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Inequality Matters: BRICS inequalities fact sheet

14/03/2013

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that reducing inequality is fundamental to fair and sustainable development. This fact sheet outlines trends in key dimensions of socio-economic inequality in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), looking especially at education, gender, health, social expenditure and environmental sustainability. The BRICS countries have growing influence in the global economy, […]

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Briefing paper

Getting It Right: The pieces that matter for the Arms Trade Treaty

12/03/2013

8 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives. Every continent in the world is marred by devastation caused by armed violence. Yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade. The need for an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which will create globally binding regulation of the international trade in conventional weapons for […]

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Briefing paper

Behind the Brands: Food justice and the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies

26/02/2013

8 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Over the past century, powerful food and beverage companies have enjoyed unprecedented commercial success. But these companies have grown prosperous while the millions who supply the land, labor and water needed for their products face increased hardship. Now, a rapidly changing environment, affected communities and an increasingly savvy consumer base are pushing the industry to […]

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Journal article

Establishing cooperatives for effective community development in rural China

01/11/2012

11 pages long

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The article presents the results of participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects which aimed to aid the establishment and development of 24 modern rural cooperatives in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China. The evaluation was designed to assess the economic and community development outcomes of the cooperatives after three years of operation. The data were collected […]

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Briefing paper

Crises in a New World Order: Challenging the humanitarian project

07/02/2012

8 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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In 2010, vast humanitarian crises from Haiti to Pakistan almost overwhelmed the international system’s ability to respond. Despite years of reform, UN agencies, donors, and international NGOs (INGOs) struggled to cope. In 2011, Somalia yet again saw a response too little and too late, driven by media attention, not a timely, impartial assessment of human […]

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Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

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Book

Climate Change Liability: Transnational law and practice

03/12/2011

8 documents

710 pages long

Languages: English

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As frustration mounts in some quarters at the perceived inadequacy or speed of international action on climate change and as the likelihood of significant impacts grows, the focus is increasingly turning to liability for climate change damage. Actual or potential climate change liability implicates a growing range of actors, including governments, industry, businesses, non-governmental organisations, […]

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Book

Managing Water Locally: An essential dimension of community water development

08/11/2011

1 documents

96 pages long

Languages: English

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Communities are frequently excluded from important aspects of environmental management. But they can play a fundamental role in the management of common pool resources such as water. This is particularly true when state capacity is weak or when communities remain on the periphery of support from any government. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has been […]

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Journal article

The impact of high food prices on poverty in China

23/06/2011

11 pages long

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This article first reviews the development of food prices in China since 2000. The authors find that despite tremendous price fluctuations in the international market in 2007–08, major staple crops (rice, wheat, and maize) in the domestic market were shielded from the volatility of the international market. This price stability can be partly attributed to […]

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Journal article

Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

01/11/2009

11 pages long

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Starting again in rural West China: stories of rural women across generations

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Rural China is being remade in the wake of a massive exodus of young people to work in the cities and coastal areas. The core rural population is now middle-aged, and is caring for both parents and grandchildren. In this process, women and men are creating new patterns of kinship and social ties across distance […]

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