Raworth, Kate Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Guidelines and toolkits

Reviewing the Existing Literature

27/03/2019

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reviewing what’s already out there ‘ also known as doing a ‘literature review’ ‘ is the best way to start any research project. It avoids repeating what others have already done, saving time and money (and embarrassment). It will help you to clarify and justify the focus of your planned research. And it will show […]

View resource

Guidelines and toolkits

Conducting Semi-structured Interviews

15/03/2019

3 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Semi-structured interviews are a widely used technique in development research. Unlike formal interviews, which follow a rigid format of set questions, semi-structured interviews focus on specific themes but cover them in a conversational style. They are often the best way for learning about the motivations behind people’s choices and behaviour, their attitudes and beliefs, and […]

View resource

Guidelines and toolkits

Undertaking Research with Ethics

22/11/2012

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Any research must follow ethical principles and particular care must be taken when it involves people as participants or is likely to impact directly upon them. This section sets out the minimum ethical standards required in all research conducted or commissioned by Oxfam GB. When context-specific and/or more detailed guidance is provided by Oxfam or […]

View resource

Discussion paper

A Safe and Just Space for Humanity: Can we live within the doughnut?

13/02/2012

4 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. In the run-up to Rio+20, this discussion paper presents a visual framework – shaped like a doughnut – which brings planetary boundaries together with social boundaries, creating a safe and just […]

View resource

Briefing paper

Left Behind by the G20? How inequality and environmental degradation threaten to exclude poor people from the benefits of economic growth

19/01/2012

8 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The G20 is committed to supporting equitable and sustainable growth. But new data shows that a lot needs to change if they are to live up to this pledge. The stakes are high: analysis in this paper suggests that without attention to growing inequality, strong growth is unlikely to be enough to prevent poverty increasing […]

View resource

Briefing note

Climate Shame: Get back to the table: Initial analysis of the Copenhagen climate talks

21/12/2009

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Climate finance

Overview

Copenhagen was a unique opportunity to turn the world’s course away from climate disaster, towards a safe future for all of us on this small planet. Massive global public mobilization demanded it. But leaders of the major powers negotiated for their national interests, instead of safeguarding our shared destiny.

View resource

Case study

How Change Happens in the Private Sector

14/06/2008

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper summarises the main factors that brought about change in two private companies, and their implications for civil society actors aiming to generate more pro-poor change in the private sector.

View resource

Briefing paper

Adapting to Climate Change: What’s needed in poor countries, and who should pay

29/05/2007

4 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Climate change is forcing vulnerable communities in poor countries to adapt to unprecedented climate stress. Rich countries, primarily responsible for creating the problem, must stop harming, by fast cutting their greenhouse-gas emissions, and start helping, by providing finance for adaptation. In developing countries Oxfam estimates that adaptation will cost at least $50bn each year, and […]

View resource

Briefing paper

Kicking Down the Door: How upcoming WTO talks threaten farmers in poor countries

11/04/2005

4 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Millions of poor farmers in developing countries cannot earn a living because of cheap, often dumped, food imports. The world’s most important basic food, rice, shows the seriousness of the problem. Rich countries have long used the IMF and World Bank, and aggressive bilateral trade deals, to push open the door of poor countries’ markets […]

View resource

Journal article

Good jobs’ and hidden costs: women workers documenting the price of precarious employment

01/07/2004

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Good jobs’ and hidden costs: women workers documenting the price of precarious employment

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the precarious terms and conditions of employment experienced by millions of women working in global supply chains in the food and garment industries, and describes the main forces leading to that precariousness. It then presents a typology of costs and determinants of precarious employment, in the form of a matrix, which serves […]

View resource

Raworth, Kate

Filter Resources by