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  • Fatuma walks with her son through her destroyed house after Cyclone Kenneth.

    Who takes the heat? Untold stories of climate crisis in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique

    22 September 2019

    Battered by cyclones and ravaged by extreme drought, poor communities in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique have found themselves on the front line of a climate crisis they did little to create.

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

    Accountability deficit?

    29 April 2019

    This paper argues that private finance blending should be used with caution in rural development until donors can demonstrate the merits of blending using evidence-based results, in particular the added value of blending for development impact.

  • Villagers in Belanting, Indonesia, with a map showing the village's risks, emergency meeting points and evacuation routes. A comprehensive, community-based approach is key for successful risk management. Photo: Rodrigo Ordonez/Oxfam

    Facing risk: options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

    15 April 2018

    Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society.

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    Accountability and ownership

    14 September 2016

    As the world marks a year since the signing of the Sustainable Development Agenda, Oxfam has outlined a new vision for the role of development aid. This report sets out how more effective aid can support both people and governments.

  • Hands of a farmer, holding corn

    Moral Hazard

    31 August 2014

    African governments are increasingly turning to partnerships with donors and multinational companies to stimulate investment in agriculture, after decades of neglect.

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