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The World Cup – A Fair Game?: A cross-curricular resource to engage learners critically with issues of fairness and equality

04/06/2018

24 documents

Languages: English

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Fully updated for 2018, this cross-curricular resource for 9-14 year olds uses the World Cup to develop critical thinking around issues of fairness and equality. Test your World Cup knowledge with this fun online quiz. Investigate geographical similarities and differences, play World Cup Trumps and compare a range of statistics, explore gender inequality through the […]

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Briefing paper

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way: Safe havens needed for refugees from Syria

16/12/2016

5 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam’s research shows that less than three percent of the Syrian refugee population have actually arrived in rich countries through resettlement programmes. By analysing resettlement policies and practices in eight key countries, looking at capacity (i.e. investment in staff and facilities), security procedures, resettlement criteria and the general political climate towards refugees, this paper shows […]

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Briefing note

Improving Global Governance through Engagement with Civil Society: The case of BRICS

31/03/2016

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper presents a set of recommendations to increase the effectiveness of global governance forums by incorporating the experience, views and expertise of civil society. These recommendations are based on a research study, commissioned by Oxfam GB in Russia, which documented and analysed the experience of the Civil BRICS Forum 2015 and the views of […]

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Briefing paper

Fuelling the Fire: How the UN Security Council’s Permanent Members are undermining their own commitments on Syria

11/03/2016

5 documents

36 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

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March 2016 marks five years of upheaval and conflict in Syria – conflict that has reduced lives to shadows and cities to rubble. The Syrian government and its allies, as well as armed opposition and extremist groups, bear the primary and direct responsibility for the horrific reality that Syria’s civilians face on this grim anniversary. […]

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Issue briefing

For Richer or Poorer: The capture of growth and politics in emerging economies

25/09/2015

2 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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The emerging economies Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Turkey – in short, the BRICSAMIT – have come to be considered the economic powerhouses of recent decades. Not only have these countries managed to reduce poverty; most have embarked on a steep economic growth path and play an increasingly influential role on […]

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Journal article

Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

03/08/2015

18 pages long

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Gender inequality and inter-household economic inequality in emerging economies: exploring the relationship

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While most emerging economies have been characterised by persistence/growth of interhousehold economic inequality in recent decades, and simultaneous poor performance on gender equality, the intersecting relationship between these two trends so far has not received much attention. This article is an initial attempt look at this relationship, showing how gender inequality has both contributed to, and been affected by, […]

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Case study

Scholarships and the Healthcare Human Resources Crisis: A case study of Soviet and Russian scholarships for medical students from Ghana

23/12/2014

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Scholarships for study in the former Soviet Union were offered to students in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa and across the developing world. Many of these scholarships were used to study medicine, and the health workforces of many sub-Saharan African countries now contain a significant number of Soviet-trained doctors – though they remain critically understaffed. […]

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Evaluation report

Policy Influence in the Russian Federation: Evaluation of advocacy and campaigning on climate change

21/11/2014

3 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, randomly selected for review under the policy influence thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out from March to July 2014. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Advocacy and campaigning on Climate […]

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Campaign report

Even it Up: Time to end extreme inequality

29/10/2014

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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Research report

A Sign of Things to Come? Examining four major climate-related disasters, 2010-2013, and their impacts on food security

19/09/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Four recent extreme weather events – the 2010 heat wave in Russia, the flooding in Pakistan in the same year, the 2010–2011 drought in East Africa and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013 – were notable for their intensity, duration, and impacts on livelihoods and food security. As part of its food and climate […]

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