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- A house for Miss Betty
- An innovative housing program in the US Gulf Coast led by Oxfam America partner TRAC is taking housing in flood-prone areas to new heights.
- Climate change wake-up call
- You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
- Oxfam's humanitarian response department expands into public health
- New public health practice is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of the agency's emergency response. The other two components are ...
- US joins Arms Trade Treaty talks, but at high price
- What Happened at the G20?
- Initial analysis of the London summit
- 100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
- Oxfam outlines four stepping stones to the G20's 'new world order'
- Questions and answers on Novartis and the Glivec patent case in India
- 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.
- 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.
- Ethiopian coffee farmers show commitment to trademark initiative
- Hundreds turn out and ask Starbucks to respect their rights.
- 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
- 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.
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- Cotton farmers get organized
- Small farmers in Mozambique mobilize for greater control of the cotton production chain.
- 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 ...
- Small scale coffee farmers make headway in new international coffee charter
- After long period of negotiations, a successful conclusion.
- Prone to fierce storms, Bangladesh works to improve its preparedness
- A native of Bangladesh, Latif Khan has lived through many cyclones—and has spent much of his professional life working on ways to help prevent the death and ...
- After the China quake: Rebuilding schools, reducing risks
- By providing temporary, earthquake-resistant schools, Oxfam will help restore education and a sense of normalcy to the lives of children in the quake-stricken ...
- Song of the Sirens
- Why the US–Andean FTAs undermine sustainable development and regional integration
- Public Health at Risk
- A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand
- Patents versus Patients
- Five years after the Doha Declaration
- Ending the R&D Crisis in Public Health
- All Costs, No Benefits
- How TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines
- Pacific Rim case against the Salvadoran government begins
- Civil society group criticizes handling of dispute between mining company Pacific Rim and the Salvadoran government, says environmental issues and the rights ...
- Collaboration in Crises
- Summary report: Lessons from the Oxfam International tsunami research program
- For architect, supporting the poor is best kind of building
- Indira Aryarathne of the Institute for Participatory Interaction in Development investigated the role of women in disaster risk reduction programs in Sri Lanka.
- Signs point to success: reducing disaster risks in El Salvador
- Thorough planning helps everyone reach safety in emergencies, even in the poorest communities.
- Oxfam finds some local solutions to food crises
- In Gambia, Pakistan, and Niger, Oxfam and its local partners have responded to food shortages with tools adapted to local conditions.
- The Andean challenge: getting there and catching your breath
- At 16,000 feet above sea level, the air is thin in the mountain hamlets of Peru. Oxfam America and its partner, Asociación Proyección, are reaching out to ...
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