Timor-Leste Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

Loss and Damage to Land: Voices from Asia

29/06/2023

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17 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam listened to women and men from Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste who shared their stories on how the climate crisis caused loss and damage to their lands and impacted their lives. The stories demonstrate that land ownership is a key factor in determining people’s eligibility to receive assistance to overcome loss and damage. […]

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Briefing paper

Climate finance in Asia: Assessing the state of climate finance in one of the world’s most climate vulnerable regions

01/11/2022

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62 pages long

Languages: English

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Asia is particularly vulnerable to climate hazards including extreme temperatures, flooding, droughts, cyclones, and sea level rise. The most vulnerable communities need financial support to help adapt to the climate crisis – they cannot do so alone. Developed countries have promised $100 bn in climate finance to developing countries every year until 2025. This promise […]

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Briefing paper

Asia’s Extreme Inequality Crisis: Building back fairer after COVID-19

26/09/2022

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36 pages long

Languages: English

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COVID-19 has exacerbated Asia’s crisis of extreme inequality. This is undermining growth and preventing poverty eradication. Asian governments have done almost nothing to combat this rise in inequality and are constrained in their policy choices as debt burdens grow and post-COVID austerity begins. A few Asian governments have done a lot to fight inequality during […]

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Briefing note

Civic Space: The missing element in the World Bank’s Country Engagement Approach

22/09/2022

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33 pages long

Languages: English

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The World Bank has publicly committed to mainstreaming engagement with project stakeholders and civil society to achieve more inclusive development results. Yet typically Bank projects forge ahead to achieve these objectives without comprehensively understanding the dynamics of a country’s ‘civic space’, the actual environment in which communities will be engaging. This paper makes the case […]

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Journal article

Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

05/11/2019

16 pages long

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Researching women’s leadership in Asia and the Pacific – reflections on feminist research approaches in design and in practice

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This article explores how the International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) and partners have navigated the complexities and, sometimes competing, priorities, of feminist research methodology and values, in our practice. It demonstrates how, ultimately, decision-making processes along the way have been guided by the feminist values that underpin the research designs and the assertion that the […]

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Research report

Towards Economic Diversification in Timor-Leste

26/09/2019

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26 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2002, when Timor-Leste gained independence, the people of Timor-Leste have faced many challenges. Not least has been the question of how to build an economy which is inclusive – bringing benefits to all Timorese, including women and people with disabilities – sustainable – providing potential income and a solid economic and natural resource base […]

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Evaluation report

Gender Equality and Resilient Development: Evidence from Oxfam’s Resilient Development Portfolio

05/03/2019

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Resilience, gender equality, climate change, adaptation, disaster risk reduction

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This Evidence Brief synthesises evidence of how Oxfam is working to support increased gender equality so that women and girls and other marginalised groups can be involved in shaping a more resilient future. It highlights how such efforts have improved resilient development outcomes for women and their communities, recognising that much work is still to […]

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Evaluation report

Using Climate and Disaster Risk Information to Build Resilience

28/08/2018

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate and disaster risk information are important tools for resilient development. Combining such information with participatory analysis and planning can create effective early warning systems, and inform forward-looking decision making at household and community levels. Through its programmes, Oxfam has built links with government agencies and local non-government organizations (NGOs) to ensure that information related to […]

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Evaluation report

Building Resilience Through Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships

28/08/2018

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12 pages long

Languages: English

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Partnerships are at the core of Oxfam’s work to bring about sustainable and transformative change. Oxfam is working in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to build the resilience of poor women and men in the Asia-Pacific region. Investment in these partnerships is delivering positive impact, ensuring locally relevant and innovative approaches to […]

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Journal article

Sympathetic advocates: male parliamentarians sharing responsibility for gender equality

14/03/2013

14 pages long

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Sympathetic advocates: male parliamentarians sharing responsibility for gender equality

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Gender mainstreaming, as a strategy that aims to achieve gender equality across institutions, does not work without the assistance of men. There has been a strategic shift in emphasis over the past decade from women’s issues to those concerning gender equality. Underpinning this shift is a change in focus from women exclusively, to one on […]

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