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Resilience in Kenya: Impact evaluation of the ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project

09/05/2018

2 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project was implemented in Turkana County, in Northern Kenya, between July 2012 and April 2015. The project was designed to build the resilience of project participants to a number of shocks and stresses: droughts – which threaten the area annually – floods and […]

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Resilience in Nicaragua: Impact evaluation of climate change adaptation among small scale producers

14/12/2015

5 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. The report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the climate change adaptation among small scale producers project. The project was carried about […]

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Livelihoods in Zimbabwe: Evaluation of food security and strengthening livelihood options

12/02/2015

3 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in November 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the Food Security and Livelihood Programme in Zimbabwe. The project’s overall […]

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Resilience in Nepal: Evaluation of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and enhancing response capability

21/11/2014

3 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in September 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and enhancing response capability’ project in […]

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Journal article

Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

09/07/2014

16 pages long

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Still learning: a critical reflection on three years of measuring women’s empowerment in Oxfam

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In 2011, as part of a broader effort to understand organisational effectiveness, a team within Oxfam GB began implementing impact evaluations on a small sample of projects largely focused on women’s empowerment. The resulting ‘Women’s Empowerment Effectiveness Reviews’ employ a quasi-experimental evaluation design, and have been undertaken in more than a dozen sites over three […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Mongu, Zambia

26/02/2014

4 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction’ project aims to increase resilience to climatic shocks among target groups in Mongu district in the Zambezi floodplain of western Zambia, through: Strengthening capacity of target communities to manage and respond to floods and droughts; and By encouraging livelihood diversification and asset growth. These full and summary reports document the findings […]

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Effectiveness Review: Improving Socio-Economic Conditions of Paddy Farmers in East Sri Lanka

01/08/2013

3 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Improving socio-economic conditions of paddy farmers in East Sri Lanka’ project aims to contribute to conflict mitigation and recovery in the north and east districts of Sri Lanka. Specific project activities included renovation of large-scale infrastructure, including rehabilitation of dams and irrigation schemes. This was supported by interventions to positively affect the paddy value-chain, […]

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Effectiveness Review: Climate Change Adaptation and Advocacy Project, Nepal

01/04/2013

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Advocacy’ project aims to increase climate change resilience among target groups in the Dadeldhura district of western Nepal, through the creation of livelihood options and the incorporation of climate change adaptation practices in district- and national-level plans and programmes. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental […]

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Effectiveness Review: Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance, Nigeria

01/12/2012

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Improving Women’s Leadership and Effectiveness in Agricultural Governance’ project in Nigeria aims to increase women’s leadership and participation in agricultural decision-making and governance. This is to be achieved through building women’s skills and capacity in improved production techniques and influencing local government and community leadership structures to enable greater involvement of women. These full […]

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Effectiveness Review: Copperbelt Livelihoods Project, Zambia

08/10/2012

4 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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The Copperbelt Livelihoods Project targeted 1,000 small-scale farmers – of whom 60 per cent were women – living in ten villages in Kitwe district of Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. In addition to empowering women, the project sought to bolster household income and food security, and reduce vulnerability through the provision of agricultural inputs and increasing market […]

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