Briefs

Briefing paper

Learning the Lessons? (Summary)

April 16, 2013

Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future.

Briefing paper

A quiet renaissance in American aid

April 10, 2013

How US reforms are making America a better partner in the fight against poverty

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Alexis Nkurunziza, Transparency Expert

March 27, 2013

A researcher and human rights advocate is leveraging a tiny investment of US foreign aid to open up budgets and improve governance in Rwanda.

Briefing paper

Colombia: Contested Spaces

March 18, 2013

Oxfam research in the department of Nariño and in the Montes de María area of the department of Bolivar found that the Colombian government’s stabilization program (the National Consolidation Plan, or NCP) has not promoted peace, good governance, or sustainable development, as intended.

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Getting It Right

March 12, 2013

Arms and bullets continue to destroy lives, yet there is still no effective international regulation of the global arms trade.

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Public Health at Risk

March 4, 2013

A US Free Trade Agreement could threaten access to medicines in Thailand