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On the brink
As famine looms, world leaders must pay up and deliver political solutions to save lives
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Private-Finance Blending for Development: Risks and Opportunities
Aid donors increasingly seek to inject private-sector resources into development by ‘blending’ official development assistance (ODA) with private finance. There is little evidence of the development impact, and projects often do not align with country ownership, transparency and accountability. It is not always clear whether ODA subsidies are necessary. Blending could support pro-poor projects, such as easing credit constraints for small- and medium-size enterprises. At a minimum, donors must subject blending projects to development effectiveness principles.
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Rigged Reform
US companies are dodging billions in taxes but proposed reforms will make things worse
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A Dangerous Game
The pushback of migrants, including refugees, at Europe’s borders
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Position Paper on Gender Justice and the Extractive Industries
Oxfam believes that gender justice must be at the forefront of the extractive industries reform agenda.
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Yemen pushed towards man-made famine
The whole world must act now to avoid famine in Yemen, as two years of brutal conflict have led to what the UN describes as the worst humanitarian situation on the globe, with nearly 7 million people facing starvation.
