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Get clued up: Financial crisis and the Robin Hood Tax

World leaders have backed the Millennium Development Goals to tackle poverty and promised to provide aid to help poor countries address climate change. These serious problems require serious solutions. But where’s the money going to come from?

Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners

Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.

CAFOD warns World Bank Doing Business rankings actively harm poor

CAFOD responds to the release of the 10th World Bank Doing Business report.

A budget that helps the poorest

Ordinary people around the world have suffered as a result of the financial crisis. We are calling for the government to introduce a Robin Hood Tax in this week’s budget, and help get people back on their feet.

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Love truth: open up the books on mineral extraction

On 13 February, CAFOD and other members of the Publish What You Pay coalition called on businesses to 'love truth' and to open up the books as part of a global day of action.