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Briefing paper

A European agenda to tax the super-rich: A solution to inequality in the European Union

09/10/2025

2 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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Europe faces a deep inequality crisis: the richest 1% in the EU own nearly a quarter of all wealth while half the population shares just 3%. Decades of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations resulted in the super-rich paying proportionally less taxes than ordinary citizens, eroding fairness, democracy, and social cohesion. The EU lacks […]

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Discussion paper

Understanding electricity utilities in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of civil society in improving performance, governance, and accountability

19/08/2024

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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This report provides a primer on the performance of electricity utilities in sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting on the current landscape of power sector and utility challenges, the reforms undertaken to address performance failures, opportunities for a “utility of the future” amid the global energy transition, governance frameworks available to assess performance (like the infrastructure regulatory system […]

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Discussion paper

The Gendered Energy Crisis: Prospects for an eco-feminist Just Energy Transition in South Africa

16/08/2024

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

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This report is focused on identifying the ongoing challenges at Eskom, the South African power utility, thus shedding light on democratic processes and human rights considerations. It adopts a feminist lens in its analysis of the electricity crisis, exploring potential feminist approaches to restructuring the existing electricity grid infrastructure. This includes analyzing the integration of […]

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Discussion paper

Electricity Utility Governance in Kenya: A comprehensive report

23/07/2024

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This report provides a comprehensive account of the status of the electricity utility in Kenya. In doing so it analyzes the gaps in Kenya’s electricity governance and suggests ways these gaps can be addressed especially through civil society engagement. While Kenya has seen some notable successes in advancing its energy sector – in particular in […]

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Discussion paper

From Generation to Distribution: Investigating Ghana’s power sector’s value chain and its implications for reliable, affordable, and clean energy supply

23/07/2024

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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This report, published by Oxfam partner, the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) examines the Ghana's power sector value chain and its implications for reliable, affordable and clean energy supply. The work outlines the role of the Ghanian government in the electricity sector, and outlines three salient challenges facing the energy sector: 1) The role […]

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Evaluation report

Sustainable Water and Sanitation in DRC: Impact evaluation of the ‘Sustainable WASH in Fragile Contexts (SWIFT 1)’ project

05/04/2022

2 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Between April 2014 and March 2018, the SWIFT Consortium, led by Oxfam with Tearfund and ODI as members, carried out the 'SWIFT 1' project in DRC and Kenya to provide access to water and sanitation and to promote basic hygiene practices. In DRC, the consortium worked with implementing partners HYFRO, CEPROSSAN, and PPSSP in rural […]

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Evaluation report

Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Sierra Leone: Impact evaluation of the ‘Improved WASH Services in WAU and WAR Districts’ project

10/01/2022

2 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

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Between October 2016 and March 2019, the Freetown WASH Consortium, led by Oxfam with Against Hunger, Concern Worldwide and Save the Children as members, carried out the 'Improved WASH Services in Western Area Urban (WAU) and Western Area Rural (WAR) Districts' project. Broadly, the project aimed to improve the availability, accessibility, affordability and sustainability of […]

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Evaluation report

Governance in Malawi: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Kutukula Umwini pa Chitukuko Cha m’maboma Ang’ono Project: Enhancing Communities’ Capacity in Tracking Development Resources at Local Council Level’

10/11/2021

1 documents

90 pages long

Languages: English

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The Kutukula Umwini pa Chitukuko Cha m’maboma Ang’ono project was carried out in the Phalombe, Dowa and Karonga districts in Malawi between April 2016 and June 2017 by Oxfam together with two local partner organizations, Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) and the Development Communications Trust (DCT). It aimed to enhance community capacity in […]

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Evaluation report

Good Governance in Malawi: Impact evaluation of the ‘Strengthening Land Governance System for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi’ project

10/03/2021

2 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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The EU-funded ‘Strengthening Land Governance System for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi’ project was implemented from 2015 to 2020 by a consortium made up of Oxfam in Malawi, LANDNET (until 2018) and CEPA, with technical support from DAI. The objective was to pilot, test and recommend for scale-up improved gender-sensitive land governance systems. This Effectiveness Review […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

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