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Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for a More Equal Kenya: A five-point action plan to tackle inequality

06/12/2017

1 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Extreme inequality is out of control in Kenya. Less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% (more than 44 million people). Tackling inequality could help to lift millions out of poverty, secure sustainable economic growth and bring the country together. Inequality is not inevitable and the government can […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for Shared Prosperity: Policy options for the Asia-Pacific region

08/12/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Asia-Pacific region was a model for ‘growing with equity’ in the 1970s and 1980s. Rapid economic growth was achieved without major increases in inequality. However an economic take-off and market-oriented reforms in recent years, despite helping hundreds of millions to be lifted out of extreme poverty, has been accompanied by growing income and wealth […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

Journal article

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

14/11/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

Recently the ‘demographic dividend’ has attracted attention from policymakers because of the promise it delivers for development. But it has attracted criticism for taking an instrumental approach to young people rather than focusing on equality and rights. A similar critique has come from feminists evaluating livelihoods programming focusing on women’s ‘economic empowerment’. In this article, […]

Briefing paper

Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men

21/01/2019

13 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese

Keywords

Overview

Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top. The number of billionaires has doubled since the financial crisis and their fortunes grow by $2.5bn a day, yet the super-rich and corporations are paying lower rates of tax than they […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for a More Equal Kenya: A five-point action plan to tackle inequality

06/12/2017

1 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Extreme inequality is out of control in Kenya. Less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% (more than 44 million people). Tackling inequality could help to lift millions out of poverty, secure sustainable economic growth and bring the country together. Inequality is not inevitable and the government can […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for Shared Prosperity: Policy options for the Asia-Pacific region

08/12/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Asia-Pacific region was a model for ‘growing with equity’ in the 1970s and 1980s. Rapid economic growth was achieved without major increases in inequality. However an economic take-off and market-oriented reforms in recent years, despite helping hundreds of millions to be lifted out of extreme poverty, has been accompanied by growing income and wealth […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

Journal article

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

14/11/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

Recently the ‘demographic dividend’ has attracted attention from policymakers because of the promise it delivers for development. But it has attracted criticism for taking an instrumental approach to young people rather than focusing on equality and rights. A similar critique has come from feminists evaluating livelihoods programming focusing on women’s ‘economic empowerment’. In this article, […]

Briefing paper

Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men

21/01/2019

13 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese

Keywords

Overview

Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top. The number of billionaires has doubled since the financial crisis and their fortunes grow by $2.5bn a day, yet the super-rich and corporations are paying lower rates of tax than they […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Tourism’s Dirty Secret: The exploitation of hotel housekeepers

17/10/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Tourism is booming and generates millions of jobs for women around the world. Yet the hotel industry exemplifies the vast inequality of today’s world. The women who make hotel beds and clean hotel toilets labour long hours for meagre pay, face sexual harassment and intimidation, are exposed daily to toxic chemicals and live in fear […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for a More Equal Kenya: A five-point action plan to tackle inequality

06/12/2017

1 documents

78 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Extreme inequality is out of control in Kenya. Less than 0.1% of the population (8,300 people) own more wealth than the bottom 99.9% (more than 44 million people). Tackling inequality could help to lift millions out of poverty, secure sustainable economic growth and bring the country together. Inequality is not inevitable and the government can […]

Briefing paper

Taxing for Shared Prosperity: Policy options for the Asia-Pacific region

08/12/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Asia-Pacific region was a model for ‘growing with equity’ in the 1970s and 1980s. Rapid economic growth was achieved without major increases in inequality. However an economic take-off and market-oriented reforms in recent years, despite helping hundreds of millions to be lifted out of extreme poverty, has been accompanied by growing income and wealth […]

Research report

Beneath the Dryland: Kenya drought gender analysis

19/12/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties of Kenya, people are experiencing a food security and nutrition crisis as a result of the drought that has worsened since August 2016. The drought has undermined coping capacities and exacerbated vulnerabilities, for example by destroying livelihoods and triggering local conflicts over scare resources. This report draws […]

Case study

Promoting a sustainable and inclusive rice value chain in Vietnam through multi-stakeholder initiatives that benefit women and men small-scale producers

09/04/2018

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Soc Trang and Angiang provinces in Vietnam have the highest rice productivity in the country. However, this is not leading to improvements in living standards for local rice farmers. A lack of collaboration among producers means they are unable to link with big rice export companies. A fragmented value chain and difficulty in acquiring investment, […]

Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Building a More Equal Ghana: A 5-point action plan to close the gap between the rich and the rest

19/09/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam estimates that just one of the richest men in Ghana earns from his wealth more in a month than one of the poorest women could earn in 1,000 years. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, hampering economic growth and threatening social cohesion. Nearly 300,000 more men, women and children in Ghana could have been […]

Briefing note

Yemen’s civilians face death and a crushing siege as fighting expands to the city of Hudaydah: Violence must end and inclusive peace talks resume

21/09/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Saudi and UAE-led Coalition has intensified its assault towards Hudaydah’s city and port, with devastating consequences for civilians. If fighting continues and the main roads out of the city are blocked, hundreds of thousands of people could be trapped in Hudaydah without access to adequate food, water and medical care. All sides in the […]

Journal article

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

14/11/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

Recently the ‘demographic dividend’ has attracted attention from policymakers because of the promise it delivers for development. But it has attracted criticism for taking an instrumental approach to young people rather than focusing on equality and rights. A similar critique has come from feminists evaluating livelihoods programming focusing on women’s ‘economic empowerment’. In this article, […]

Briefing paper

Public Good or Private Wealth? Universal health, education and other public services reduce the gap between rich and poor, and between women and men

21/01/2019

13 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Vietnamese

Keywords

Overview

Our economy is broken, with hundreds of millions of people living in extreme poverty while huge rewards go to those at the very top. The number of billionaires has doubled since the financial crisis and their fortunes grow by $2.5bn a day, yet the super-rich and corporations are paying lower rates of tax than they […]