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Evaluation report

Review of Humanitarian Advocacy in Liberia and Ivory Coast during the Ivorian Crisis

01/12/2011

1 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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This report is part of learning activities undertaken by Oxfam’s West Africa Regional Office in order to improve the way that it conducts future advocacy campaigns during humanitarian crises in the region. Oxfam implemented an advocacy program in both Ivory Coast and Liberia. In both countries the advocacy work addressed the aftermath of the post-electoral […]

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Journal article

Job creation in fragile states through SME financing: notes from post-war Liberia

01/04/2011

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Sustainable job creation in post-conflict environments often involves financing private-sector development. However, a poor business climate and the erosion of capacity in the domestic private sector reduce the effectiveness of traditional financing strategies in post-conflict environments. Using the experience of post-war Liberia, this article discusses strategies for improving small and medium enterprise (SME) development projects […]

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Briefing paper

Life and Dignity at Risk: The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sector in Liberia

17/06/2010

1 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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Liberia’s newly approved water and sanitation policy states that ‘water is life’ and ‘sanitation is dignity’. These powerful statements signal a welcome commitment in a country where safe water and decent sanitation have long been absent for the vast majority of the population, with catastrophic impacts on life and social welfare. The key challenge for […]

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Case study

The Global Call to Action against Poverty: International voices for change

01/11/2008

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The Global Call to Action against Poverty (GCAP) is the world’s largest civil-society movement calling for an end to poverty and inequality. It has involved millions of people in mass protests and has had some significant successes in changing policies and promises on aid, trade, and development and in articulating the voices of poor and […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of Regional Humanitarian Work in West Africa

01/11/2007

2 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English

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West Africa is fraught by conflict and natural disaster in a context of chronic poverty and human deprivation, which disproportionately affects women. The regional humanitarian project aims to enhance OGB and partners capacities to identify and respond to humanitarian crises in a timely, proportionate and appropriate manner. It further aims at promoting best practice in […]

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Education resource

Making Sense of World Conflicts

01/09/2007

8 documents

Languages: English

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Teach about war and conflict using this resource for 14-18 year olds. Drawing on vast amounts of source material, case studies and country information, this resource helps investigate the complex subject of conflict, and builds strength in enquiry, discussion skills, high level reasoning and creative thinking. Find out about conflict in today’s world Consider the […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

From Food Crisis to Fair Trade: Livelihoods analysis, protection and support in emergencies

01/03/2006

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English

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This manual aims to collate and analyse recent experiences of livelihoods programming in emergencies. The document provides guidance on livelihoods programming, includes practical examples from the field and summarises recent thinking. It provides an overview of what livelihoods programming is and examples of the range of interventions that are possible in emergencies. Different types of […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Urban Programme in Liberia

01/12/2005

2 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam GB implemented an integrated public health programme in Monrovia funded by ECHO and targeting cholera ‘hot spot’ communities in: urban slums (West Point and Clara Town); IDP camps (Soul Clinic and Mount Barclay); and host communities near the IDP camps. The programme ran from 2003 to 2007. A mid-term evaluation has been carried out […]

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Case study

Gender Equality in Schools

01/12/2005

4 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper discusses the content and delivery of education and how it can reflect and reproduce gender inequalities. Girls’ and boys’ learning and interaction with each other, and the teacher, are influenced by ways of teaching, the content of the curriculum, and relations within the classroom. The paper considers these aspects of education provision – […]

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Journal article

Rebuilding a failed state: Liberia

01/11/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article argues for a combination of long-term engagement in providing security, culminating in training and mentoring of new security forces; a comprehensive approach to reintegrating ex-combatants that also benefits civilian host communities and helps to ensure that agricultural livelihoods are made viable; and the opening of a space for discussion of governance issues and […]

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