- Global development and business groups call for trade reforms to benefit poor countries
- Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
- Oxfam's Reaction to President's Budget Proposal
- ALSO: Launch of Oxfam America Advocacy Fund Web Site
- Backroom Deals Enable DR-CAFTA to Pass
- Bad Trade Agreement Could Devastate Agriculture, Deepen Poverty in Central America
- G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms
- Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform.
- Bold leadership is needed to turn the tide of poverty
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2009
- These are extraordinary times
- Working together to end poverty and injustice
- An overview of Oxfam America and our approach to poverty relief and lasting social change.
- Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
- All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to the political dialogue, calling on their governments: Hear us now.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2006
- Challenging Injustice
- Oxfam in South America
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America have a simple, yet important message: "We are here."
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2005
- Come Together: Building a movement to overcome poverty and change the world
- OXFAMExchange Fall 2002
- What's in your coffee? Oxfam's coffee campaign. Plus Afghanistan, Make Trade Fair campaign, and the Hopi people's struggle for clean, safe drinking water.
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2002
- Oxfam launches the Make Trade Fair campaign
- What Happened at the G20?
- Initial analysis of the London summit
- Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health
- Square pegs in round holes
- How the Farm Bill squanders chances for a pro-development trade deal
- Shut Out
- How US farm programs fail minority farmers
- Impacts of Reductions in US Cotton Subsidies on West African Cotton Producers
- The World is Still Waiting
- Broken G8 promises are costing millions of lives
- All Costs, No Benefits
- How TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines
- Signing Away the Future
- How trade and investment agreements between rich and poor countries undermine development
- Pricing Farmers Out of Cotton
- The cost of World Bank reforms in Mali
- How Does the USDA Farm Bill Proposal Measure Up?
- Oxfam America Testimony on US Trade Agenda
- Seeking Common Grounds
- Oxfam's proposed reforms of the International Coffee Agreement
- Fairness in the Fields
- A vision for the 2007 Farm Bill
- Patents versus Patients
- Five years after the Doha Declaration
- Song of the Sirens
- Why the US–Andean FTAs undermine sustainable development and regional integration
- Grounds for Change
- Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable livelihoods out of reach for millions of rural families.
- A Recipe for Disaster
- Will the Doha Round fail to deliver for development?
- Public Health at Risk
- A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand
- What happened in Hong Kong?
- Initial analysis of the WTO Ministerial, December 2005
- Fish Trade, Food, and Income Security
- An overview of the constraints and barriers faced by small-scale fishers, farmers, and traders in the Lower Mekong Basin
- Blood on the Floor
- How the rich countries have squeezed development out of the WTO Doha negotiations
- Truth or Consequences
- Why the EU and the US must reform their subsidies or pay the price
- Africa and the Doha Round
- Fighting to keep development alive
- Congressional Testimony: The Implementation of DR-CAFTA
- The Coffee Crisis Continues
- The new Oxfam report assesses the current state of the coffee crisis and calls on the US government to help coffee farmers take full advantage of improved market conditions.
- Kicking Down the Door
- The new Oxfam report highlights the inequities in global trade policies and calls for meaningful attention to development issues in ongoing trade negotiations.
- A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
- Finding the Moral Fiber
- In the briefing paper Finding the Moral Fiber: Why Reform Is Urgently Needed for a Fair Cotton Trade, Oxfam calls for a timetable for the elimination of all trade-distorting cotton subsidies.
- Like Machines in the Fields
- Workers without rights in American agriculture
- Investing in Destruction: Glamis Gold
- From Cancun to Miami
- The FTAA Threat to Development in the Hemisphere
- Mugged: Poverty in Your Coffee Cup
- In this report, Oxfam calls for the major players in the coffee industry to support a Coffee Rescue Plan to overcome the current crisis and create a more stable market.
- Cultivating Poverty
- The impact of US cotton subsidies on Africa
- Oxfam America Organizing Guide
- Tips for taking action in your community
- Oxfam America House Party Guide
- Tools for hosting a high-impact event
- Take Action: Global Food Crisis
- Already 854 million people on our planet suffer from hunger. Now, as food prices climb high and fast, conditions are becoming worse and threatening the well-being of millions more people.
