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Through 12 case studies, this paper demonstrates the range of business arrangements and the diversity of ownership […] View resource Research report Agricultural insurance in Burkina Faso: Challenges and perspectives 01/03/2018 2 documents 68 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agricultural insurance Food security Livelihoods Private sector Small-scale agriculture Overview Burkina Faso has made important progress in finding appropriate solutions for agricultural risk management. In recent years significant experience has been gathered, and the growing interest in agricultural insurance is encouraging the various actors to develop new initiatives. This report argues that key stakeholders should now agree on strategic decisions and pursue a coordinated and […] View resource Briefing paper Testing Community Consent: Tullow Oil project in Kenya 08/11/2017 1 documents 66 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Community consent Community engagement Extractives FPIC Free, Prior, and Informed Consent Private sector Tullow Oil Overview This case study assesses the extent of Tullow Oil’s compliance with the principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Turkana County, Kenya. It examines the company’s engagement in selected communities and finds that, while community engagement processes have improved in important ways, it has yet to achieve FPIC. The study provides recommendations that […] View resource Briefing paper Redefining Inclusive Growth in Asia: How APEC can achieve an economy that leaves no one behind 01/11/2017 4 documents 26 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords APEC Asia Corporate taxation Economic growth Gender inequality Healthcare Inclusive growth Living wage Micro, small and medium enterprises Private sector Social spending Tax dodging Taxation Trade unions Unpaid care Women's rights Overview In November 2017, leaders will gather in Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. The last few decades have seen astonishing growth and poverty reduction across Asia, but inequality is on the rise and the benefits of growth are increasingly going to those at the top. This paper sets out how APEC leaders can […] View resource Case study Responsible Business Practices: Cambodia’s changing business landscape 24/10/2017 1 documents 2 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GRAISEA Private sector Responsible business Smallholder agriculture Women's rights Overview Cambodia has experienced rapid economic growth in recent years. Half the workforce is employed in the agricultural sector, and most of these workers are women. However, responsible business practices, including those focusing on gender, are not widespread and the country’s regulatory framework is weak. To address this, the Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in […] View resource Discussion paper Oxfam’s Future of Business Initiative: Promoting equitable businesses and fourth sector development 18/09/2017 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords For-benefit enterprises Fourth sector Fourth Sector Development Initiative FSDI Future of Business Initiative Human economy Inequality Private sector Overview Since the turn of the century, the poorest half of the world’s population has received just 1% of the total increase in global wealth. Meanwhile, half the new wealth has gone to the richest 1%. At present, mainstream business is driving, rather than reversing, this disturbing trend. To help reverse this trend, we need rapid […] View resource Discussion paper Impact Investing: Who are we serving? A case of mismatch between supply and demand 03/04/2017 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Impact investment Poverty reduction Private sector Overview Oxfam has several programmes that focus on poverty-reducing enterprises which engage marginalized populations through investment and investment-like approaches. These programmes recognize the need to structure finance differently so that it realizes the full potential of those enterprises to make a sustainable contribution to poverty reduction. The founders of Sumerian Partners have long histories of supporting […] View resource Technical briefing Oxfam Submission to Green Paper on Corporate Governance Reform 16/03/2017 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Corporate governance reform Inequality Private sector Overview Employing over 80% of the UK workforce and almost 5 million people overseas, the decisions made by UK companies on wages, supplier prices, stakeholder voice and resource stewardship can make a real difference to levels of inequality and poverty globally. For this reason, corporate governance and ownership frameworks are an ongoing area of focus for […] View resource Briefing paper From Aspiration to Reality: Unpacking the Africa Mining Vision 09/03/2017 3 documents 40 pages long Languages: English, French, Portuguese Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Africa Mining Vision African Union Extractive industries Private sector Taxation Overview The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) is a policy framework that was created by the African Union in 2009 to ensure that Africa uses its mineral resources strategically for broad-based, inclusive development. Eight years after its inception, implementation has been slow and there is a low level of awareness of the framework among key stakeholders in […] View resource Briefing paper Private-finance Blending for Development: Risks and opportunities 13/02/2017 2 documents 20 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance ODA Private sector Overview Aid donors increasingly seek to inject private-sector resources into development by ‘blending’ official development assistance (ODA) with private finance. There is little evidence of the development impact, and projects often do not align with country ownership, transparency and accountability. It is not always clear whether ODA subsidies are necessary. Blending could support pro-poor projects, such […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know