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Evaluation report

Paper Tiger, Roaring Dragon: End-term evaluation of the Strategic Partnership between Oxfam Novib and SOMO ‘Towards a Worldwide Influencing Network’ (2016-2020)

26/03/2021

1 documents

166 pages long

Languages: English

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In the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), by director Ang Lee, a young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation. At a certain moment in the film, the young warrior comes to Master […]

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Case study

Creatively Improving Agricultural Practices and Productivity: Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) project, Nigeria

12/02/2021

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Since April 2016, The European Union and the Oxfam Pro-Resilience Action Project in Kebbi and Adamawa States, Nigeria, have supported poor smallholder rural farmers to improve their agricultural productivity. The project has a specific focus on increasing crop yields per hectare for better land usage, as well as ensuring farmers possess the skills they need […]

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Case study

The Impact of Village Savings and Loan Associations on the Lives of Rural Women: Pro Resilience Action (PROACT) project, Nigeria

12/02/2021

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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The PROACT project uses Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) to enable rural financial inclusion. The VSLA approach is targeted at combating increased poverty and improving the resilience of poor rural farming households in Kebbi and Adamawa States, Nigeria. The three case studies presented here reflect the new, transformative realities of increased income, access to […]

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Research report

Gender Visible: Learning about gender integration in the Right to Food Programme

31/12/2020

1 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2018, the Oxfam Novib Right to Food Programme (R2F) team formulated an ambitious threefold learning goal around the integration of gender. First, it wanted to capture the diversity in the way the programme integrated gender. Secondly, it aimed to learn what is at the roots of this diversity. Lastly, it aimed to boost further […]

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Media briefing

Under The Radar: Private sector debt and coronavirus in developing countries

14/10/2020

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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The coronavirus pandemic is leaving a trail of devastation in low-income countries – from widespread loss of life from the virus itself, to huge economic disruption that has left hundreds of millions of people – already struggling to make ends meet – without jobs or sufficient food. Despite this huge economic shock, many developing countries […]

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Briefing note

Later Will Be Too Late: How extreme levels of hunger have not been averted despite alarms

13/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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In July 2020 Oxfam warned that by the end of this year more people could die from hunger related to the COVID-19 pandemic than from the disease itself. But the response of the international community to global food insecurity has been dangerously inadequate. The threat of 'COVID famines' and widespread extreme hunger is setting off […]

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Book

Narrative Power and Collective Action: Conversations with people working to change narratives for social good – Part 1

08/07/2020

3 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Narratives are a form of power that can mobilize and connect, as well as divide and isolate. Social, public or dominant narratives help to legitimize existing power relationships, prop them up or make them seem natural. As an anthology of perspectives this knowledge offering is one way to amplify different and diverse ways of knowing […]

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Briefing paper

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: How West African governments are failing to reduce inequality, and what should be done about it

09/07/2019

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa. While a small but growing number of people are becoming fantastically rich, the vast majority are denied the most essential elements of a dignified life, such as quality education, healthcare and decent jobs, despite remarkable economic growth driven by extractive industries. Oxfam’s Commitment to Reducing Inequality (CRI) […]

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Discussion paper

The Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: What does it mean for multi-mandated organizations?

26/06/2019

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Climate change, conflict, growing inequality and escalating humanitarian needs are galvanizing questions about the effectiveness and efficiency of current humanitarian and development programming. Accompanying this are structural shifts across the aid system, which are changing how aid is planned and financed. Under the ‘Triple Nexus’ this will have profound implications for what we do, how […]

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Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

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