Chile Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09 Apr 2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

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Briefing paper

Ten Years After the Global Food Price Crisis, Rural Women Still Bear the Brunt of Poverty and Hunger

29 Mar 2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Ten years after the global food price crisis, women are still disproportionately disadvantaged by structural and emerging market factors that mean that they bear the brunt of poverty and hunger. Women and smallholder farmers in particular have been negatively affected by trade policy, competitive markets, and the accumulation of private power. There is, however, insufficient […]

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Journal article

Young feminists’ creative strategies to challenge the status quo: a view from FRIDA

14 Nov 2018

17 pages long

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Young feminists’ creative strategies to challenge the status quo: a view from FRIDA

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Young feminist organising is springing up in all corners of the globe – from Mexico to Morocco to Malaysia – powered by brave young women, girls and trans* youth who are creating the change the world needs. FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund – is a young feminist-led organisation that began in 2010. It aims […]

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Education resource

Raising Our Voices: Music resources for 7-11 year olds

22 Sep 2016

12 documents

Languages: English

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Inspire and motivate learners to explore the role of music in social change. Focusing on issues of inequality, this resource will enable learners to consider aspects of human rights and equality issues and discover how music has been used to express people’s voices. . Think critically about rights Consider the role of Freedom Songs in […]

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Journal article

Introduction to gender, development and care

10 Nov 2014

12 pages long

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Introduction to gender, development and care

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the Gender and Development website.

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Journal article

Public policies on water provision and early childhood education and care (ECEC): do they reduce and redistribute unpaid work?

10 Nov 2014

15 pages long

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Public policies on water provision and early childhood education and care (ECEC): do they reduce and redistribute unpaid work?

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Governments need to provide public finance to support services to reduce and redistribute unpaid work. However, while the financial costs of the required public investment are up front and highly visible; the (many) benefits are diffuse, spread over time, and include non-monetary as well as monetary benefits. This article focuses on two experiences from developing countries, in the water […]

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Campaign report

Even it Up: Time to end extreme inequality

29 Oct 2014

10 documents

140 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Economic inequality has reached extreme levels. From Ghana to Germany, Italy to Indonesia, the gap between rich and poor is widening. In 2013, seven out of 10 people lived in countries where economic inequality was worse than 30 years ago, and in 2014 Oxfam calculated that just 85 people owned as much wealth as the […]

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Briefing paper

Fiscal Justice to Reduce Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

10 Sep 2014

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is still the most unequal region in the world, despite economic growth and the reduction of both poverty and inequality over the last decade. Political and economic elites have shaped fiscal systems which, in general, have a very limited impact when it comes to correcting inequalities and in some […]

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Discussion paper

What Can Governments Do To Empower Poor People?

18 Nov 2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Whether guaranteeing access to justice, promoting norms of equality and respect, ensuring access to quality essential services, or supporting citizens’ organization and voice, governments can play an important role in the empowerment of poor and excluded groups and individuals. Reviewing dozens of case studies, along with the latest conceptual work on empowerment, this paper shows that […]

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Evaluation report

Raising Her Voice: The power to persuade

11 Nov 2013

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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From 2008-2013, Oxfam’s Raising Her Voice (RHV) programme worked with 45 local partners, 141 community activist groups, and over 1,000 coalition members to create more effective governance systems by ensuring that women’s voices influence decisions about services, investments, policies and legal frameworks, from community, through to national and regional levels. This summary draws on findings from […]

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