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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

And finishing off our engagement in the #IMFMeetings on Friday with a CSPF session: Scrutinizing the IMF role on debt issues

🗓️ Friday, October 17th, 2025 @ 3:30–5pm Washington, D.C. time
📍 Location: IMF HQ2-03B-768B Lecture Room or on Zoom: imf.zoom.us/j/9451730344...

Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

Bringing in #IFC we’ve co-sponsored a CSPF panel on Transparency as a Twin-Engine: Driving Community Ownership, Development Effectiveness and Investment Efficiency at IFC

🗓️ Friday, October 17th, 2025 @ 2:30-4pm DC
📍 Location: WB I Building 2-250 or www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

Civil Society Policy Forum: Annual Meetings 2025

The Civil Society Policy Forum (CSPF) is the World Bank Group’s largest platform for engagement with civil society.

www.worldbank.org

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

Finally on Wednesday catch Nabil Abdo on the CSPF panel: How the IMF can support struggling countries better: Taking a look at the IMFs Review of Program Design and Conditionality.

🗓️October 15th, 2025 @ 4-5:30pm Washington, D.C. time
📍Location: IMF HQ2-03B-768B Lecture Room

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

Or tune into our high-level event "Wealth, Power and Democracy: A Political Agenda to Rein in Extreme Wealth" with @icrict.bsky.social

🗓️Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 3:15-5:30pm Washington, D.C. time

✅RSVP to Livestream: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

Later, join us for another CSPF event: IMF comprehensive surveillance review - Looking back and forward.

👉Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 11–12:30pm Washington, D.C. time
📍Location: IMF HQ2-03B-768B Lecture Room or Livestream at www.imf.org/en/About/Par...

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · 8h

Kick-starting #WBGMeetings w our @patrioticmillionaires.org CSPF event: Extreme wealth - How much is too much? A new measure for better economies, democracies and societies.

👉Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 @ 11-12:30pm DC in World Bank I Building 2-250
🖥️ Livestream: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 25

"No #IMF plan or program should be developed behind closed doors. Lebanese society needs to participate in the implementation and recovery plan for it to succeed," said @oxfammena.bsky.social's Nizar Aouad.

#TaxTheRich
#WBGMeetings
#IMFMeetings

Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 25

"The #IMF has to champion progressive taxation, including wealth taxes, to address extreme inequality in Lebanon. Tax is not only about generating revenue but also building public trust," said @oxfammena.bsky.social's Nizar Aouad.

#TaxTheRich
#WBGMeetings
#IMFMeetings

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 25

Join us to discuss the reconstruction of Lebanon and Syria.

📍In a few minutes: imf.zoom.us/j/9431955842...

#WBGMeetings
#IMFMeetings

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Recourse @re-course.org · Apr 23

Effective? Efficient? 🤔

An effective, efficient World Bank Group would be fully transparent and accountable in all of its investments

⚖️ and have measures in place to prevent harm and provide timely remedy to affected communities.

#WBGmeetings #DeliverTheRemedies #HumanRights

Blue and green gradient background with bright green capitalised text that reads "Strong Remedy framework AT THE IFC”

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 22

There must be an evaluation of IMF programs aimed at benefiting the people, so that they can work better and prevent further harm. The poorest are currently paying the highest price for #austerity, this must end, Nabil Abdo also said at #WBGMeetings #IMFMeetings.

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 22

Are Debt Sustainability Frameworks Compatible with Human Rights and Climate Action?
🗓️Tomorrow 4/23 @ 9:00–10:30am EDT
📍IMF HQ2-03B-768B or imf.org/en/About/Par...

J. Braganza #Afrodad, F. Cantamutto @latindadd.bsky.social, @marinazucker.bsky.social, I. Cherif @menafem.bsky.social & A. Holland #IMF

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 22

@josephestiglitz.bsky.social, Susana Ruiz (@oxfaminternational.bsky.social), E. Payne (@patrioticmillionaires.org), P. Olomo (African Union), F. Antunes #IMF, Marta Jiménez-Blanco.
🗓️TODAY 22 | 2:30–4:00 PM EST
📍Room IMF HQ2-03B-768B
Zoom: imf.zoom.us/j/9237035821...
#TaxThePower #TaxTheSuperRich

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Apr 22

🧵 Following the #WorldBank and #IMF Spring Meetings? Check out our events throughout the week:

#WBGMeetings #IMFMeetings

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Mar 2

Oxfam's 2024 report on the World Bank's climate finance sought to highlight the need for greater transparency around impacts, and to encourage post-project assessments. No claim was made of missing money, despite some misinterpretations of our findings. See www.oxfam.org/en/blogs/8-q...

