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Discussion paper

Understanding electricity utilities in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of civil society in improving performance, governance, and accountability

19/08/2024

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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This report provides a primer on the performance of electricity utilities in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting on the current landscape of power sector and utility challenges, the reforms undertaken to address performance failures, opportunities for a “utility of the future” amid the global energy transition, governance frameworks available to assess performance (like the infrastructure regulatory system […]

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Discussion paper

The Gendered Energy Crisis: Prospects for an eco-feminist Just Energy Transition in South Africa

16/08/2024

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

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This report is focused on identifying the ongoing challenges at Eskom, the South African power utility, thus shedding light on democratic processes and human rights considerations. It adopts a feminist lens in its analysis of the electricity crisis, exploring potential feminist approaches to restructuring the existing electricity grid infrastructure. This includes analyzing the integration of […]

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Briefing paper

Right-sizing Corporate Voice: A briefing for business on responsible political engagement

30/07/2024

3 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Businesses dominate the policymaking process, mostly prioritize short-term financial interests and provide minimal transparency, creating an inherent risk of corporate policy capture that has been exacerbated by practices across lobbying, advocacy and political spending. A new approach to corporate political engagement – building on existing frameworks and based on the familiar experience of developing human […]

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Discussion paper

From Generation to Distribution: Investigating Ghana’s power sector’s value chain and its implications for reliable, affordable, and clean energy supply

23/07/2024

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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This report, published by Oxfam partner, the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) examines the Ghana's power sector value chain and its implications for reliable, affordable and clean energy supply. The work outlines the role of the Ghanian government in the electricity sector, and outlines three salient challenges facing the energy sector: 1) The role […]

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Discussion paper

Electricity Utility Governance in Kenya: A comprehensive report

23/07/2024

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This report provides a comprehensive account of the status of the electricity utility in Kenya. In doing so it analyzes the gaps in Kenya’s electricity governance and suggests ways these gaps can be addressed especially through civil society engagement. While Kenya has seen some notable successes in advancing its energy sector – in particular in […]

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Campaign report

There Is No Them, Just Us: Ending the system of poverty for us all

22/07/2024

2 documents

55 pages long

Languages: English

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The world’s progress in overcoming poverty has always been fragile, and it risks going backwards in the face of crises unless we act to tackle the systemic nature of poverty. This means tackling structural injustices, but also power imbalances and the capture of politics, knowledge and narratives. In place of this system of poverty, we […]

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Briefing paper

Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponised water in its military campaign in Gaza

18/07/2024

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents a detailed analysis of how the Government of Israel has systematically weaponized water against the Palestinians in its latest assault on Gaza, raising grave concerns of human rights violations and breaches of international law. It highlights ongoing violations of international laws, showing how the Government of Israel has used water deprivation to […]

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Case study

Water Supply Systems in Nepal: How to build better, more sustainable services: Part two

18/07/2024

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study is the first update on Oxfam’s work on the sustainability of rural water supply systems in Nepal. Readers are advised to read the first paper on the topic from 2019: Water Supply Systems in Nepal. In this previous case study, Oxfam identified five key ‘levers’ that could potentially transform water supply schemes […]

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Case study

Market-based operation and maintenance for rural water projects: Bundled water schemes in Turkana County, Kenya

16/07/2024

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper discusses an innovative public-private partnership approach to operations and maintenance (O&M) of rural water systems in Kenya. The provision of water in Kenya is mandated to county governments, which tend to play a more prominent role in urban centres, while donors and NGOs take the lead in harder-to-reach or less commercially viable rural […]

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Research report

The Crisis of Low Wages: Who earns less than $17 an hour in the U.S. in 2024?

09/07/2024

3 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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According to new data from Oxfam, there are more than 39 million low wage workers in the United States, defined here as any worker earning less than $17 an hour. This translates to 23 percent of the US workforce, or nearly one in four workers in the US. This new research includes a full demographic […]

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