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Media briefing

Africa: Rising for the few

02/06/2015

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Multinational companies cheated Africa out of US$11bn through just one of their tax dodging tricks – trade mispricing – in 2010. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. Securing Africa’s […]

Journal article

Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Briefing paper

Evitar el Etnocidio: Pueblos indígenas y derechos territoriales en crisis frente a la COVID-19 en América Latina

21/07/2020

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Mientras el mundo entero trata de ponerse a salvo de la pandemia, los pueblos indígenas de América Latina agonizan y algunos podrían llegar a desaparecer. El abandono estatal y la ausencia de servicios adecuados de salud integral y agua segura los hace extremadamente vulnerables al virus que se extiende a toda velocidad por el continente. […]

Issue briefing

Towards a Fair and Just Fiscal Policy in Pakistan

05/06/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pakistan does not currently mobilize sufficient tax revenue to finance essential public services, including healthcare and education, on which the poor rely the most. Consequently, these services remain inadequate, hampering efforts to reduce poverty and address extreme inequalities. Furthermore, the current tax system in Pakistan is seen by many as unfair and inequitable. Two-thirds of […]

Journal article

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

10/12/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

Keywords

Overview

In the wake of the introduction of the Resolution for a Green New Deal to the US House of Representatives in 2019, feminist climate justice activists and organisers initiated and cultivated the Feminist Coalition for a Green New Deal. The Coalition advances an intersectional feminist analysis as part of the national conversation about the Green […]

Journal article

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

Briefing paper

Falling Through the Net: A Survey of Basic Labour Rights Among Migrants Working in Thailand’s Fishing Sector

20/07/2020

2 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this report is to document the rights situation of workers in Thailand’s fishing sector, particularly in the context of recent reduced international pressure. In January 2019, the European Union lifted its ‘yellow card’ from Thailand, following important strides of the Government of Thailand in addressing violations of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Media briefing

Africa: Rising for the few

02/06/2015

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Multinational companies cheated Africa out of US$11bn through just one of their tax dodging tricks – trade mispricing – in 2010. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. Securing Africa’s […]

Journal article

Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Briefing paper

Evitar el Etnocidio: Pueblos indígenas y derechos territoriales en crisis frente a la COVID-19 en América Latina

21/07/2020

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Mientras el mundo entero trata de ponerse a salvo de la pandemia, los pueblos indígenas de América Latina agonizan y algunos podrían llegar a desaparecer. El abandono estatal y la ausencia de servicios adecuados de salud integral y agua segura los hace extremadamente vulnerables al virus que se extiende a toda velocidad por el continente. […]

Issue briefing

Towards a Fair and Just Fiscal Policy in Pakistan

05/06/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pakistan does not currently mobilize sufficient tax revenue to finance essential public services, including healthcare and education, on which the poor rely the most. Consequently, these services remain inadequate, hampering efforts to reduce poverty and address extreme inequalities. Furthermore, the current tax system in Pakistan is seen by many as unfair and inequitable. Two-thirds of […]

Journal article

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

10/12/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

Keywords

Overview

In the wake of the introduction of the Resolution for a Green New Deal to the US House of Representatives in 2019, feminist climate justice activists and organisers initiated and cultivated the Feminist Coalition for a Green New Deal. The Coalition advances an intersectional feminist analysis as part of the national conversation about the Green […]

Journal article

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

Briefing paper

Falling Through the Net: A Survey of Basic Labour Rights Among Migrants Working in Thailand’s Fishing Sector

20/07/2020

2 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this report is to document the rights situation of workers in Thailand’s fishing sector, particularly in the context of recent reduced international pressure. In January 2019, the European Union lifted its ‘yellow card’ from Thailand, following important strides of the Government of Thailand in addressing violations of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Media briefing

Africa: Rising for the few

02/06/2015

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Multinational companies cheated Africa out of US$11bn through just one of their tax dodging tricks – trade mispricing – in 2010. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. Securing Africa’s […]

Journal article

Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

Journal article

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

02/11/2010

23 pages long

Free access through journal website

Agricultural livelihoods and nutrition – exploring the links with women in Zambia

Keywords

Overview

This article examines food security, nutrition, and women’s agricultural livelihoods in Western Province, Zambia. It draws on data from field research supported by Concern Worldwide UK. The research aimed to explore links between food procurement, livelihoods and care at the household level, and recognises the role of institutions and access to assets in shaping livelihood […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Research report

UK Policy Agenda: Oxfam’s poverty programme

29/04/2005

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The proposals set out in this report highlight issues where Oxfam believes government policy and strategy need to be developed and further action taken in order to promote poverty reduction, social justice and a fair society for all. Oxfam believes that poverty, social exclusion and discrimination represent a denial of human rights, preventing people from […]

Briefing paper

Evitar el Etnocidio: Pueblos indígenas y derechos territoriales en crisis frente a la COVID-19 en América Latina

21/07/2020

2 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Mientras el mundo entero trata de ponerse a salvo de la pandemia, los pueblos indígenas de América Latina agonizan y algunos podrían llegar a desaparecer. El abandono estatal y la ausencia de servicios adecuados de salud integral y agua segura los hace extremadamente vulnerables al virus que se extiende a toda velocidad por el continente. […]

Issue briefing

Towards a Fair and Just Fiscal Policy in Pakistan

05/06/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Pakistan does not currently mobilize sufficient tax revenue to finance essential public services, including healthcare and education, on which the poor rely the most. Consequently, these services remain inadequate, hampering efforts to reduce poverty and address extreme inequalities. Furthermore, the current tax system in Pakistan is seen by many as unfair and inequitable. Two-thirds of […]

Journal article

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

10/12/2020

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Intersectionality and collective action: visioning a Feminist Green New Deal in the US

Keywords

Overview

In the wake of the introduction of the Resolution for a Green New Deal to the US House of Representatives in 2019, feminist climate justice activists and organisers initiated and cultivated the Feminist Coalition for a Green New Deal. The Coalition advances an intersectional feminist analysis as part of the national conversation about the Green […]

Journal article

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

01/11/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender, poverty, and intergenerational vulnerability to HIV/AIDS

Keywords

Overview

This article examines how poverty and inequality increase girls’ vulnerability to HIV, and affect the ability of older women to care for AIDS sufferers. It outlines the responses of health providers and development organisations to the crisis, and recommends that gender and age analysis be integrated into health and development policy and practice. This article […]

Briefing paper

Falling Through the Net: A Survey of Basic Labour Rights Among Migrants Working in Thailand’s Fishing Sector

20/07/2020

2 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this report is to document the rights situation of workers in Thailand’s fishing sector, particularly in the context of recent reduced international pressure. In January 2019, the European Union lifted its ‘yellow card’ from Thailand, following important strides of the Government of Thailand in addressing violations of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) […]