West Africa Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

What can we learn? Case studies on the triple nexus in West Africa

28/02/2022

4 documents

21 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The triple nexus (H-D-P) approach aims to challenge a linear and sequential intervention logic. Humanitarian aid, development programmes and peacebuilding programmes must be implemented simultaneously to address the systemic inequalities and weaknesses that keep people in poverty and make them vulnerable. This paradigm shift requires major transformations in both the humanitarian and development sectors. These […]

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Research report

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

14/10/2021

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and worsened the depth of inequality in West Africa. It has pushed millions into poverty. There is no end in sight due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that less than 4% of West Africans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as at September 2021, compared with 52% […]

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Case study

Regreening the Sahel: A quiet agroecological evolution

05/11/2020

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Across large areas of the Sahel region of West Africa, one of the poorest and most environmentally precarious areas of Africa, a decades-long revolution in agroecology has produced remarkable results in improving food security and reversing environmental degradation. It has been lauded for having been led and spread by numerous local farmers, although the story […]

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Case study

Communities Changing Social Norms to End Female Genital Cutting in West Africa

29/10/2020

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Tostan’s Community Empowerment Program (CEP) illustrates the transformational power of community-led participatory critical awareness raising and social learning processes to empower people, shift norms, behaviours, and inspire a wider movement. An estimated 5.5 million people across 8,830 communities across West Africa have publicly declared their abandonment of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and early marriage, and […]

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Briefing paper

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: How West African governments are failing to reduce inequality, and what should be done about it

09/07/2019

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa. While a small but growing number of people are becoming fantastically rich, the vast majority are denied the most essential elements of a dignified life, such as quality education, healthcare and decent jobs, despite remarkable economic growth driven by extractive industries. Oxfam’s Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) […]

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Case study

Young People Co-Design Regional Framework: Developing a Regional Framework on Youth Employment in West Africa

01/04/2019

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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The Regional Framework on Youth Employment was co-designed with young people from Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal during a co-creation workshop that took place from 3-9 April 2016 in Cotonou, Benin. The workshop brought together 46 people to support the development of programming on the strategic issue of youth employment, including 22 […]

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Case study

Taking a Fresh Approach: Enabling local producers to meet rising demand in West Africa’s dairy sector

21/06/2018

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Poverty is widespread among the small-scale farmers and workers who produce and process our food, in an industry worth billions of dollars. Oxfam’s new campaign highlights the systemic inequality and human suffering in food supply chains – and shows how action by supermarkets, governments, small-scale farmers and workers could lead to a decent and dignified […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Burkina Faso: Impact evaluation of the ‘Resilience, Food security and Nutrition’ project

14/05/2018

4 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The Resilience, Food Security and Nutrition Project (Projet de Resilience, Securite Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle, PRSAN) was carried out in the North and Centre-North regions of Burkina Faso between 2013 and 2017 by Oxfam and Christian Aid, together with two implementing partners, the Alliance Technique d’Assistance au Developpement (ATAD) and the Office de Developpement des Eglises […]

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Briefing paper

Beyond ‘Fortress Europe’: Principles for a humane EU migration policy

11/10/2017

5 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French, Serbian, Spanish

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In 2015, the EU announced its Agenda for Migration: a blueprint for managing migration. Two years on, it’s clear these policies have sacrificed people’s safety and well-being in order to stop irregular migration at all costs. This report outlines Oxfam’s proposal for a new and balanced approach to managing migration – one that protects people […]

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Research report

Transparency is more than dollars and cents: An examination of informational needs for aid spending in Sierra Leone and Liberia

11/09/2017

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Transparency in international aid is not just about fulfilling a requirement based on people’s right to access information, but also about making aid more effective. Transparency can help improve coordination and planning, enable accountability, and build trust. Accomplishing these goals can be a challenge when there are many partners involved in channeling funds through a […]

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