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Briefing note

Sectoral Solutions or Carbon Cartels: Will global industry proposals result in a fair and safe climate deal?

21/05/2009

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate change is already affecting the lives of people in the developing world. Increased floods and droughts, rising sea levels, changing patterns of rainfall and falling crop yields are making it harder and harder for poor people to escape poverty. Oxfam is projecting that, on current trends, the average number of people affected by climate-related […]

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Case study

Cuatro Pinos and LA Salad: Forging a French bean supply chain in Guatemala

19/05/2009

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes a business model that allows poor small farmers to successfully and sustainably access a demanding retail market in the USA.

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Case study

From Guatemala’s Local Fresh Food Sector to EU and US Markets: The Aj Ticonel/OPCION enterprise

19/05/2009

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5 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study provides an example of how a specialised trading company for smallholders has been developed in tandem with a supporting NGO to help scale up the business model.

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Case study

The Body Shop and Community Trade: 22 years of trading fairly with smallholders

19/05/2009

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study provides an example of a retailer adapting procurement and production strategies to include capacity building for smallholders. It focuses on the example of ethanol production from sugar cane in Ecuador.

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Case study

Unilever: Building a black soy bean supply chain in Java, Indonesia

19/05/2009

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study provides an example of a company working with smallholder farmers through enterprise development to secure supplies of raw materials and to build its own brand, while benefiting farmers in terms of improved incomes and a guaranteed market for their produce.

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Case study

Developing Business Enterprises and Linkages with Small Farmers in Hambantota, Southern Sri Lanka

19/05/2009

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study illustrates how a Sri Lankan Agro-based company is growing its business and adapting its business model to develop a stronger and more reliable supply base through working with multiple stakeholders, including government, NGOs, and farmer groups, as well as with other businesses.

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Case study

Sodexo Madagascar: Creating linkages between local producers and the mining sector

19/05/2009

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study provides an example of a company building community supply chains by working with local partners.

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Technical briefing

UD Toilets and Composting Toilets in Emergency Settings

11/05/2009

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6 pages long

Languages: English

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The approach of Ecological Sanitation (Ecosan) in emergency settings breaks with conventional excreta disposal options such as pit latrines or pour-flush toilets. Traditionally, Ecosan systems re-use both faeces and urine, turning them into either a soil conditioner or a fertilizer. This not only benefits peoples’ health through safe excreta disposal and by reducing environmental contamination, […]

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Evaluation report

China Earthquake One Year On: Oxfam Hong Kong’s Report Marking the First Anniversary of the 5.12 Earthquake

11/05/2009

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24 pages long

Languages: English

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On 12 May 2008, the worst earthquake to hit China in 50 years destroyed lives and livelihoods in western China. Centered on Wenchuan in Sichuan Province, it also seriously affected people in the neighboring provinces of Gansu and Shaanxi. Oxfam Hong Kong responded with relief work in the first few months following the disaster, bringing […]

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Issue briefing

A Business Case for Fighting Poverty

01/05/2009

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Corporate responsibility

Overview

Action on poverty can benefit business performance, as well as building a better world in which to operate. This is the second paper in Oxfam’s Briefings for Business; series, which aims to develop the debate on the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by offering ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and […]

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