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    Oxfam reinventing itself?

    Oxfam Great Britain is undergoing restructuring, which we learn could lead to the organization focusing on fewer countries, including perhaps pulling from some middle-income nations where it feels it is having less impact. Is this a trend we can expect from other iNGOs too?

    By Jenny Lei Ravelo // 29 October 2013
    The Oxfam logo in the United Kingdom. The British affiliate announced a major restructuring within its organization. Photo by: Gosia Malochleb / CC BY-NC

    Oxfam Great Britain last week announced a major restructuring within the organization that is expected to cut at least 125 jobs, close down offices in the U.K. and reduce focus countries.

    The British affiliate is now “undergoing consultations” with its staff working in seven offices across the country, and Devex learned that headquarters and other U.K. branches will be the first to be restructured by March of next year, then the overseas operations in 2015.

    We also found out that Oxfam GB wants to work “within its means” and have more impact to cope with austerity measures.

    That means the organization — which has expressed serious concerns on aid withdrawal in middle-income countries such as India and South Africa — may take the same direction as donors like the U.K. aid agency DfID, and pull out of or scale down work in certain middle-income countries where perhaps they are not needed so much as before.

    When DfID announced its plans to withdraw aid from India, the organization noted “We’re concerned that completely withdrawing British aid to India by 2015 is too hasty. It’s crucial that we don’t cut off money which gives a lifeline to poor families, and a third of the world’s poorest people live in India.” And in the case of South Africa, it argued: “Whilst South Africa should be in a position to fund its own development, there remains widespread poverty and inequality so UK aid is still a lifeline for poor people.”

    Oxfam GB also plans to focus its policy and advocacy efforts more in developing countries rather than developed nations where top donors are based, as well as working more with affiliates that can take over the organization’s work should the parent NGO decide to leave a certain country.

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      Jenny Lei Ravelo is a Devex Senior Reporter based in Manila. She covers global health, with a particular focus on the World Health Organization, and other development and humanitarian aid trends in Asia Pacific. Prior to Devex, she wrote for ABS-CBN, one of the largest broadcasting networks in the Philippines, and was a copy editor for various international scientific journals. She received her journalism degree from the University of Santo Tomas.

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