the proportion of the world s population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here s the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world s people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system. but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? well, let s just start with what s happening around the world at the moment. we think, for the first time since records began 30 years ago, there s actually
year only to come back and take the tampa bay buccaneers to the play offs. those are our latest headlines this our stop. that s all from me. sally is here at five o clock. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. here s the good news. the proportion of the world s population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here s the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world s people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system. but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost
but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, still suffering extreme poverty, even as global poverty rates decline do you think that the aid system is failing those people? well, let s just start with what s happening around the world at the moment. we think, for the first time since records began 30 years ago, there s actually been a rise in extreme poverty in the last 12 months. so the combination of covid disruptions, the war in ukraine, rising prices around the world, has actually led to a great reversal in that general decline in extreme poverty. hang on a minute. that s an important phrase a reversal . it could be a blip because it is important to empha
the english city of liverpool. last year s winner, ukraine, was scheduled to host the event but the uk took it up on their behalf because of the ongoing war. the competition begins in may. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. here s the good news. the proportion of the world s population living in extreme poverty has declined sharply over the past 30 years. here s the bad news. still close to one in 20 of all the world s people relies on humanitarian assistance for survival. with many nations cutting their aid budgets, international ngos remain a linchpin of the global aid system. but are they fit for purpose? well, my guest is danny sriskandarajah, chief executive of oxfam great britain. he promised to reimagine what aid would look like. has he succeeded? danny sriskandarajah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. let s start with those two different ways of looking at what s happening to the world s poorest people. one in 20, almost, s
and we were founded in the dark days of world war ii in oxford as the committee for famine relief, by eight ordinary individuals who were outraged by the fact that famine was allowed to be happening in nazi occupied greece, and set about doing two things, importantly. one, to raise resources to provide food relief for people in greece, and secondly importantly to speak truth to power, to campaign against the uk government s and the allied governments policy of blockading nazi occupied greece. all through the last 80 years, 0xfam has been at the vanguard of various social justice issues. yes, of course, taking action to save lives, change lives, but also speaking truth to power speaking out. but the point is, you need to work with governments, and if you are to get this completely revamped, much more effective multilateral system of aid to work, governments have to be involved. and yet, you seem to spend a whole lot of your time