Policy papers

Areas of Northern and Eastern Afghanistan affected by protracted conflict and displacement require a triple track approach to emergency livelihoods and economic recovery. It is necessary to continue with short term ground level emergency cash and livelihoods input support, and yet also to recognise...

Many of us share a vision of inclusive economic development. Drawing on what Oxfam and others have learned from private sector partnerships, a growing body of research and examples of new models of business, we aim to show how businesses in Southeast Asia can help deliver this vision and tackle...

Asia could and must lead the world to a new era of shared prosperity by reducing disaster impacts, holding true to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 2030 call to “Leave no one behind”. Oxfam supports the 8th AMCDRR and aims to work side by side with ministers, organizations, and other actors...

In Afganistan, Oxfam is introducing a Multi-sector Coping Strategy Index for measuring household stress that measures forms of household (or individual) stress through the frequency and severity of behaviours undertaken in response to stresses faced during emergencies.

Download our Paper that sets out how Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) can achieve an economy that leaves no one behind, in line with the 2030 SDGs.

In Cambodia, Oxfam and the GRAISEA programme, together with private companies and CSOs, set up the CSR Platform Cambodia to facilitate sharing of resources and best practices that can help businesses become more socially responsible.

Oxfam, through the Gender Transformative and Responsible Agribusiness Investments in South East Asia (GRAISEA) programme, promotes women’s economic empowerment in agricultural value chains.

The international community has failed to deliver climate finance at the scale required for vulnerable countries like the Philippines to adapt to climate change. Urgent scale up and effective use of climate finance is required, targeted towards locally-led inclusive adaptation for the most...

There are eleven dams planned for the Lower Mekong mainstream. However, our study finds that these plans seem to have underestimated the economic costs of environmental and social impacts from hydropower.

GRAISEA is a gender-transformative business investment programme that aims to improve livelihoods of women and men small-scale producers in South and Southeast Asia. Learn more about its impact.