8 questions you had about Oxfam’s World Bank climate finance report—answered | Oxfam International

www.oxfam.org

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Jon Sward @jonsward.bsky.social · Feb 12

NEW: The Bretton Woods Project's recommended resources on the World Bank & IMF from 2024: www.brettonwoodsproject.org/2025/02/reco...

CC @eurodadnews.bsky.social @oxfamifis.bsky.social @re-course.org @cesr.bsky.social @tninstitute.bsky.social

#BWIsOnBluesky

BWP's collection of recommended reports, briefings, CSO letters and other resources published on the World Bank and the IMF in the past year .

www.brettonwoodsproject.org

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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · Feb 13

MEDIA REACTION: Oxfam echoes call to end “oligarchic rule” at Vatican tax justice summit.

"2025 is not just another year —it is a last-ditch opportunity to stop runaway inequality," said Oxfam's Susana Ruiz.

oxf.am/41oJG1X

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · Feb 11

✨ Yes! Taxing the super-rich is possible.

✅ Some governments are already doing it.

🌍 The G20 has made a historic commitment.

🇺🇳 And most countries support new global tax rules at the UN.

The momentum is growing - let’s make it happen!

🔗 www.taxthesuperrich.world
#TaxTheSuperRich

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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · Feb 1

As the Trump admin moves to undercut USAID and effective foreign assistance, Oxfam will continue to fight to deliver lifesaving aid and long-term assistance to those who need it most. Read more: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/disman...

Oxfam America's President Abby Maxman said: "Dismantling The U.S. Agency for International Development could have deadly consequences for millions of people living in dire humanitarian emergencies and extreme poverty. This callous political power play is legally dubious. Congress must take a stand."

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Oxfam Policy & Practice @oxfamgbpolicy.bsky.social · Jan 22

Want to tackle inequality? Start with fair taxes and giving the Global South a real voice at the IMF and World Bank, says Anthony Kamande, in the latest blog in our #Davos2025 series
views-voices.oxfam.org.uk/2025/01/glob...
#TakersNotMakers #FightInequality

Want to tackle inequality? Start with fair taxes and giving the Global South a real voice at the IMF and World Bank - Views & Voices

Global inequality will continue to spiral in a skewed system of international finance and governance that heavily favours the Global North, says Anthony Kamande in the latest blog in our Davos series.

views-voices.oxfam.org.uk

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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · Jan 20

The gap between the richest 1% and the rest of us has widened into a chasm.

@oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Executive Director Amitabh Behar on how the super-rich are perpetuating modern-day colonialism.

#TakersNotMakers

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Oxfam: "inequality through modern-day colonialism"

Amitabh Behar, Executive Director, Oxfam International, reveals a new report highlighting the impact of unearned wealth and the legacy of colonialism.

www.weforum.org

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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · Jan 20

Politico's coverage of Oxfam's new inequality report says it all.

#WEF2025

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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · Jan 21

Wealth is created in a rigged system, where most billionaire wealth is taken, not earned. Let's build economies that work for everyone.

Read #TakersNotMakers to learn more: https://buff.ly/4hgOvjn #FightInequality

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Jan 17

More than 50 orgs have joined in calling on IFC to freeze further funds to for-profit private hospitals; urgently undertake an independent investigation; transparently evaluate their health investments; & provide remedy for all those harmed. bit.ly/3WndUiQ 3/3

Open statement: stop spending development funds on for-profit private healthcare providers | Oxfam International

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Oxfam IFIs team @oxfamifis.bsky.social · Jan 17

Oxfam has raised these issues repeatedly with the IFC & World Bank, but so far we have not seen any meaningful steps to ensure patient rights are not violated by the for-profit hospitals they fund. See our reports here - bit.ly/40zPrJz and bit.ly/3Cgon8P 2/3

Sick Development | Oxfam International

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