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EU environment ministers again acknowledged the importance of financial support for climate action in poor and vulnerable countries in the Paris climate agreement, but they must invest in the Green Climate Fund, says Oxfam.

In its proposed next long-term budget, the EU and its Member States risks undermining development and human rights by diverting development assistance towards migration control, rather than using it for its intended purpose. Drawing on evidence, lessons learned, and analysis of EU migration-related Official Development Assistance (ODA) instruments, this Oxfam paper sets out four recommendations to the EU and its Member States to ensure that development assistance remains focused on sustainable development, poverty eradication and human rights.

The coronavirus pandemic is leaving a trail of devastation in low-income countries. This briefing aims to shine a light on the debt owed to private creditors by five African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia. It outlines the steps which the G20 needs to take immediately to avert further economic chaos. 

This report proposes specific actions to strengthen the role of local actors and potentially local humanitarian leadership in the response in Burkina Faso, so that it is more appropriate to needs, faster and more sustainable, and responsive to the changing reality dictated by an increased violence, while keeping people at the centre.    

Women played a key role in Yemen's 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change.

Each year Oxfam undertakes a far-reaching survey of unheard, conflict-affected people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

This report examines the impact of the global financial crisis on the budgets of low-income countries, especially their spending to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDG).

Behind the official statistics, farmers, manufacturing workers, migrant workers, waste-pickers, and women working unpaid in the home all over the world are asking the same question: ‘What h

The displacement of more than three million people in Pakistan has triggered one of the biggest emergency responses of the year.

Oxfam’s latest report on resilience calls on governments and aid agencies to tackle the politics and power at the heart of the increasing effects of climate change, rising inequality and pe