Publications
ActionAid Media Briefing - Illicit Financial Flows and Tax Avoidance in Africa
Illicit financial flows deprive Africa of billions of dollars each year, more than is received in overseas development aid or foreign direct investment combined. Up to two-thirds of these illicit
Securing Women's Land and Property Rights
ActionAid International Remuneration & Benefits Policy
This policy governs staff who work for the International Secretariat (IS) and whose contracts are administered by the IS Human Resources Team in Johannesburg, South Africa. For all other IS staff
Programme Framework: Women's Rights to Land
Stop Violence Against Girls in School
A lack of knowledge about violence against girls has hindered efforts to stop it. ActionAid’s 2013 Stop Violence Against Girls in School report is one of the first comprehensive studies to provide
In memory of Nirbhaya: one year on from the Delhi bus rape has anything changed?
The case of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh – known as “Nirbhaya” or “the fearless one”– who was brutally raped on a moving bus in Delhi on December 16, 2012 and died of her injuries 13 days later, provoked
Walking the talk: Why and how African governments should transform their agriculture spending.
In 2003, the Maputo Declaration of the African Union stated that, within five years, 10 per cent of the budgets of member states would be dedicated to agriculture. Ten years on, despite spending
Time to Clean Up: How Barclays promotes the use of tax havens in Africa
Barclays bank is now reported to be the largest retail bank in Africa and is the largest UK bank operating on the continent. This puts it in a position of responsibility with regard to the way it
What constitutes agriculture spending?
Public spending on agriculture in Africa is critical to promoting economic growth and the reduction of poverty. GDP growth originating in agriculture is much more effective in reducing poverty than
