In the Development Finance and Oxfam October 2024 report presented yesterday, they claim that Sweden has fallen 14 places in 4 years in the global equality index "Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index" (CRII), which is produced by Oxfam in collaboration with Development Finance International ( DFI).
The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index ranks 164 countries according to policy decisions and their effects on inequality. The index is based on three areas that are crucial to reducing economic inequality: tax policy, investment in welfare and workers' rights.
Unfortunately, Oxfam's analyzes are flawed. For example, their tax index is a subjective mishmash where they confuse the wood for the trees. When Oxfam ranks tax policy from a gender equality perspective, they choose to rank the countries below as follows:
Kyrgyzstan, place 6
Burkina Faso, place 39
Chad, place 42
Benin, place 45
Congo, place 54
Sweden, place 114
Switzerland, place 142
This ranking gives legitimacy to question whether Oxfam is serious about their work or whether they have an ulterior agenda and want to push a certain ideological line.
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