the population to discuss how to close that gap i'm joined now by the executive director of oxfam international will be any my thank you very much for joining us on d. w. what single way what measure would you recommend to close that gap as soon as possible what do you want people here to do when they leave this luxury resort you see that inequality that we show in our report of some report is a result of choices that politicians and business people make if they make different choices the gap could close such us so we would like governments pauli to concede us to take the driving seat and manage the economies for the benefit of the majority and not for the few at the top so for example they should institute a living wage a minimum wage which is a living wage people at the bottom can have a decent life they should make sure that men and women are treated equally in the economy they can use the law to establish the equity for men and women they should make sure the rich and the big companies pay their taxes and stop dodging and then put the money they collect into health and education of all the

policy advisor on inequality and taxation for oxfam international and i asked her just what those two commitments are. well i really wish i could have stuck to your questions but the problem with this blacklisting process is that turns france is lacking and we do not really know what kind of commitments other countries making to be have the list it was already the case with what we called the great list for all countries which could have been blacklisted but just committed to reforms the problem that we never dared to have a chance to so those commitments and i'm afraid it would be exactly the same for those eight countries which are soon going to be removed from the u. blacklist all right so even if those commitments are really really great is there going to be some sort of control mechanism in order to shake if they really go to change their tax schemes. well we hope so we are always hopeful but the problem again is that if we don't know what the commitments are to whom are really relying on to know if they're really fulfilling their commitments we are just relying on the willingnes

the population to discuss how to close that gap i'm joined now by the executive director of oxfam international will be annie my thank you very much for joining us on d.w. what single way what measure would you recommend to close that gap as soon as possible what you want people here to do when they leave this luxury resort you see that inequality that we show in our report of some report is a result of choices that politicians and business people make if they make different choices the gap could close such as so we would like governments political leaders to take the driving seat and manage the economies for the benefit of the majority are not for the few at the top so for example they should institute a living wage a minimum wage which is a living wage people at the bottom can have a decent life they should make sure that men and women are treated equally in the economy they can use the law to establish the equity for men and women they should make sure the rich and the big companies pay their taxes and stop dodging and then put the money they collect into health and education of all the peop

policy advisor on inequality and taxation for oxfam international and i asked her just what those two commitments are. well i really wish i could have stuck to your questions but the problem with this blacklisting process if that turns parents is lacking and we do not really know what kind of commitments other countries making to be have the list it was already the case with what we called the greatest for all countries which could have been blacklisted but just commuted to reforms the problem that we never dared to have a chance to sow those commitments and i'm afraid it will be exactly the same for those eight countries which are soon going to be removed from the u. blacklist all right so even if those commitments are really really great is there going to be some sort of control mechanism in order to shake if they really going to change their tax schemes. well we hope so we are always hopeful but the problem again is that if we don't know what the commitments are to whom are really relying on to know if they're really fulfilling their commitments we're just relying on the willingnes

backtracking and if so why stick a bit deeper here with all the shadow near from oxfam internationalshe's an e.u. policy advisor on inequality and taxation and she joins us now in brussels hello good to have you with us first of all you could fill us in a bit i mean what new commitments are we talking about well i would really wish i could answer your questions for the program we've this blacklisting process that transparency is lacking and we do not really know what kind of commitments other countries making to be have the list it was already the case with what we called the greatest for all countries which have been blacklisted but just committed to reforms the problem that we never dare to have a chance to so those commitments and i'm afraid it will be exactly the same for those eight countries which are soon going to be removed from the u. blacklist all right so even if those commitments are really really great is there going to be some sort of control mechanism in order to check if they really going to change their tax schemes. well we hope so we are always hopeful but the probl

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and it was the head of oxfam international, winnie byanyima, who was born in uganda but lives in britain this may sound likejust another debate about gender and identity politics, but it cuts across the usual lines. for some, byanyima is speaking up for women. for others, she's disrespectful of the cultural heritage of the african societies that practice kneeling. i'm joined by women from two cultures where kneeling is common — dami olonisakin and nicky olatubosun. dami, tell us about the kneeling, when do you kneel, or what form does the kneeling take, why do you kneel? kneeling is a form of respect. when you greet someone who is older than you, you do this to family, you do this to relatives. it is a very popular part of yoruba culture within nigeria. it is something that both men and women do. it is notjust one—sided. it's something that everybody does. it is actually your knee touching the ground, it is notjust bending down. it can be, depending on how old the person is, the last time you saw them, if it was someone quite close to you. the further down you go, the more respect? you c

time for the meeting of the world's leaders in business finance and politics in doubles the international ngo oxfam is updating its annual inequality report oxfam sas the number of billionaires worldwide has gone up to two thousand and forty three this past year their combined wealth increased by thirteen percent that's not bad news per se is it congress relations to all you new billionaires out there but there is a downside to it eighty two percent of the global wealth created last year went to the top one percent of the world's population the super rich and is an interesting example in just four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands and as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire working life to add insult to injury the richest people in the world are experts in tax avoidance oxfam claims paying two hundred billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective laws of their countries development aid on the other hand paid out by the leading industrial nations stands at one hundred forty five billion dollars. malaysia's economy roared a

