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Income Generation Schemes for the Urban Poor

01/01/1990

1 documents

143 pages long

Languages: English

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Income generation schemes in urban areas of the Third World are many and varied. However, too often such schemes fail to achieve sustainable economic viability and depend on continued funding by development agencies. This book examines the reasons for failures or successes and stresses that those wishing to help the urban poor improve their incomes, […]

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Credit & Savings for Development

01/01/1990

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

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Poor people in Third World countries often have no access to credit for either short-term needs or long-term investment in their small business enterprises. Even when credit is available, the high rates of interest charged may lead to permanent indebtedness. This book examines various methods of making credit available to poor people as part of […]

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Front Line Africa, The Right to a Future: An Oxfam report on conflict and poverty in Southern Africa

01/01/1990

7 documents

398 pages long

Languages: English

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Recent political moves have at last brought hope for meaningful political change in South Africa and the prospect of a free and independent future for millions of ordinary people in the region. Yet, as this timely report documents, apartheid continues to cause immense suffering inside South Africa, and the effects of destabilisation are still being […]

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Zambia Debt & Poverty

01/01/1989

1 documents

73 pages long

Languages: English

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Zambia Debt and Poverty examines the origins of Zambia’s debt and the circumstances of the break with the International Monetary Fund from the particular perspective of the poor of Zambia. The authors discuss the crisis in terms of its human costs and describe what some of Oxfam’s partners are doing to combat the growing poverty.

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Punishing the Poor: The international isolation of Kampuchea

01/01/1988

4 documents

193 pages long

Languages: English

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Punishing the poor traces the Kampuchean people’s struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery. Kampuchea urgently needs peace, and the resources for the Kampuchean people to rebuild […]

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Bitter Pills: Medicines and the third world poor

01/08/1987

5 documents

292 pages long

Languages: English

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Rich and poor could benefit from new drugs to treat incurable diseases. But only the poor are denied the life-saving drugs available to the rich. This report attempts to unravel the complexities of the medicines issue. The focus throughout is on the needs of the Third World poor. Chapter 1 assesses the role of medicines […]

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The Hunger Crop: Poverty and the sugar industry

01/01/1987

1 documents

122 pages long

Languages: English

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Sugar, tea coffee and palm oil are the backbone of many Third World economies. But the processing and marketing of these commodities is controlled by the rich industrialised nations. This unequal exchange leaves Third World producers highly vulnerable to market conditions – and it is poor people who are hardest hit.

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Namibia a Violation of Trust

01/01/1986

1 documents

100 pages long

Languages: English

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Namibia is one of the richest countries in Africa – yet most Namibians live in extreme poverty. For twenty years the country has been illegally occupied by South Africa. Twenty years in which the apartheid system has caused massive misery and deprivation amongst the majority of Namibians: while South African and foreign economic interests have […]

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For Richer For Poorer: An Oxfam report on western connections with world hunger

01/01/1986

1 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

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Debt
Finance

Overview

For Richer For Poorer investigates how the debt crisis and economic policies of the world’s wealthier nations are creating mounting poverty in the Third World. Examples from Oxfam’s work illustrate how poor people are coping with the effects of policies decided thousands of miles away.

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