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Research report

Tackling Gender Inequality in the Cocoa Supply Chain: Are big chocolate companies delivering on their global commitments in Ghana?

11 Feb 2022

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2013, leading chocolate companies Mars, Mondelēz, and Nestlé made global commitments to reduce gender inequalities across their cocoa supply chain. This report follows up on these commitments and presents findings on the gender equality programs Mars, Mondelēz, and Nestlé – and their agribusiness suppliers – are implementing in the cocoa supply chain of Ghana, […]

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Briefing paper

Shining a Spotlight: A critical assessment of food and beverage companies’ delivery of sustainability commitments

17 Mar 2021

9 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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From 2013 to 2016, Oxfam's Behind the Brands campaign called on the world’s 10 biggest food and beverage companies to adopt stronger social and environmental sourcing policies and spurred significant commitments on women’s empowerment, land rights and climate change. Now, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens inequality and food insecurity around the world, we assess whether […]

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Case study

The World Fair Trade Organization: Scaling equitable business models

20 Nov 2020

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shows how fair trade and other mission-led enterprises can be economically viable while simultaneously generating important social and environmental benefits. In contrast to conventional business models which prioritize short-term financial returns to shareholders, mission-led businesses put social and environmental goals on a par with economic ones, thereby overcoming a key structural driver […]

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Research report

Gender-responsive Budgeting in Ghana: An analysis of GRB implementation and its existing and potential impacts on women small-scale farmers

29 Oct 2020

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

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Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB), also known as gender budgeting, is an approach to budgeting that takes into account the various needs of a diverse population by using an intersectional gender lens to respond to the different experiences of women, men, and gender-diverse groups. In addition to promoting more equitable budgeting outcomes, GRB requires that the budgeting […]

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Briefing paper

The IMF and Lebanon: The long road ahead – An assessment of how Lebanon’s economy may be stabilized while battling a triple crisis and recovering from a deadly blast

15 Oct 2020

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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Lebanon is extremely unequal and has been rocked by massive protests in recent months. The country is facing a financial crisis and is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) about a potential bailout programme. Other IMF programmes in the region have focused on austerity and have driven increases in poverty and inequality. A […]

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Media briefing

Under The Radar: Private sector debt and coronavirus in developing countries

14 Oct 2020

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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The coronavirus pandemic is leaving a trail of devastation in low-income countries – from widespread loss of life from the virus itself, to huge economic disruption that has left hundreds of millions of people – already struggling to make ends meet – without jobs or sufficient food. Despite this huge economic shock, many developing countries […]

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Research report

Water Supply in Protracted Humanitarian Crises: Reflections on the sustainability of service delivery models

03 Sep 2020

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

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UNHCR estimates that the average time spent by a refugee in a camp is 10 years, while the average refugee camp remains for 26 years. WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) is a crucial component of humanitarian response and longer-term recovery. Humanitarian agencies and host governments face many challenges in protracted situations and complex long-term humanitarian […]

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Case study

Factors Influencing Misconduct Reporting: A meta-analysis

07 Jul 2020

1 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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The purpose of this document is to provide an analysis of the critical factors that influence decision-making behaviour related to misconduct reporting, based on a human-centred design approach. Findings have been analysed across three research locations: Myanmar Iraq Ghana The intended primary audience includes the accountability, safeguarding, protection, gender justice, and technology teams from Oxfam […]

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Briefing paper

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: How West African governments are failing to reduce inequality, and what should be done about it

09 Jul 2019

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa. While a small but growing number of people are becoming fantastically rich, the vast majority are denied the most essential elements of a dignified life, such as quality education, healthcare and decent jobs, despite remarkable economic growth driven by extractive industries. Oxfam’s Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) […]

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Discussion paper

Fighting Inequality to Beat Poverty: The role of UK international development

04 Jun 2019

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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UK international development actors – from government to private sector and NGOs – can play a key role in fighting extreme economic inequality to beat poverty in developing countries. This paper shares key principles, policies and programmes that have emerged from Oxfam’s work with partners around the world in recent years, so as to encourage […]

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