- Thank you from Oxfam and Ethiopian coffee farmers
- Starbucks and Ethiopia finalized a trademark agreement, ending their dispute and bringing both sides together in partnership to help Ethiopian farmers.
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Looking to Sacha Inchi for their future
How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle.
WTO Development Round fails, but Make Trade Fair campaign continues
Rich countries fall short of promise, but must now contend with worldwide community demanding fairer trade.
Coffee growers earn a better price, protect the environment
Oxfam America invests in eco-friendly coffee processing, and helps farmers grow a world-class crop.
Tadesse Meskela helps connect consumers and Ethiopian coffee growers
Market factors cut coffee farmers out of their fair share of profit for a commodity that's worth an estimated $80 billion a year in retail sales.
Starbucks campaign: Anatomy of a win
How Oxfam and Ethiopian farmers coaxed a groundbreaking agreement out of Starbucks.
Celebrate Fair Trade in your community
Check out these resources for bringing Fair Trade products and crafts to your community.
"Black Gold" illustrates coffee farmers' plight
Documentary film tells the story through Oxfam's Ethiopian partner.
An Ethiopian coffee advocate speaks
Keynote Address from the United Students for Fair Trade Convergence 2006 in Denver, Colorado
A new resource for students and teachers on coffee, communities, and conservation
Oxfam America collaborated with the Community Agroecology Network (CAN) to publish the "Field Study Handbook: Guide to Internships in Coffee-Producing Communities."
Small scale coffee farmers make headway in new international coffee charter
After long period of negotiations, a successful conclusion.
Small farmers in Mozambique mobilize for greater control of the cotton production chain.
Ethiopians, North American roasters move forward with trademark initiative
In second meeting in three months, two sides discuss how to implement Ethiopia's control of its coffee brands.
Fixing up the land, little by little
Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
"We emerged from the crisis, and then came Stan"
Just as coffee growers started to emerge from the coffee-price crisis, rains from hurricane Stan hit. Part two of a three-part series.
Ethiopian farmers meet with importers and roasters
In Addis Ababa, both sides discuss how Ethiopian farmers can gain more control over their coffee names, and get a bigger share of the profits.
A simple guide to patents and trademarks
Patents and trademarks—otherwise known as IP (intellectual property)—and why it is so important for poor countries.
Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
Access to medicines means access to life
During a US tour, Thai activists explain how a trade agreement could limit access to affordable HIV and AIDS drugs.
New fair trade company takes on the top bananas with Oxfam's support
Tropical fruit importer has a simple mission: improve the lives of poor banana farmers and workers.
DR-CAFTA became a symbolic debate about free trade in the Americas—and the world.
Central Americans worked hard to change the content of DR-CAFTA, as well as the way it was being negotiated.
Partners in Central America and US unite to fight DR-CAFTA
Oxfam America supports groups in North and South, which participate in lobby visits and farmer exchanges.
Oxfam America president to Congress: Vote 'No' on US-Peru FTA
Agreement would be bad for farmers, access to medicines, and sustainable development.
Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
US-based activists played a significant role in forcing Congress to examine the merits of DR-CAFTA.
Coffee farmers demand role in international organization
Small growers seek help from ICO to resolve economic problems of rising debt and lower prices for their product.
Cambodian rice farmers go organic
As health food's popularity grows, an Oxfam partner in Cambodia establishes the first certified organic rice mill in the country.
Coffee farmers' determination inspires action
Despite challenges, coffee campaign manager finds reasons for hope.
During US tour, Thai farmers warn Americans what's at stake if the US-Thai Free Trade Agreement is approved.
During second leg of US tour, Coldplay campaigns to Make Trade Fair
Coldplay and Oxfam America promote awareness of trade rules that keep millions of farmers in poverty.
Keeping the drumbeat on development
Through the Big Noise petition, more than 17.8 million signatures strong, Oxfam campaigners built up pressure before the WTO meeting in Hong Kong.
Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, describes what was at stake at the December '06 WTO meeting in Hong Kong.
Oxfam, ONE campaign will continue to push to Make Poverty History.
Oxfam America's Gawain Kripke traveled to Hong Kong for the World Trade Organization's meeting in December.
Farmers in the US and Central America had similar concerns about DR-CAFTA.
Sharing this experience with some of the most impassioned and successful activists from across the United States refueled my own activist energy.
Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
