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This research paper uses statistical meta-analysis to summarise the results of all 16 Effectiveness Reviews carried out under the theme of resilience between 2011 and 2015. The paper finds that projects evaluated had a significant […] View resource Briefing paper Fiscal Justice to Reduce Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean 10/09/2014 6 documents 40 pages long Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance Inequality LAC Latin America and the Caribbean Social protection Taxation Overview 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 […] View resource Research report Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues 07/10/2013 2 documents 40 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Care work Cash transfers Health systems Livelihoods Local Government Protection Sustainable livelihoods approach Welfare Wellbeing Overview Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […] View resource Briefing paper A Cautionary Tale: The true cost of austerity and inequality in Europe 12/09/2013 32 documents 36 pages long Languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Active citizenship Advocacy Campaigning Civil society Debt Debt relief Economic empowerment Economic growth Finance Financial crisis Investment Livelihoods Poverty in the UK Social protection Taxation UK poverty World Bank and IMF Overview European austerity programmes have dismantled the mechanisms that reduce inequality and enable equitable growth. With inequality and poverty on the rise, Europe is facing a lost decade. An additional 15 to 25 million people across Europe could face the prospect of living in poverty by 2025 if austerity measures continue. Oxfam knows this because it […] View resource Journal article Sympathetic advocates: male parliamentarians sharing responsibility for gender equality 14/03/2013 14 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender equality Inequality Male parliamentarians Masculinity Parliament Overview Gender mainstreaming, as a strategy that aims to achieve gender equality across institutions, does not work without the assistance of men. There has been a strategic shift in emphasis over the past decade from women’s issues to those concerning gender equality. Underpinning this shift is a change in focus from women exclusively, to one on […] View resource Book Reforming World Trade: The social and environmental priorities 01/01/1996 1 documents 120 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Trade policy World Trade Organisation WTO Overview Reforming World Trade stresses the urgent need for enforceable minimum international standards to protect workers’ basic rights and to promote sustainable development. Recommendations are made for the World Trade Organisation to cooperate more closely with the ILO and with international environment bodies, to develop mechanisms for safeguarding labour and environmental standards, and to adopt more […] View resource Book The Trade Trap 01/01/1992 5 documents 256 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Fair trade Natural resources Overview This best-selling book explains how countries that depend on the export of primary commodities, like coffee or cotton, are caught in a trap: the more they produce, the lower the price falls on the international market. If they try to add value to their commodities by processing them, they run into tariff barriers imposed by […] View resource Spotted an error? Let us know