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" The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted. "

Winnie Byanyima

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" Money doesn't just buy a nice car; it also buys better education or healthcare. Increasingly, it can buy impunity from justice, a pliant media, favorable laws, business advantage, and even elections. This, in turn, perpetuates the policies that allow a tiny elite to accumulate ever more wealth at the expense of the majority. "

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" I grew up thinking the most decent job to do was to fight injustice. "

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" Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed. "

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" African countries lose billions every year because of tax dodging by big corporations and wealthy individuals. They lose billions more from overly generous tax incentives in a misguided belief that this is the only way to attract foreign investment. "

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" I grew up really being able to stand up to authority. "

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" The high price of medicines is crippling healthcare systems and denying people access to the treatments they so desperately need. "

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" Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth. "

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" Fundamental is the need for governments to protect the space for citizens to claim their rights, organize, and express themselves. "

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" Developing countries are losing significant tax revenues through corporate tax dodging. "

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" High corruption and the influence of big business and the wealthy elite keeps the poorest Nigerians trapped in poverty and cut off from the benefits of economic growth and basic services. Some people - searching for the means to survive - became vulnerable to groups like Boko Haram. "

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" The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems. "

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" The concentration of wealth in the hands of the few threatens the ability of ordinary people to raise their voices and have a say over how our societies are run. "

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" Crucially, African governments must ensure they prioritize the eradication of tax evasion and tax avoidance. "

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" Taxing companies, particularly successful multinational companies, is one of the most progressive forms of taxation. "

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" Wealth does not trickle down to the poor. Oxfam knows this, the IMF knows this, the World Bank knows this. Poor people have always known this. "

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" When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic services like healthcare and clean water, a fair price for the crops they grow, a fair wage for the work they do, or the right to be part of making decisions that affect them, the result is poverty. "

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" Rather than engineering our economies solely to maximise GDP, Africa's business and political leaders must build economies explicitly designed to end poverty and inequality. "

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" My own life values were shaped in great part by my mother, who instigated women's clubs in my village. Women were able to organize and stand together. What inspired me most about their work was the power it gave them to assert their rights and the rights of their daughters, be it education or property inheritance. "

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" Leadership is so defined by men, and we need to revise that - we need to be able to say that the people we honor are not the conquerors but the peacemakers. "

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" I believe we can build a human economy where people are the bottom line. "

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" Ending extreme poverty is possible. "

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" Civil society space provides the oxygen for citizens to participate and meaningfully hold their governments and the private sector to account - and ensure that decisions are made in the interest of the majority and not the few. Without it, citizens have limited space to dissent and challenge the elites. "

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" That a country has a strong civil society is, I believe, particularly necessary for good development. "

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" We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work just because some people have got rich in the status quo. That is not democracy. "

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" We need to harness the boundless energy and creativity of our youth. "

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" African countries lose the most from tax dodging. African governments must, therefore, do more to push for a full reform of the global tax system and demand action from countries, such as the U.K., whose financial centres sit at the heart of the global network of tax havens. "

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" Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people. "

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" Governments, the investor and business community, and civil society organizations and public representatives need to work together to ensure the necessary foundations are in place to align private finance to guarantee sustainable and equitable development and poverty reduction. "

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" Rather than working for all, power and public policy is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites that are able to bend the rules - and hijack democratic institutions - to their favour. "

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