Mozambique Archives - Page 9 of 9 - Oxfam Policy & Practice

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Indigenous NGOs and refugee assistance

01/02/1996

13 pages long

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Although well placed to render assistance to refugees, indigenous NGOs usually play only a marginal role, compared with the Northern NGOs which dominate most humanitarian aid programmes. The unbalanced power relations between Northern agencies and donors and Southern NGOs in the delivery of refugee assistance are reviewed. Using data from the assistance programmes for Mozambican […]

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Book

Mozambique: Rising from the ashes

01/01/1996

1 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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The civil war in Mozambique finally came to an end in 1992. Yet for its 16 million people, another struggle was just beginning: to repair the shattered fabric of their lives and to forge a truly Mozambican nation.

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Journal article

Women’s political participation Mozambique’s democratic transition

01/10/1995

7 pages long

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Women’s political participation Mozambique’s democratic transition

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In October 1994, elections were held in Mozambique for a President and a National Assembly. This article focuses on the civic education programme which formed a background to the elections. Much of the civic education material dealt with gender issues, but this was in a way which failed to acknowledge the structural aspect of women’s […]

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Book

Societies in Transition

01/01/1995

1 documents

71 pages long

Languages: English

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Civil society

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In this book, the theme of transition is treated in an innovative and holistic way to include not only the changeover to democracy and free-market economics in former Eastern-bloc countries, but other forms of major social and personal transformation, such as change resulting from armed conflict, and the process of ageing. The emphasis is on […]

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Journal article

Making good policy into good practice

01/02/1994

3 pages long

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Men carried out Mozambique’s drought relief effort almost exclusively and NGOs like Oxfam should be wary of designing policies based solely on what they see and hear in emergency situations. Women in Mozambique are more affected than men, but are silent and invisible, when they should be central to relief policies. Greet shows why women’s […]

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Journal article

Sustainability in NGO relief and development work: Further thoughts from Mozambique

01/03/1992

10 pages long

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Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency […]

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Journal article

Relief and rehabilitation work in Mozambique: Institutional capacity and NGO executional strategies

01/11/1991

11 pages long

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The nature of the Mozambique ’emergencies and its institutional context pose a significant challenge to NGO aid strategies, as these organisations seek to reconcile objectives of short-term effectiveness and accountability with goals of long-term capacity-building and sustainability. The increasing emphasis on the former within the Zambezia Province Emergency Programme may be prejudicing the government’s capacity […]

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Discussion paper

War and Famine in Africa

01/11/1990

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Up to half of all the people who suffer from food insecurity in Africa have been affected by war. Local conflict is a long-term and growing problem, made worse by the continent’s shrinking resource base. In War And Famine In Africa, Mark Duffield shows how internal wars are fought on a terrain of semi-subsistence economies, […]

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Book

Mozambique: A cry for peace

01/01/1987

7 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Mozambique is a country in crisis. Its people have been battered by war and natural disasters. Millions are homeless or destitute. Essential services are disrupted and the economy is struggling. Why are the people of Mozambique suffering so much? What hopes remain for peace, stability and an end of hunger?

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