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Food Crisis in the Sahel: Five steps to break the hunger cycle in 2012

09/04/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The first warnings of drought and poor harvests in Africa’s Sahel region emerged in late 2011, and vulnerable communities in many areas have been threatened by a looming food crisis. That crisis is now a reality, with 18.4 million people in nine countries vulnerable to its impact. Food stocks have already run out for some […]

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Gender equality: it’s your business

06/03/2012

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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This Briefing for Business is intended for senior managers in global and national companies, especially those retailing and producing food and fast-moving consumer goods, and which source goods or labour in developing countries. Although many companies already do much to protect human rights in their operations and value chains, there is more that they can […]

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Not a Game, Speculation vs Food Security: Regulating financial markets to grow a better future

03/10/2011

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Food prices are a matter of life and death to many in the developing world. Financial markets that should be helping food growers and processors to manage their risk and set prices have become a potential threat to global food security. Deregulated and secretive agricultural commodity derivatives markets have attracted huge sums of speculative money, […]

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Gender and the Green Climate Fund

18/07/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Women are on the front line of coping with, and adapting to, the effects of climate change. Both climate change impacts and mitigation and adaptation responses affect women and men differently. Yet current climate finance institutions almost entirely ignore gender issues. The Green Climate Fund cannot afford to make the same mistake. Many agree the […]

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UK National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review: Oxfam GB Submission

13/07/2010

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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UK National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review: Oxfam GB Submission

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Think Big Go Small: Adapting business models to incorporate smallholders into supply chains

01/05/2010

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Food and beverage companies are facing a rapidly changing world. Global demand is rising as the world’s population grows. Yet the planet’s ability to meet this demand is threatened by factors such as droughts and other expected consequences of climate change, together with land degradation and biofuel production. At the same time consumers everywhere are […]

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Better Jobs in Better Supply Chains

22/03/2010

2 documents

20 pages long

Languages: Chinese, English

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This is the fifth in a series of Briefings for Business that Oxfam has published recently, the purpose of which is to offer ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and what they mean for business. Oxfam believes business plays a key role in poverty reduction by creating jobs that enable people to work their […]

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Oxfam Poverty Footprint: Understanding Business Contribution to Development

01/11/2009

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Corporate responsibility

Overview

Companies around the world are increasingly concerned about the impacts that their businesses have on societies in their home countries as well as abroad. For many companies operating in developing countries, impacts on society are related to the effects of their operations on development and poverty reduction, and in turn play an important role in […]

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Now or Never: Climate change: time to get down to business

01/09/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Corporate responsibility

Overview

Climate change affects poor people first and worst. It is a major obstacle to development and poverty alleviation, as well as a serious threat to business supply chains and markets in developing countries. Oxfam believes that companies can help to determine whether the world wins or loses the fight against climate changes. It cannot be […]

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A Business Case for Fighting Poverty

01/05/2009

1 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Corporate responsibility

Overview

Action on poverty can benefit business performance, as well as building a better world in which to operate. This is the second paper in Oxfam’s Briefings for Business; series, which aims to develop the debate on the role of the private sector in poverty reduction by offering ideas and insights into topical poverty issues and […]

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