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Journal article

Reaching beyond the health post: community-based surveillance for polio eradication

18/02/2013

10 pages long

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This article discusses the CORE Group Polio Project Ethiopia’s introduction of community-based surveillance (CBS) of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) to support polio eradication. A USAID-funded collaboration among Ethiopian and US-based NGOs, the CGPP supports volunteers in education about AFP and encouraging case reporting. Volunteers also conduct active case searches, visiting community leaders likely to have […]

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Research report

The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptive Processes to Climate Variability: The cases of southern Ethiopia and southern Mali

08/02/2013

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Farmers and herders in arid regions of Africa face serious challenges in adapting to climate change and variability. They are highly exposed to climate stresses, especially drought, but adaptation to climate change is far from being a clear-cut biophysical or technical problem: it is also a social challenge. Although communities in semi-arid zones have organized […]

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Case study

Women’s Collective Action: Findings and recommendations

01/02/2013

5 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French

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In this final briefing, we highlight key findings and recommendations from Phase III of the Researching Women’s Collective Action (WCA) project, and share information on stakeholder events in the three focus countries. Quantitative and qualitative analysis was undertaken in one sub-sector per country: honey in Ethiopia, vegetables in Tanzania and shea butter in Mali. The […]

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Evaluation report

The Enterprise Development Programme Annual Review 2012

25/01/2013

1 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English

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This report offers a cumulative picture of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP) over the last four years. It also marks the continuing evolution of the initiative as it builds on the learning, challenges and achievements of this pilot model that aims to create economic opportunities for some of the world’s poorest communities.

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Technical briefing

Technical Guidelines on Water Trucking in Drought Emergencies

04/01/2013

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Emergency water trucking to drought-affected populations, particularly in the Horn of Africa, has become cyclical intervention as rainfall patterns in these areas has become increasingly unpredictable. In addition to being expensive and unsustainable, cyclical water trucking is coming under increased scrutiny as it increasingly appears to have negative impacts on pastoralist livelihoods, existing coping mechanisms […]

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Case study

Effective Ways of Linking Relief and Rural Development: Oxfam’s experience of implementing programmes using EU Food Facility funds

19/12/2012

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Aid is often criticised for breaking ‘humanitarian’ and ‘development’ aid into silos; EU aid is often criticised for being overly bureaucratic. Both criticisms are largely unfounded in the case of the EU Food Facility (EUFF) which was set up in response to the 2008 food price spike which threatened millions of people with hunger. Oxfam […]

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Journal article

From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

07/11/2012

9 pages long

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From the bottom up: lessons about gender mainstreaming in the Andes from Digni’s Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE) programme

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This article shares some insights from six projects that took part in Women Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEGE), a competence-building programme to support gender mainstreaming. WEGE was run by Digni from 2007 to 2010. The projects were run by churches and faith-based organisations in Madagascar, Ethiopia, Bolivia, and Ecuador. WEGE’s goal was to promote women’s […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Ethiopia Drought Response 2011/12

08/10/2012

3 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the findings of an effectiveness review carried out on Oxfam’s response to the 2010/11 drought-related food crisis in Ethiopia that was undertake through the application of Oxfam’s Humanitarian Indicator Tool. Overall the drought response partially met seven of the 12 standards. The report describes how all projects struggled to articulate Oxfam’s internal […]

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Discussion paper

Private Investment in Agriculture: Why it’s essential, and what’s needed

25/09/2012

4 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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Massive investment in agriculture is desperately needed to help fix the broken food system. Private sector investment can play a vital role in delivering inclusive economic growth, environmental sustainability and poverty reduction. However, in order to do so, it must be adequately regulated and should adhere to some key principles, such as focusing on local […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Cholera Outbreak Guidelines: Preparedness, prevention and control

13/08/2012

3 documents

105 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This practical field guide brings together lessons learned from Oxfam’s past interventions in the prevention and control of cholera, and other related guidance. The aim is to provide a quick, step-by-step guide to inform cholera outbreak interventions and ensure public health programmes that are rapid, community-based, well-tailored, and gender and diversity aware. They will enable […]

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