Uganda Archives - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Research report

Does Aid to Domestic Revenue Mobilization Support Tax Fairness? A synthesis of Oxfam research

17/03/2023

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Between 2017 and 2022, Oxfam examined aid to DRM from multiple donors provided to multiple low- and middle-income countries. This synthesis report seeks to draw lessons across these studies. The key issues examined include tradeoffs between efficiency and effectiveness in generating revenues on the one hand, and equity on the other; whether donors support direct […]

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Journal article

Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

07/12/2022

18 pages long

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Platforms of inequality: gender dynamics of digital labour in Africa

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Paid work and gender equality are key elements of international development discourse on women’s economic empowerment. New digital technologies are considered to generate paid work opportunities for the marginalised groups in Africa, particularly women. The rise of the platform economy (work digitally mediated via platforms), for example, is framed as a panacea to poverty and […]

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Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation of Regional Influencing Work in Horn, East and Central Africa: A case study of the Rights in Crisis and Extractive Industries initiatives

28/11/2022

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Horn, East and Central Africa (HECA) Regional Platform was established in 2016. Among the platform’s far-reaching portfolio are two influencing initiatives – the Rights in Crisis network and Extractive Industries programme. Despite their ambitious scope and the challenging context, this report confirms that Oxfam has contributed effectively to change at all levels. These changes […]

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Research report

The Inequality Crisis in East Africa: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

09/02/2022

2 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English

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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed millions into poverty in East Africa, and worsened inequality. The economic crisis continues, due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that only 4% of East African citizens had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, compared with 71% in high-income countries by mid-January2022. Many East African governments were already hamstrung by high […]

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Briefing paper

Funding the ERP: Analysis of funding for the implementation of the Education Response Plan (ERP) for refugees and host communities

14/12/2021

1 documents

Languages: English

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This paper is an analytical review of the financial performance of the Education Response Plan for refugees by the end of June 2020. This analysis gives an in-depth review of the education financing for Government of Uganda supported schools in refugee settlements in Lamwo District Local Government. The total contribution of the Government of Uganda […]

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Case study

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence

17/09/2021

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This is a profile of the work of African Women and Youth Action for Development (AWYAD) on gender-based violence. It was produced by AWYAD's Executive Director Ritah Nansereko as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses access to services, capacity strengthening, community protection structures, culture, empowerment of women, gender-based violence, material […]

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Research report

What Drives Active Citizens? Testing our assumptions through a comparative analysis of citizen data from seven countries

30/06/2021

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

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This report investigates the characteristics of active citizens who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. First, we look at the demographics of people who raise their voices towards duty-bearers. Then, we investigate the various types of citizens' actions and which attitudes and norms active citizens hold. Supporting citizens in raising their voices is one of the […]

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Book

What Happens If We Meet? A learning journey on how youth experience civic space and how INGOs can support them

01/06/2021

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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What Happens If We Meet? explores how young people experience shrinking civic space and the role INGOs can play as their partners. The ‘Playbook’ reflects on the realities of youth civic space and invites the reader to join the reflection through a series of exercises. The Playbook brings together the findings generated throughout a four-month Learning […]

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Briefing paper

An African Response to COVID-19: From principled first response to just recovery

28/04/2021

1 documents

23 pages long

Languages: English

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In November 2020 Oxfam and SOAS facilitated an online high-level event to bring together African and international policy and public-health professionals to discuss their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offer insights into strategies and policies they have enacted in their respective contexts. Speakers tackled a wide range of issues, including government strategies and policies […]

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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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