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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Cash Transfers for Development Project in Vietnam

01/12/2008

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Since mid-2006 Oxfam GB in Vietnam has been directly disbursing non-emergency cash grants to 550 poor and nearly poor households in An Loc commune, Ha Tinh province. These grants support empowerment by enabling households to utilise their knowledge and skills to determine the best investments for livelihood development. This final evaluation, conducted in November and […]

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Briefing note

If Not Now, When? Three actions the G20 must take now to protect the world’s poor from the economic crisis and build a new political and economic governance system

13/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The world’s poor must not pay the price for the collapse of financial markets. Without immediate action, millions will suffer. Poor women and children will pay for the financial folly, failed ideology and crude self-interest that led to this crisis. Much of the burden will be borne by those least able to cope, whether it […]

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Research report

Responsible Investment: A force for poverty alleviation

06/11/2008

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The unprecedented turmoil in the world’s financial markets has resulted in a significant loss of trust in the global financial system. Financial institutions and the market as a whole have been criticised for short-termism, for lacking transparency, and for not being properly accountable to regulators or to wider society. The credit crisis has also raised […]

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Briefing note

Rising Food Prices in the Sahel: The urgency of long-term action

01/11/2008

2 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French

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While the worldwide financial crisis has diverted attention away from the food crisis for the poorest families in the Sahel the underlying problems have not gone away. For those with very limited means making ends meet, even without increasingly expensive food, is a constant challenge. This briefing note is based on a survey by Save […]

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Briefing paper

East Asian ‘Recovery’ Leaves the Poor Sinking

01/10/1998

1 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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The economic crisis in East Asia shows no sign of abating. Far from resolving the region’s problems, IMF ‘rescue’ measures have exacerbated their severity, contributing to an economic collapse which parallels in scale the Great Depression of 1929. Real wages have collapsed, remittances to poor rural areas have fallen, and access to basic services is […]

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Evaluation of the Cash Transfers for Development Project in Vietnam

If Not Now, When? Three actions the G20 must take now to protect the world’s poor from the economic crisis and build a new political and economic governance system

Responsible Investment: A force for poverty alleviation

Rising Food Prices in the Sahel: The urgency of long-term action

East Asian ‘Recovery’ Leaves the Poor Sinking