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Guidelines and toolkits

Incorporating the Use of ICTs into Oxfam’s Markets-based Livelihoods Programmes: A guidance paper

13/05/2014

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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This Guidance Paper considers ways of incorporating ICTs into markets-based livelihoods programmes. It suggests ways to identify and then use the opportunities offered by ICTs particularly in agriculture. These can include information services, value chain linkages, and financial services. The paper presents a pragmatic and strategic approach that minimises time and cost requirements while maximising […]

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Education resource

Water Week for School Groups: Learn about and take action on water issues in your Oxfam School Group

13/05/2014

5 documents

Languages: English

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Oxfam Water Week is designed to help young people become active and engaged global citizens by taking informed, responsible and meaningful action. These resources for ages 11-14 have been specifically created to support School Groups to take action during Oxfam Water Week. Owing to the publication date of this resource, some of the content (including […]

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Research report

Planning for an Uncertain Future: Promoting adaptation to climate change through flexible and forward-looking decision making

09/05/2014

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

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The need for decision making that is flexible, forward-looking and able to adapt to the unexpected is clear. One approach for achieving this is ‘Flexible and Forward-Lookingâ€‹ Decision Making’ (FFDM). But what is it, and how can it be operationalised in practice? This report documents the activities of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in seeking to […]

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Case study

Policy Overview: Ethiopia Climate Resilient Green Economy

09/05/2014

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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The Ethiopia CRGE is a vision to build a middle-income climate resilient green economy by 2025 (USD 1,000 GDP per capita) through zero net carbon growth. This development strategy is laid out in the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). Climate change is impacting across the whole economy. The future impacts and costs of climate change, […]

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Research report

Investigating Resilience Thresholds in sub-Saharan Africa

06/05/2014

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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‘Getting to zero’ – the post-2015 development aim of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 – involves not just ensuring that people currently in poverty escape from it but also that people do not fall into poverty in the future. Is there a ‘resilience threshold’: a line which, once people are living over, means that they […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Right to be Heard Framework: A learning companion

08/04/2014

3 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English

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The Revised Edition of the Right to be Heard is about people claiming their right to a better life. This Learning Companion aims to guide work and strengthen focus in this area. The Right to Be Heard is a critical part of Oxfam’s vision of a just world without poverty. Effective Right to be Heard […]

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Discussion paper

Who Wants to Farm? Youth Aspirations, Opportunities and Rising Food Prices

01/03/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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In an era of land grabs and environmental uncertainty, improving smallholder productivity has become a higher priority on the agenda for poverty reduction and food security. Yet emerging evidence about the realities and social norms and desires of young people in developing countries indicates a reasonably widespread withdrawal from work on the land as an […]

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Evaluation report

Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme Review: Summary Report December 2013

19/12/2013

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the key findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP). The evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB and was conducted by Bridges Ventures in 2013. The report analyses what EDP has achieved relative to its objectives, how cost-effective the programme is, what key lessons are emerging and […]

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Discussion paper

What Can Governments Do To Empower Poor People?

18/11/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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Whether guaranteeing access to justice, promoting norms of equality and respect, ensuring access to quality essential services, or supporting citizens’ organization and voice, governments can play an important role in the empowerment of poor and excluded groups and individuals. Reviewing dozens of case studies, along with the latest conceptual work on empowerment, this paper shows that […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Participatory Methodology: Rapid Care Analysis

07/10/2013

6 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Innovations in Care Work Project proposes a methodology for assessing care work in rural and urban communities, and for discussing options to redistribute and reduce care responsibilities more equitably. The methodology is composed of two ‘companion documents’: The Guidance for Managers and Facilitators provides the background for making adequate and effective use of the […]

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