

In a message released on the United Nations' International Day of Family Remittances , observed each 16 June, the president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development said remittances from migrant workers to their families are expected to rise to over US$550 billion in 2019, up some $20 billion from $529 billion in 2018.
June 3, 2019

Food insecurity: UN experts urge equality for rural women in developing countries

Around the world, rural women in developing countries are more likely to be food insecure than men. But equality for women can be a cornerstone in building a world without hunger and poverty, according to experts from the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
May 16, 2019

UK must act to stop spiralling debt of world’s poorest countries, says new Christian Aid report

Almost half of international loans are owed under English law for which the UK parliament has responsibility.
May 14, 2019

IFAD and Republic of Korea sign agreement to help poor rural communities

The International Fund for Agricultural Development and the Korea Rural Economic Institute have signed an agreement to strengthen their collaborative efforts to end hunger and poverty in developing countries around the world.
May 2, 2019

G7 urged not to let US block more ambitious climate action

The G7 should not allow the US to block more ambitious climate action, said Oxfam ahead of a meeting of G7 Environment Ministers in Metz, France on 5 and 6 May.
April 16, 2019

UN health agency calls for fairer pricing of medicines

Developing countries have long struggled with the price of medicines. Today’s costs have rendered it a world-wide challenge, and it is the key topic of concern at a global medicines forum in South Africa, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation.