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Briefing paper
Calling the shots under country ownership
How should US foreign aid decisions be made to ensure that poor countries are in the lead?
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Pakistan floods progress report
A report on Oxfam's response to the floods in Pakistan between July 2010 and July 2011.
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Ready or Not
Pakistan's resilience to disasters one year on from the floods
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No Time to Lose
Promoting the Accountability of the Afghan National Security Forces
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High Stakes
Girls' Education in Afghanistan
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Whose Aid is it Anyway? Politicizing aid in conflicts and crises
The effectiveness of international aid, both in meeting urgent needs and in tackling entrenched poverty, is being undermined in some of the world’s poorest places. While effective aid has helped save lives, protect rights and build livelihoods, some donors’ military and security interests have skewed global aid spending; and amidst conflict, disasters and political instability have too often led to uncoordinated, unsustainable, expensive and even dangerous aid projects. Skewed aid policies and practices threaten to undermine a decade of government donors’ international commitments to effective, needs-focused international aid. This paper sets out how these commitments are being disregarded, and how this trend can be reversed.