i'm in davos the international n.g.o.s oxfam releases its annual inequality report and the bottom line is the gap between rich and poor is widening the number of billionaires worldwide reach two thousand and forty three last year their combined wealth increased by thirteen percent and that means eighty two percent of the global wealth generated in twenty seventeen went to the top one percent of the world's population the so-called super rich and here is the food for thought in only four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire life and to add insult to injury the richest people in the world are experts in tax avoidance. they are paying two hundred billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective laws of their countries compare that to the development aid paid out by the leading industrial nations which stands at just one hundred and forty five billion dollars now earlier shallot becker from oxfam germany joined me here in the studio and i asked her what's going wrong when tacklin

javier: speaking of wealth inequality, just like last year, the international ngo oxfam released its annual inequality report in time for the world economic forum. oxfam says the number of billionaires worldwide has increased to 2049 in the past year, with their combined wealth going up 13%. there is nothing bad with more billionaires, but it comes at a price. let's look at some of those figures. 82% of the global wealth that was created in the last year got to the wealthiest 1%. that is what oxfam is saying. let's put that into perspective. in just four years, the ceo of one of the world's top fashion brands earns as much as a seamstress in bangladesh her entire life. to make things even worse, oxfam also notes that billionaires are usually experts in tax avoidance. they are paying about 2000 billion dollars less in taxes than they should, according to the respective loss of their countries. compare that to development aid paid out by the leading industrial nations to less developed countries, which is just $145 billion. while the world is looking at millionaires and stars in davos,

the meeting of the world's movers and shakers of the world economic forum in davos the international n.g.o.s oxfam is updating its annual inequality report and one of the most revealing numbers the number of billionaires worldwide has gone up to two thousand and forty three this past year their combined wells increased up by thirteen percent as the rich are getting richer the poor are getting poorer that is the conclusion let's take a closer look so eighty two percent of the global wealth generated in twenty seventeen went to the top one percent of the world's population the so-called super rich has some food for thought in only four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire life as she keeps working and working and working well to add insult to the injury the richest people in the world erik's experts in tax avoidance says oxfam they're paying two hundred billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective laws in their countries and compare that to the development aid paid out by the leading i

and speaking of wealth inequality just like last year the international ngo oxfam released its annual inequality report in time for the world economic forum now oxfam says the number of billionaires worldwide has increased to two thousand and forty nine in the past year with their combined wealth going up thirteen percent and there's nothing bad with more billionaires but of course it comes at a price now let's take a look at some of those figures eighty two percent of the global wealth that was created in the last year got to the wealthiest one percent that's what oxfam is saying now let's put that into perspective for example in just four years the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands earns as much as a seamstress in bangladesh her entire life and to make things even worse oxfam also notes that billionaires are usually experts in tax avoidance they're paying about two thousand billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective loss of their countries a compare that to development aid paid out by the leading industrial nations to less developed coun

countries within the saudi led coalition who are jointly fighting the hersey rebels the international aid organization oxfam says the escalating violence as forced it to close its office in ties with the image of a reports. fighting has intensified in the city of thais in central yemen government forces have been fighting who the rebels who are aligned with iran since two thousand and fifteen the saudi led coalition backs the government but fighters and guys say they're exhausted and not getting the help they need they say military aid is being provided on the basis of their alliance with members of the coalition some say the brigade to go into the u.a.e. get them or supplies that. has. been receiving the required support the city would have been liberated by now so apart from whatever military gear we have the army and resistance are barely surviving we are abandoned by the coalition and we do not know the fees and sometimes that. has not been liberated till now due to the local enthusiasm on the part of the coalition thais residents are. capable to liberate the city not time did receive military and finan

just in time for the meeting of the world's leaders in davos the international n.g.o.s fam is updating its annual inequality report oxfam says the number of billionaires worldwide has gone up to two thousand and forty three this past year their combined wealth increased by thirteen percent now eighty two percent of the global wealth created last year went to the top one percent of the world's population the super rich but inequality is also rising fast here's an example in just four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands earns as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire life the amount the rich avoid in taxation was more than the amount industrial nations paid in development aid let's take a look at that figure and compare its two hundred billion dollars in tax avoidance versus one hundred forty five billion in development data and while the world is looking at the millen airs on stars in davos here's a look at those who struggle. the ox fam inequality report doesn't just say that the rich are getting richer it also says the fortunes of the world's poorest are not improving at all

countries within the saudi led coalition who are fighting the hoofy rebels now the international aid organization oxfam is warning about the escalating violence including that in the city where it's had to close down its office a suburb individuals. fighting has intensified in the city of thais in central yemen government forces have been fighting who the rebels who are aligned with iran since two thousand and fifteen the saudi led coalition backs the government but fighters and guy say they're exhausted and not getting the help they need they say military aid is being provided on the basis of their alliance with members of the coalition some say the gates are doing to the u.a.e. get them or supplies that. had been receiving the required support the city would have been liberated by now so apart from whatever military gear we have the army and resistance are barely surviving we are abandoned by the coalition and we do not know the reasons that. has not been liberated due to the lack of enthusiasm on the part of the coalition residents are capable to liberate the city not time only to receive military a

