Research & reports

Reforms put foreign aid to work fighting corruption and waste
Research Report | May 07, 2012
USAID is changing the way it implements US foreign aid programs to put local actors in the driver's seat.

R4 Rural Resilience Initiative
Research Report | May 04, 2012
Quarterly report | January – March 2012

Hygiene promotion: determining what works
Research Report | Apr 17, 2012
In the aftermath of disasters, Oxfam undertakes a host of hygiene-promotion activities in order to prevent the outbreak and spread of disease. But which are the most effective?

Local capacity in humanitarian response: Vision or mirage?
Research Report | Mar 14, 2012
The absence of empowered local participation in emergency response has been recognized by most actors in the humanitarian sector. It has been documented in the evaluations of major responses from the African Great Lakes wars in the ‘90s to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 – and it will undoubtedly be a key finding when the humanitarian sector reviews its earthquake response in Haiti.

Horn of Africa Risk Transfer for Adaptation (HARITA) quarterly report: October 2011–December 2011
Research Report | Feb 28, 2012
Rural resilience series

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.

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

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

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.

The Human Cost: Cubans and Cuban Americans talk about their lives and the U.S. Embargo
Research Report | Jul 25, 2011

Adapting for a Green Economy: Companies, Communities and Climate Change
Research Report | Jun 20, 2011
A Caring for Climate Report

An Ounce of Prevention:
Research Report | Jun 17, 2011
Preparing for the Impact of a Changing Climate on US Humanitarian and Disaster Response