How we can help
Oxfam America can assist the new administration to advance international development and domestic poverty issues. We can provide policy experts and help engage with Congress. Oxfam’s nonpartisan message of enabling the poor to exercise their right to manage their own lives is a responsibility we all share. Together, our commitment to creating lasting solutions to poverty, hunger, and social injustice can be achieved.
Presidential Transition Briefs
Policy options for the Obama Administration to address poverty, hunger, and injustice.
Climate Change and Development
Reforming US Foreign Aid
- Aid Reform Transition Brief (PDF)
- Smart Development Report (PDF)
- Foreign Aid 101 (PDF)
- Additional Information on Aid Reform
Afghanistan
Democratic Republic of Congo
Civilian Protection in Conflict Areas
- Civilian Protection Transition Brief (PDF)
- Oxfam Report on Civilian Protection
- NGO Letter on Conflict Issues (PDF)
- Information on Controlling the Arms Trade
Transparency and Human Rights in Resource Rich Countries
- Transparency of Payments to Resource Rich Countries Transition Brief (PDF)
- Human Rights Protections in Resource Rich Countries Transition Brief (PDF)
- Additional Information on Addressing the "Resource Curse"
US Trade Policy
- Trade Policy Transition Brief (PDF)
- Oxfam Report: Square Pegs in Round Holes
- Oxfam Report: Signing Away the Future
Rebuilding the US Gulf Coast
- Gulf Coast Transition Brief (PDF)
- Draft Executive Order for Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Office (PDF)
- Draft Bill - Gulf Coast Civic Works Act of 2009 (PDF)
- Fact Sheet - Gulf Coast Civil Works Act (PDF)
- Suggested revisions to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (PDF)
- Additional Information on US Gulf Coast Recovery