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Wordsinto
ActionBasic rights and the
campaign againstworld poverty
Pat Simmons
Oxfam
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Contents
Acknowledgements 4
The Oxfam Global Charter for Basic Rights 5
The widening gap 7
The vision that faded 11
Stacking the odds against the poor 13
Time for a new vision 3 1
Basic rights and an end to poverty 35
Caught in the poverty trap 66
An agenda for change 78
Campaigning for change 88
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights 107
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Acknowledgements
I wo uld like to than k the following p eople for their help :
Kevin Watkins, whose Oxfam Poverty Report I have plagiarised
frequently and at length; and L indsay jud ge , whose research on
basic rights I have draw n on extensively.
My colleagues in Oxfam 's Resources Unit, most of who m will
recognise pieces of their own writing intertwined with mine.
Pedro Arias, who helped to prepare many of the statistical
graphics.
The many staff in Oxfam's central and regional Campaigns
offices, w ho m ade the time to discuss this book w ith me and togive me Information, suggestions, reports, and photogra phs.
Dianna M elrose, and other Overseas Division staff, for advice
and comments.
Colleagues in Oxfam's Photo Library, and Liz Clayton, for
their help with photogr aphs.
All the cartoons are from Baobab, a magazine produced by theArid Lands Information Network, in Senegal.
Pat Simmons
Oxford, August 1995