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Guidelines and toolkits

Conducting Focus Groups

04/04/2019

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5 pages long

Languages: English

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Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline gives an overview of how to organize and conduct focus group discussions for qualitative research. Focus groups help to answer the ‘who’, ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions by allowing researchers to draw out respondents’ feelings, beliefs, attitudes, experiences and reactions in a way that is often not feasible […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Planning Survey Research

04/04/2019

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline gives an overview of how to plan survey research, one of the most widely used tools in research for development. Properly designed survey research is vital to development work because it allows researchers to gather accurate quantitative data on a variety of topics, helping to give development […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Reviewing the Existing Literature

27/03/2019

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6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Reviewing what’s already out there ‘ also known as doing a ‘literature review’ ‘ is the best way to start any research project. It avoids repeating what others have already done, saving time and money (and embarrassment). It will help you to clarify and justify the focus of your planned research. And it will show […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Understanding Survey Sampling

27/03/2019

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Languages: English

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Drawing up a sample is an essential step in undertaking most types of survey research. Information gathered from a sample can be used to draw inferences about the whole population being studied, and the more representative a sample is, the more accurate inferences based on it are likely to be. Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Understanding Estimates of Economic Inequality

27/03/2019

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7 pages long

Languages: English

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From day to day we are confronted with headlines about inequality rising or falling. Oxfam and others have warned of high and rising extreme inequality and its undesirable impacts on poverty and social justice. In a highly political and contentious landscape, we are more empowered as activists and campaigners when we know how measures of […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Writing an Executive Summary

15/03/2019

3 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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An executive summary is one of the most crucial parts of a report. It represents a chance for the author to grab the reader’s attention and draw them into the main document. When readers are pressed for time, it may be the only part of the report they read, so a well-written summary is vital. […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Giving Helpful Feedback on Draft Research Papers and Reports

09/03/2019

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4 pages long

Languages: English

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Commenting on draft papers and reports is an important, if unglamorous role. It stimulates collective discussion and builds capacity and networks both within and between organizations. Constructive feedback can make all the difference to the quality of research publications and the morale of those involved. Part of Oxfam’s Research Guidelines series, this guideline provides concise […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Integrating Gender in Research Planning

21/02/2019

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Research can open doors for more gender equitable futures. Gender analysis is built on an understanding of the differences and inequalities in the interrelated lives of women, men, and members of other gender diverse groups, often shaped by unequal power relations and norms that dictate what roles, attitudes and behaviours are considered normal or appropriate. […]

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Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

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8 pages long

Languages: English

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Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

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Researching the Killer Fact That Highlighted Global Economic Inequality

19/12/2016

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5 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study of research in practice describes how in 2014 Oxfam staff researched and developed a powerful killer fact ‘ that the 85 richest people owned as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people ‘ and how this triggered international media coverage, political commentary, and record-level website hits.

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