people's perception of international aid for need to see that this cinderella of politics i can be change perceptions around that i think it's incumbent on organizations like oxfam actually to inspire people more about what age can do there are not risks to be taken in delivering a jaw you're making investments if you like in some of the most risky areas of the world i think the central political question that there's been around about aid only how much do we spend and we can start to have a conversation like we do on all other areas of government policy which is where what's the best way to do this how can we innovate how can we get better at doing it and how can we make sure that the whole government has a complementary approach to to ending poverty what would your message be to pay more than international development secretary in terms of what you'd like her department to be doing moving forward so we went to penn east and pretty soon after she was elected and put yemen actually top of our radar and we were thrilled to see her make a trip to the degree to which is the port which people used to get into yemen and has self have some tough conversations i think

politics who meet in switzerland and just in time for the meeting the international n.g.o.s is updating its annual inequality report oxfam says the number of billionaires worldwide has gone up to two thousand and forty three part in the in the last year their combined wealth increased by thirteen percent that's not bad news per se congratulations to all the new billionaires out there but there is a downside to it eighty two percent of the global wealth created last year went to the top one percent of the world's population said billionaires here's an example in just four days the c.e.o. of one of the world's top fashion brands and earns as much as a seamstress in bangladesh makes throughout her entire working life and to add insult to injury the richest people in the world i experts in tax avoidance oxfam claims paying two hundred billion dollars less in taxes than they should according to the respective laws of their countries development aid paid out by the leading industrial nations stands at one hundred forty five billion dollars in comparison. i was staying with the subject for months venezuela has been reporting cr

people's perception of international aid for need to seen as a cinderella of politics how can we change perceptions around that i think it's incumbent on organizations like oxfam actually to inspire people more about what age can do there are not risks to be taken in delivering age your you're making investments if you like in some of the most risky areas of the world i think the central political question that there's been around about aid how much do we spend and we can start to have a conversation like we do on all other areas of government policy which is well what's the best way to do this how can we innovate how can we get better at doing it and how can we make sure that the whole government has a complementary approach to to ending poverty what would your message be to pay more and internationally that was extreme in terms of what you'd like our department to be doing moving forward so we wrote to penny just pretty soon after she was elected and put yemen actually top of our radar and we were thrilled to see her make a trip to the degree to which is the port which people used to get into yemen and has cells have some tough conversations i think with sau

this is oxfam's those between the altar rich one percent and everyone else. staying with the theme of inequality max and the international monetary fund is warning world leaders stronach reforms to spread prosperity. the body has raised its global outlook for this year and next the imf says it expectss to seea growth rate of three point nine percent. managing director crazy night out says tax cuts in the united states would boooost investments in the countryry and help it straight partners. global growth has been accelerating since twenty sixteen. and all signs point point to a continuous strengthening of that growth this year in twenty eightee. the next year in twenty nine jean. so this is very welcome news growth in all of you. needs to be more inclusive. not only across country which has occurred over the course of the last few decades. but within countries. senator of the markets next and here in europe the maintenance is ended the session on a makes note. the votes in london and it and the session down two tenths of one percent gains on the tax in frankfort i think acknowledge your impassable up around three tenths

oxfam deputy country director in iraq and welcome to the program mr min car now what do you make of this u.n. report which claims the iraq your thirty's are conducting large scale forced returns of internally displaced people to dangerous areas can you sources on the ground confirm this. well it's very difficult to confirm the report was what we see but there are definitely trends of many people going back to areas where services are not provided. and many other international organizations has been have been asking. government and all of the actors to make sure that the return is dignified informed and voluntary that suki asked by the international humanitarian organizations to the government and all of the security and military actors because things that return of the displaced population need to be informed voluntary dignified and most importantly equipped or going to impart a little with basic services being provided in the areas of return. among other things is claims that baghdad is best trying to secure a favorable result in the upcoming election in may do you think that this could be the case. well oxfam is a humanitarian organization the work we do on the ground the engagement was

interesting topic and certainly well worth logging on for international viewers on to your website to read that report for the moment nick brier from oxfam thanks for joining us from our london studio now the former football star george when is to be sworn in liberia's new president in a few hours time he's replacing nobel peace prize winner ellen johnson sirleaf who led the west african nation for twelve years evidence of support from monrovia on the challenges ahead. liberia's president elect arrives of one last set of people. in the mood here is celebre tree but many believe it would be for long. distance from outgoing president ellen johnson sirleaf whose term expired a week ago. but the challenges she leaves behind a huge on employment is going to be a key issue to resolve. and the conditions are not pretty it is all able to find his feet within the first six months he will lose attention. of the international development community he'll lose attention of global capital and he will lose the interest of a largely impatient voting base. the youth form one of weir's biggest voting bloc in the last election and this group is largely uns