Policy Papers

We work on the ground with people living in poverty to make a practical difference, we gather evidence and share knowledge to show what works and what needs to change. From world leaders to multi-national corporations, we challenge opinions and change practices, locally and globally, to bring about lasting results.

Here you'll find a wide selection of reports and papers on the programming, advocacy and research that we undertake in order to achieve our aims. You can browse and download publications by topic and/or date.

Latest publications

 

  • Kibera, the largest informal settlement in Africa, where an estimated 700,000 to 1 million people live. Many of the families live in a precarious situation with lack of access to basic social services, such as water, electricity and decent housing. Photo credit: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam

    A tale of two continents: fighting inequality in Africa

    2 September 2019
  • Office blocks in the financial district of Dhaka, Bangladesh.Credit: GMB Akash/Oxfam

    The G7’s deadly sins

    22 August 2019
  • Traditional gender roles determine a large part of women’s economic status and fortunes in Guatemala, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic.

    Do taxes influence inequality between women and men?

    21 August 2019
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    Evaluation of the Oxfam Strategic Plan 2013–2019

    29 July 2019
  • Inequality in Vietnam.Credit: Adam Patterson/Oxfam

    Endless corporate tax scandals?

    28 July 2019
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    Committed or complacent

    25 July 2019
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    Gender inequalities and food insecurity

    15 July 2019
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    From cyclone to food crisis

    11 July 2019
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    The West Africa inequality crisis

    9 July 2019
  • Fatoumata lives in Burkina Faso. She is a cattle rancher and milk producer. Every day she travels 20km to Bobo to sell her milk and milk produced by the other families in her community. Photo: Pablo Tasco/Oxfam

    Sahel: fighting inequality to respond to development and security challenges

    2 July 2019
  • Nyatapa, 32, tea trader. South Sudan.Credit:Tim Bierley/Oxfam

    Oxfam Position paper on IDA19 replenishment

    6 June 2019
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    Feminist aid: a call for G7 leaders to beat inequality

    8 May 2019
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    It’s not all about the money

    7 May 2019
  • Woman farmer in Ghana. Photo: Nana Kofi Acquah/Oxfam

    Accountability deficit?

    29 April 2019
  • Secondary students take their lessons at a PPP school in western Uganda. Credit: Initiative for Economic and Social Rights (ISER).

    False promises

    9 April 2019
  • Hazardous to your health

    8 April 2019
  • Raghda stands in Mosul University Library. Credit: Charlotte Sawyer/ Oxfam

    Women in conflict zones

    3 April 2019
  • Phatthida Chanmany, 35 by a TDK8 rice field in Namai Village, Feung District, Vientiane Province, Laos. Credit: Tessa Bunney/Oxfam

    Unfair harvest : the state of rice in Asia

    20 March 2019
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    Aid in limbo: why Syrians deserve support to rebuild their lives

    12 March 2019