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Case study

Incidencia y co-creación de proyectos de ley de juventud: Bolivia

01/05/2020

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: French, Spanish

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El estudio de caso analiza los resultados y aprendizajes de un proyecto de partici-pación ciudadana juvenil apoyado por Oxfam en Bolivia. El análisis lleva a dos conclusiones principales. Por un lado, la importancia de institucionalizar la partici-pación y representación de las y los jóvenes en los procesos de toma de decisión en el desarrollo local. […]

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Evaluation report

Oxfam Fair Financial Flows Evaluation: Executive summary

19/07/2019

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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This report evaluates the Fair Financial Flows (FFF) programme managed by Oxfam Novib in collaboration with country offices, affiliates and partners and funded by Sida, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, for a three-year period (2017–2019). The programme aims to promote greater Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), fairness and inclusivity of private and financial sector actors, […]

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Discussion paper

Fighting Inequality to Beat Poverty: The role of UK international development

04/06/2019

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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UK international development actors – from government to private sector and NGOs – can play a key role in fighting extreme economic inequality to beat poverty in developing countries. This paper shares key principles, policies and programmes that have emerged from Oxfam’s work with partners around the world in recent years, so as to encourage […]

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Case study

Youth Bill of Law in Bolivia: How Empowering Youth as Active Citizens Can Contribute to Political Advocacy

01/04/2019

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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Bolivia’s constitutional reform of 2009 allows the different levels of government (municipalities and departments) to develop their own legislation related to social and economic development. Taking advantage of this change, youth organisations in the municipalities of El Alto and Sucre, and in the department of Tarija, decided to work together to influence local laws that […]

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Journal article

Using digital technology to engage and mobilise young people to end violence in intimate relationships: lessons from Bolivia

11/07/2018

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

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On 14 February 2017, celebrated as St Valentine’s Day in many contexts throughout the world and associated with lovers, a new campaign called ‘ACTÚA, Detén la violencia’, was launched in Bolivia. The campaign aims to tackle violence in young people’s relationships by encouraging individuals to take action in the presence of violence. A little over […]

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Journal article

Extractive industries as sites of supernormal profits and supernormal patriarchy?

09/11/2017

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Extractive industries as sites of supernormal profits and supernormal patriarchy?

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This article considers how patriarchal power relations between men and women are produced and reproduced within extractive industries, and examines the idea that the ‘supernormal profits’ to be made there encourage the development of ‘supernormal patriarchy’. By looking at the sites where extraction takes place and relationships between men and women within these sites, we […]

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Research report

Building Resilience through Iterative Processes: Mainstreaming ancestral knowledge, social movements, and the making of sustainable programming in Bolivia

30/08/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This case study takes a retrospective look at the 2010-11 Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) Small-Scale Disaster Project in La Paz and the context within which it took place. Our research found that absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities can be fostered by iterative development processes. It also demonstrated that disaster […]

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Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Bolivia: Impact evaluation of supporting communities to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods

21/07/2017

2 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in April 2015 of the ‘Supporting communities in Bolivia to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods’ project. It sought to assess […]

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Research report

Legislative Wins, Broken Promises: Gaps in implementation of laws on violence against women and girls

08/03/2017

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls. It presents a comparative analysis of shortfalls between government commitments as laid out in laws, and the realities for survivors of violence as they try to access services […]

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