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Crises in a New World Order: Challenging the humanitarian project
Research Report
| Feb 07, 2012
The growing number of vulnerable people, the rise in disasters, and the failure to put most fragile states on the path to development, will significantly increase needs.
R4 Rural Resilience Initiative: Partnership for resilient livelihoods in a changing climate
Research Report
| Jan 24, 2012
Oxfam America and the World Food Programme launch a partnership for resilient livelihoods in a changing climate.
Left behind by the G20?
Briefing Paper
| Jan 19, 2012
How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth
A Dangerous Delay: The cost of late response to early warnings in the 2011 drought in the Horn of Africa
Research Report
| Jan 18, 2012
More than 13 million people are still affected by the crisis in the Horn of Africa. There were clear early warning signs many months in advance, yet there was insufficient response until it was far too late.
Haiti Progress Report 2011
Research Report
| Jan 10, 2012
Two years after the most powerful earthquake in Haiti in 200 years, Oxfam remains committed to rebuilding with the people of Haiti.
In need of a better WASH: Water, sanitation, and hygiene policy issues in post-earthquake Haiti
Research Report
| Dec 31, 2011
This research initiative examined Haiti’s water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector before and following the January 12, 2010 earthquake, and the work of the WASH cluster following the earthquake, in the context of effectiveness, equity, and accountability.
The politics of partnership: How donors manage risk while letting recipients lead their own development
Research Report
| Dec 13, 2011
This paper provides recommendations for the US government as it continues grappling with ways of improving foreign aid, taking lessons from successful donor partnerships with recipient countries.
Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) quarterly report: July 2011–September 2011
Research Report
| Nov 30, 2011
Rural resilience series
Beyond Viktor Bout
Briefing Paper
| Oct 06, 2011
A briefing paper on why the United States needs an Arms Trade Treaty
Promoting the accountability of the Afghan National Security Forces
Briefing Note
| Sep 29, 2011
Follow up briefing to No Time to Lose report
Land and Power
Briefing Paper
| Sep 21, 2011
The growing scandal surrounding the new wave of investments in land
A state of fear: Human rights abuses in North Carolina’s tobacco industry
Research Report
| Sep 18, 2011
Impact of garment and textile trade preferences on livelihoods in Cambodia
Research Report
| Sep 13, 2011
Calling the shots under country ownership
Briefing Paper
| Sep 01, 2011
How should US foreign aid decisions be made to ensure that poor countries are in the lead?
Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) quarterly report: April 2011–June 2011
Research Report
| Aug 29, 2011
Rural resilience series
Saving lives, seeking solutions
Research Report
| Aug 15, 2011
Oxfam America's response to drought in Ethiopia, 2008-2011
Growing a Better Future Summary
Research Report
| Aug 11, 2011
We have entered an age of crisis: of food price spikes and oil price hikes; of scrambles for land and water; of growing climate disasters.
Pakistan floods progress report
Briefing Note
| Jul 31, 2011
A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
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