aide au développement

Private-finance blending for development: risks and opportunities

13 February 2017

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.
Held to Account

31 October 2013

Unaccountable government is a substantial obstacle to development.
Tax on the “private” billions now stashed away in havens enough to end extreme world poverty twice over

21 May 2013

At least $18.5 trillion is hidden by wealthy individuals in tax havens worldwide, representing a loss of more than $156 billion in tax revenue, according to new figures published today by international agency Oxfam.
Mali: A New Development Contract

15 May 2013

Mali is the third largest producer of gold in Africa and yet one in five Malians still live in extreme poverty. Mali’s population suffers from chronic vulnerability and has faced t
Mali needs reforms and smart aid to stop its slide and help “win the peace”

14 May 2013

International donors must help Mali to rebuild its ability to govern itself and stop its slide into economic ruin if it is to “win the peace” following the French-led military intervention, says Oxfam.
Oxfam reaction to Mali donors’ conference

14 May 2013

In reaction to today’s international donors’ conference for the reconstruction of Mali [May 15, 2013], in Brussels, Marietou Diaby, Oxfam’s Country Director, said:
Learning the Lessons in the Sahel

15 April 2013

In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis
Aid must work better for Afghans in the next decade

6 July 2012

Development gains made in Afghanistan over the last decade are in danger of being thrown away if levels of aid fall away in conjunction with the withdrawal of international troops in 2014.
First global aid cut in 14 years will cost lives and must be reversed

4 April 2012

Hundreds of thousands of poor people will go without life-saving medicines and many more children will miss out on school because of the first cuts in aid since 1997, Oxfam warned today.
Global aid agreement on a knife-edge

16 November 2011

Donor government negotiators are considering scrapping the global aid monitoring system that keeps donors honest and improves the quality of their foreign assistance, Oxfam warns.