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- Many countries failing test of political will to implement oil and mining industry anti-corruption initiative
- Lifeblood at risk
- In northern Peru, small-scale farmers can earn more by growing organic products. They say the rush to mine for copper in the mountains above their farms would ...
- US legislators, Oxfam partners discuss gold mining in Ghana
- Meeting focuses on the impact of mining on poor communities, and shows how upcoming US legislation can help people claim their rights.
- In Prestea, Ghana, gold mine expansion threatens water sources
- Communities are requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the impact of a new mining project and for their right to free, prior, and informed consent regarding ...
- British High Court freezes mine company assets
- Monterrico Metals will be required to compensate injured people and their communities if courts in the UK find the company responsible for human rights ...
- Haiti no longer grows much of its own rice
- Once almost self-sufficient, Haiti now imports 80 percent of the rice it consumes. A dramatic cut in import tariffs led to a drop in national rice production.
- New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
- Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies.
- Members of Ghana’s Parliament concerned about use of new oil money
- Communiqué calling for urgent steps to ensure new wealth is managed transparently and responsibly.
- International Conference on Extractive Industries Contracts
- Conference Report
- International Conference on Extractive Industries Contracts
- September 23, 2009, Washington, DC. House of Sweden, Alfred Nobel Hall, 2900 K Street NW 20007 (30th and K St. NW).
- The struggle continues in Ghana
- Members of a farmers’ group continue their long struggle to claim their rights in court, but one farmer loses everything in a surprise legal move.
- Food crisis in Guatemala
- Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
- Oxfam calls for radical shake-up of aid system to break cycle of hunger in Ethiopia
- Secretary Clinton announces new government-wide initiative to reduce poverty and hunger in developing countries
- New Senate bill would open the books in the oil, gas, and mining sector
- Giada de Laurentiis marks World Food Day with trip to Peru
- Going hungry during lunch hour
- A Boston law firm celebrates the holiday season with an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, where participants get first-hand experience of the vast differences ...
- A Seat at the Table
- Step into the world where food is often scarce and difficult decisions have to be made every day.
- Following the money in Latin America
- Where revenue from mining and oil comes from—and where it goes—can be hard to determine in Latin America.
- New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
- Empty promises
- What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
- Obama's visit to Africa: Time for a new partnership founded on transparency and shared responsibility
- Oxfam calls for an end to violence in the Peruvian Amazon
- Aid agency urges US government to help resolve the crisis
- Oxfam calls on mining company to respect human rights
- Faltering agricultural investments leaving two-thirds of rural poor behind
- Investing in Poor Farmers Pays
- Rethinking how to invest in agriculture
- Tarnished Legacy
- A Social and Environmental Analysis of Mali's Syama Goldmine
- Hidden Treasure?
- In search of Mali's gold-mining revenues
- Resource revenues elusive in Peru
- Money from mines and pipelines is hard to track, and not obviously helping the poorest people in the country.
- Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
- Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one.
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