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It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery. Kampuchea urgently needs peace, and the resources for the Kampuchean people to rebuild […] View resource Book Bitter Pills: Medicines and the third world poor 01/08/1987 5 documents 292 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Finance Overview Rich and poor could benefit from new drugs to treat incurable diseases. But only the poor are denied the life-saving drugs available to the rich. This report attempts to unravel the complexities of the medicines issue. The focus throughout is on the needs of the Third World poor. Chapter 1 assesses the role of medicines […] View resource Book Common Ground: How changes in the common agricultural policy affect the third world poor 01/01/1987 1 documents 101 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Fair trade Food security Overview The picture of mounting European food surpluses set against the constant spectre of Third World food shortages is a familiar one. But the cost of these surpluses and their effect on world trade is leading to increasing pressure for change in the European Community’s agricultural policies. View resource Book The Hunger Crop: Poverty and the sugar industry 01/01/1987 1 documents 122 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Fair trade Finance Overview Sugar, tea coffee and palm oil are the backbone of many Third World economies. But the processing and marketing of these commodities is controlled by the rich industrialised nations. This unequal exchange leaves Third World producers highly vulnerable to market conditions – and it is poor people who are hardest hit. View resource Book Mozambique: A cry for peace 01/01/1987 7 documents 40 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Food security Protection Overview Mozambique is a country in crisis. Its people have been battered by war and natural disasters. Millions are homeless or destitute. Essential services are disrupted and the economy is struggling. Why are the people of Mozambique suffering so much? What hopes remain for peace, stability and an end of hunger? View resource Book Namibia a Violation of Trust 01/01/1986 1 documents 100 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Finance Natural resources Overview Namibia is one of the richest countries in Africa – yet most Namibians live in extreme poverty. For twenty years the country has been illegally occupied by South Africa. Twenty years in which the apartheid system has caused massive misery and deprivation amongst the majority of Namibians: while South African and foreign economic interests have […] View resource Book For Richer For Poorer: An Oxfam report on western connections with world hunger 01/01/1986 1 documents 105 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Debt Finance Overview For Richer For Poorer investigates how the debt crisis and economic policies of the world’s wealthier nations are creating mounting poverty in the Third World. Examples from Oxfam’s work illustrate how poor people are coping with the effects of policies decided thousands of miles away. View resource Book Sudan: The roots of famine 01/01/1986 6 documents 41 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Food security Social protection Overview Sudan: The Roots of Famine is one of Oxfam s background briefs on development issues. The briefs are not in-depth studies, but are intended to highlight some of the key areas of concern. They are designed to help journalists, campaigners and the interested public to understand the complex background that lies behind the media headlines. View resource Book Cultivating Hunger: An Oxfam study of food, power and poverty 01/01/1985 1 documents 48 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Food security Trade policy World Bank and IMF Overview Cultivating Hunger argues the case for change in a system of world food production and distribution which is failing disastrously. It examines the myths that lie behind the horrifying statistics – the myths that mask the real causes of hunger; the myths that may in fact perpetuate the problem. View resource Book Land for People: Land tenure and the very poor 01/01/1985 1 documents 73 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Land rights Livelihoods Overview Whoever owns the land also holds power. In the Third World the poor do not always have their own land. Oxfam, in its support for the poor overseas, increasingly has to face the problems of land tenure, problems which have to be overcome if the poor are really to escape from their poverty. View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know