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Briefing paper

Missing Out on Small is Beautiful: The EU’s failure to deliver on policy commitments to support smallholder agriculture in developing countries

30/06/2017

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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With the world on the brink of an unprecedented four famines, donor countries must urgently step up efforts to tackle the structural causes of hunger and poverty. Food security and sustainable agriculture are among the European Union’s key priorities for development cooperation. The EU is committed to long-term solutions, including empowering smallholders, in particular women, […]

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Briefing paper

Dear Family: How European migration policies are keeping families apart

19/06/2017

2 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2015, nearly a million people crossed the Aegean fleeing persecution or seeking a better life. Many of these people made perilous journeys to reunite with family members. The lack of accessible, safe and regular routes for family reunification has resulted in thousands of people taking dangerous journeys, making them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation […]

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Research report

Background Data for Oxfam Briefing ‘A Europe For the Many, Not the Few’: Exploring inequality data for 28 countries in the European Union

09/09/2015

5 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The EU is a group of rich countries characterized by high incomes, stable institutions, and home to 342 billionaires. It is also where 123 million people are at risk of poverty. Inequality is an unacceptable injustice; inequality in the EU is discussed in Oxfam’s policy briefing ‘A Europe For the Many, Not the Few‘. By […]

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Briefing paper

A Europe For the Many, Not the Few: Time to reverse the course of inequality and poverty in Europe

09/09/2015

8 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Europe is facing unacceptable levels of poverty and inequality. Instead of putting people first, policy decision making is increasingly influenced by wealthy elites who bend the rules to their advantage, worsening poverty and economic inequality, while steadily and significantly eroding democratic institutions. Austerity measures and unfair tax systems across Europe are skewed in favour of […]

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Briefing paper

Pitfalls and Potentials: The role of bioenergy in the EU climate and energy policy post-2020

28/04/2015

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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European Governments are increasingly relying on bioenergy as a cheap way to meet targets for renewable energy. Bioenergy represented 62 percent of the EU’s renewable energy use in 2012. But new evidence on the real climate impacts and other environmental and social impacts of bioenergy has made its use increasingly controversial. Sustainable bioenergy has a […]

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Briefing note

Pulling the Plug: How to stop corporate tax dodging in Europe and beyond

19/03/2015

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Tax dodging is receiving increasing political attention in Europe. From corporate transparency legislation to early reflections on a European wealth tax, European institutions are promoting tax reforms that have the potential to reduce economic inequality in Europe and beyond – if they are well designed and implemented. The need to find financial resources to restore […]

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Issue briefing

The EU’s 2030 Energy and Climate Change Package: Fit for a food and energy-secure world?

03/06/2014

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The EU is facing an energy wake-up call as a food and fuel crisis looms. Political instability from Russia and Ukraine is combining with climate vulnerability in the EU’s key exporters. Big decisions are being taken now about Europe’s energy future as the EU negotiates a new set of climate and energy targets for 2030. […]

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Journal article

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

14/03/2013

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

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This article is based on a study that was commissioned from the Swedish non-government organisation, Men for Gender Equality, by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The aim of the research was to map stakeholders – including public authorities, research centres, civil society organisations, social partners, and individual experts – working to engage men […]

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