Hutchings, Claire

This paper explores Oxfam GB’s early experience implementing an alternative approach to operationalising global outcome indicators as a means of understanding programme impact and organisational performance. Non-government organisations (NGOs) working in the international development sector need credible, reliable feedback on whether their interventions are making a meaningful difference, but they struggle to achieve this in […]

The attached four-page document summarises the latest set of effectiveness reviews, carried out throughout 2012 and 2013. The review scrutinised 23 randomly-selected Oxfam projects under six main areas – humanitarian support, adapation and risk reduction, livelihoods, women’s empowerment, citizen voice and policy influencing. The document evaluates what was learned from this process.