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Discussion paper

Budget Support in Fragile Situations

11/11/2011

1 documents

208 pages long

Languages: English

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This study aims to provide an evidence basis for the provision of budget support in fragile states. The study sits at the intersection of three main sets of issues: fragility, budget support, and accountability (with a particular focus on the role of, and space or, civil society in holding government to account). The study provides […]

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Briefing paper

Towards Durable Solutions for Displaced Ivoirians

11/10/2011

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Six months after the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo and the end of major post-electoral conflict in Cote d’Ivoire, Oxfam International, CARE International, and the Danish Refugee Council have launched a report outlining the key remaining humanitarian and protection needs in the west of the country – the area worst affected by violence. Based on interviews […]

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Briefing paper

Beyond Viktor Bout: Why the United States needs an Arms Trade Treaty

06/10/2011

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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With the trial of Viktor Bout nearly underway and the UN negotiations on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) starting in the summer of 2012, this briefing paper seeks to provide the reader with a deeper understanding of the challenges the US government faces in tackling unscrupulous arms brokers abroad and to show how the adoption […]

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Briefing paper

Land and Power: The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land

22/09/2011

11 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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The new wave of land deals is not the new investment in agriculture that millions had been waiting for. The poorest people are being hardest hit as competition for land intensifies. Oxfam’s research has revealed that residents regularly lose out to local elites and domestic or foreign investors because they lack the power to claim […]

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Briefing paper

Yemen: Fragile lives in hungry times

19/09/2011

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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Widespread hunger and chronic malnutrition have taken hold in Yemen. A protracted political stalemate over much of the past six months has left the government in paralysis, prompting a fuel crisis that has brought the economy to the verge of collapse. A recent study by Oxfam found many communities to be on the brink of […]

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Briefing paper

Getting it Right from the Start: Priorities for action in the new Republic of South Sudan

06/09/2011

3 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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Amidst jubilant celebration, the new Republic of South Sudan entered the international stage in July 2011 albeit as one of the least developed countries in the world. The challenges and opportunities are enormous, and donors, the government, implementing agencies and most importantly the people of South Sudan have a lot at stake – but much […]

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Journal article

NGOs and post-violence community development: holistic, multi-track ventures in Afghanistan

01/09/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article explores the interview narratives of six NGO directors working in Afghanistan regarding the holistic and multi-track nature of their NGO’s project work. Data analysis revealed that NGO leaders believed that effective NGO project work relies extensively on purposeful coordination with other NGOs, and is dependent on non-NGO actors such as the military, the […]

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Journal article

Motivation in humanitarian health workers: a self-determination theory perspective

01/09/2011

14 pages long

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This paper emerged from the authors’ interest in why humanitarian health workers initially engage and remain in humanitarian work, often in the face of threats to safety and personal well-being. Semi-structured qualitative interviews assessed the consciously available reasons why individuals engaged in humanitarian health work. Interview data was unpacked through a thematic analysis. Using self-determination […]

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Journal article

Corporate social responsibility performance in the Niger Delta: beyond two constitutive orthodoxies

01/08/2011

10 pages long

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Against the background of attempts to explain the poor Corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of transnational oil corporations in the Niger Delta in the context of flawed approaches, processes and inadequate CSR packages, this paper contests not only the explanations for the failure of CSR, but the core idea that CSR is capable of engendering […]

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Briefing note

‘We are entirely exploitable’: The lack of protection for civilians in eastern DRC

28/07/2011

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Each year Oxfam undertakes a far-reaching survey of unheard, conflict-affected people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Three-quarters of the 1,705 people polled in 2011 said that they felt their security had not improved since last year. In areas affected by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), this figure rose to 90 per cent, with communities […]

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