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Journal article

Gender, poverty, and inequality: a brief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development

31/07/2015

16 pages long

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Gender, poverty, and inequality: a brief history of feminist contributions in the field of international development

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This paper provides a brief history of feminist contributions to the analysis of gender, poverty, and inequality in the field of international development. It draws out the continuous threads running through these contributions over the years, as the focus has moved from micro-level analysis to a concern with macro-level forces. It concludes with a brief […]

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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

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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 […]

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Research report

Putting Progress at Risk? MDG spending in developing countries

16/05/2013

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French

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A little over two years remain for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report is the first ever to track what developing countries are spending on the MDGs. It finds that recent spending increases explain the rapid progress on the MDGs. But the majority of countries are spending much less than they have promised, […]

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Issue briefing

Inequality Matters: BRICS inequalities fact sheet

14/03/2013

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam believes that reducing inequality is fundamental to fair and sustainable development. This fact sheet outlines trends in key dimensions of socio-economic inequality in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), looking especially at education, gender, health, social expenditure and environmental sustainability. The BRICS countries have growing influence in the global economy, […]

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Briefing note

Poverty and Inequality in Contemporary Russia

08/11/2012

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, Russian

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Oxfam has more than 60 year’s experience supporting people to overcome poverty the world over. Since 2003, Oxfam has been working in the Russian Federation, where it has applied its international knowledge to work with civil society partners from Murmansk to Vladivostok and many places in between. From 2012, advocacy on pro-poor social policy has […]

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Evaluation report

Financial Transaction Tax campaign: Evaluation report

08/07/2012

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

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The Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax campaign) is a series of loosely coordinated national campaigns aiming at a small tax on financial transactions, with some of the proceeds spent on development. First launched in the UK in February 2010, by mid-2012 the campaign has spread to a number of countries in both Europe and […]

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Briefing paper

Fit for Purpose? The European External Action Service one year on

23/01/2012

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The first anniversary of the European External Action Service (EEAS) finds the European Union (EU) in the midst of an economic, financial, and identity crisis that has aggravated the ongoing decline in Europe’s stature on the global scene as new political and economic actors emerge. The new diplomatic service provides the EU with an opportunity […]

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Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

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Research report

A Rapid Assessment of The Impacts of Price hikes on People in Selected Urban Areas

01/05/2011

1 documents

49 pages long

Languages: English

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Financial crisis

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Rapid assessments in three residential areas of Hanoi, Haiphong and Ho Chi Minh city in May, 2011 were implemented to discover response measures and the influence of price increases on urban groups, including the poor (people who receive social protection), migrants, local self-employed labourers, pensioners, civil servants and medium-income workers. The average retail price of […]

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Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

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The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

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