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Sick Development: How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm and should be stopped

29/06/2023

6 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Development finance institutions owned by European governments and the World Bank Group are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on expensive for-profit hospitals in the Global South that block patients from getting care, or bankrupt them, with some even imprisoning patients who cannot afford their bills. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of […]

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Briefing note

The Case for SDG 6 in a Post-COVID-19 World: How targeted investment in water and sanitation can boost resilience

22/03/2023

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam and Unilever commissioned this research to test the hypothesis that increased investment in sustainable WASH access can help to improve preparedness towards any future global pandemic. By strengthening health and economic outcomes now, we also lessen the potential impact of future pandemics. The right investment breaks the cycle of low resilience leading to more […]

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Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Key takeaways for donors, INGOs and the wider sector

28/02/2023

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Research report

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Research report

28/02/2023

4 documents

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Briefing paper

Survival of the Richest: How we must tax the super-rich now to fight inequality

16/01/2023

9 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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We are living through an unprecedented moment of multiple crises. Tens of millions more people are facing hunger. Hundreds of millions more face impossible rises in the cost of basic goods or heating their homes. Poverty has increased for the first time in 25 years. At the same time, these multiple crises all have winners. […]

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Research report

The Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index 2022

11/10/2022

12 documents

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish

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The 2022 Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) Index is the first detailed analysis published looking at governments’ policies and actions to fight inequality during the first two years of the pandemic. This fourth edition of the CRI Index reviews the spending, tax and labour policies and actions of 161 governments during 2020–2022. COVID-19 has increased […]

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Briefing note

Feminist Scorecard 2022: Tracking Welsh Government action to advance women’s rights and gender equality

15/07/2022

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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This scorecard tracks the Welsh government’s progress towards advancing women’s rights and gender equality between 2020 and 2022 in six policy areas: Fair Finance, Caring Responsibilities, Global Women’s Rights, Equal Representation and Leadership, Tackling Gender Health Inequalities, and Ending Violence Against Women and Girls. The scorecard examines the official statements, legislation, policies and practice for each policy area […]

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Briefing paper

Dangerous Delay 2: The cost of inaction

18/05/2022

7 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, French, Somali, Spanish

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In 2011, Somalia experienced a devastating famine that killed over a quarter of a million people. Afterwards, leaders in the region made a commitment to end drought emergencies by 2022. The international community sought to ensure that there would be no repeat of the failures that led to famine. Next time, the world would heed […]

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Briefing paper

Access to Healthcare: A right not a luxury

13/05/2022

1 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English

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The past couple of years have been detrimental to Lebanon and to all those who reside there, particularly the LGBTQIA+ community. In 2021, the national suicide prevention hotline received approximately 1,100 calls per month, twice the amount in 2020. The deep crises Lebanon is going through have led to increased cases of mental health issues, especially among marginalized […]

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Research report

Gender and Protection Analysis: Juba, Rumbek and Pibor, South Sudan

13/05/2022

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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This research was conducted to analyse the distinct gender needs and protection concerns of women, girls, men and boys in order to inform the implementation by Oxfam and its partners of the Sida-funded project, ‘Building resilience through gender- and conflict-sensitive approaches to education, skills development, and sustainable livelihoods in South Sudan’. It explores the gendered […]

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