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We Have Forgotten What Happiness Is: Youth perspectives on displacement and return in Qayyarah sub-district, Mosul

19/10/2017

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28 pages long

Languages: English

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The current internal conflict in Iraq, its ensuing displacement and emerging returns, coupled with political and economic crises facing the country, are just the latest in a series of ongoing upheavals that Iraq’s youth are experiencing. This is a grim set of circumstances for any young person, and is particularly troubling in Iraq where pre-crisis […]

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Briefing paper

Financing Women Farmers: The need to increase and redirect agriculture and climate adaptation resources

13/10/2017

4 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Oxfam analysis finds that governments and donors are failing to provide women farmers with relevant and adequate support for farming and adapting to climate change. Oxfam conducted research on government and donor investments in Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and Tanzania. It found that funding in these countries is significantly lower than commitments that […]

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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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Briefing paper

Great Expectations: Is the IMF turning words into action on inequality?

10/10/2017

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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In recent years, the International Monetary Fund has become a global leader in highlighting the inequality crisis; consistently identifying it as a major threat to human progress and prosperity. This is a significant shift from its previously held position that rising inequality was a necessary trade-off for achieving greater economic growth. What is the IMF […]

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Discussion paper

Is IMF Tax Policy Progressive?

10/10/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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The IMF has significant influence on the tax policies of developing countries through advice and conditionality, technical assistance and by setting global standards and analyzing global trends. Its rhetoric has become more progressive in recent years. This paper assesses the IMF’s tax advice to developing countries based on five country case studies (Ghana, Mozambique, Nicaragua, […]

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Research report

Turning Water into Wellbeing: How an irrigation scheme changed lives in a Zimbabwean dryland

05/10/2017

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate change is putting increasing stress on the livelihoods of people living in the world’s drylands. Smallholder irrigation has long been seen as a means of improving food security in areas with unpredictable rainfall, and is now being promoted as part of climate change adaptation strategies. The Ruti Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe was begun by […]

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Discussion paper

From Early Warning to Early Action in Somalia: What can we learn to support early action to mitigate humanitarian crises?

02/10/2017

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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More than three years after it was initiated in the aftermath of the 2011 famine, the early-warning, early-action trigger mechanism for Somalia remains a work in progress. This paper looks at how the mechanism has functioned during the 2016/7 drought crisis response, uncovers a widespread consensus about the value of the tool, and explores the […]

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Research report

Feasibility Assessment for Water Service Provision to Informal Tented Settlements in Lebanon

01/10/2017

1 documents

131 pages long

Languages: English

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Syrian refugees living in informal tented settlements in Lebanon are in a difficult position, being last in line for public water and other unregulated water sources. Humanitarian aid agencies have been delivering water by trucks, and while this has ensured Syrians have adequate non-contaminated water, it has come at a financial and environmental cost. Water […]

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Issue briefing

High-Priced Medicines and Lack of Needs-Driven Innovation: A global crisis that fuels inequality

22/09/2017

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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New opportunities and challenges one year after the landmark report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines On 14 September 14 2016, the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines publicly released its final report entitled ‘Promoting innovation and access to health technologies’. One year after the release of the landmark […]

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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

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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 […]

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