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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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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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Journal article

The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

01/02/2011

10 pages long

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The problem of gender quotas: women’s representatives on Timor-Leste’s suku councils

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This article examines the experiences of women occupying reserved seats on the suku councils of Timor-Leste (each of which represents a number of small villages). The limited political participation of these women is often ascribed to patriarchal ideas within rural areas, and the need for capacity development. This article argues, however, that there are further […]

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Sustainability and peace building: a key challenge

01/11/2005

9 pages long

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The overarching challenge facing the growing number of international peace-building interventions is to achieve sustainable peace. This paper illustrates this proposition through a brief investigation of the situation in Timor-Leste as the UN mission withdraws at the five-year state-building mark, and in Haiti as a ninth UN mission is established. Adopting the view that participatory […]

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Journal article

The World Bank’s land of kiosks: Community driven development in Timor-Leste

01/06/2005

7 pages long

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The World Bank’s Community Empowerment and Local Governance Project (CEP) was the key donor programme to assist with community reconstruction in a newly independent Timor-Leste. Commencing in 2000, the US$18 million project provided funds to over 400 local development councils that had been newly created to meet their community’s development needs. Rather than creating genuine […]

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Journal article

Post-conflict pro-poor private-sector development: The case of Timor-Leste

01/06/2005

12 pages long

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Post-conflict economic development is central to reducing poverty and improving local livelihoods. In this regard, many post-conflict development plans place a high priority on private-sector development. This paper examines the role of the private sector in post-conflict situations and discusses possible interventions for economic recovery based on a review of the literature and fieldwork in […]

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Journal article

Another invasion: lessons from international support to East Timorese NGOs

01/08/2003

12 pages long

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This article seeks to contribute to the debate on collaboration between national and international NGOs. It argues that it is vital for the development of stable, independent, and viable civil societies that international NGOs promote a bottom-up approach in their support to and collaboration with local NGOs, especially among those emerging from situations of conflict […]

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