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Evaluation report

2014 Programme Partnership Arrangements (PPA) Evaluation Report

01/09/2015

1 documents

197 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation report focuses on the effects and impacts specifically achieved from the 2011 to 2014 round of PPA funding. Specifically, the evaluation seeks to understand the investment decisions that PPA holders have been able to make because of the unrestricted and flexible nature of PPA funding and the effects of these investments. The evaluation […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Implementing WASH Programmes in a Payment by Results Context

01/08/2015

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) wants Payment by Results (PbR) to be a major part of the way it works in future, and other donors look set to follow suit. What does this mean for the WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) sector, and particularly for NGOs and their partners seeking to implement WASH programmes at […]

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Research report

Turning the Humanitarian System on its Head: Saving lives and livelihoods by strengthening local capacity and shifting leadership to local actors

27/07/2015

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The global humanitarian system is overstretched; inadequately investing in risk reduction and prevention, and providing assistance that is often insufficient, inappropriate and late. Humanitarian action led by governments in crisis-affected countries, assisted and held accountable by civil society, is usually faster and more appropriate, saving more lives and alleviating the suffering of many more men, […]

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Evaluation report

The Oxfam Ebola Response in Liberia and Sierra Leone: An evaluation report for the Disasters Emergency Committee

17/07/2015

1 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

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The context of the Ebola epidemic presented extreme challenges for Oxfam, as it did for many organisations. At the onset of the epidemic, there was a general lack of understanding of the disease and how to respond to it effectively and safely. A pervasive and persistent climate of fear, coupled with changing predictions about the […]

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Briefing paper

For Human Dignity: The World Humanitarian Summit and the challenge to deliver

08/07/2015

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The UN Secretary-General has called the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016 ‘to make humanitarian action fit for the future’. Tens of millions of people receive humanitarian aid every year, but millions more suffer without adequate help and protection, and their number is relentlessly rising. One summit cannot change everything. But the key tests of its […]

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Discussion paper

Fit for the Future? Development trends and the role of international NGOs

11/06/2015

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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How is our understanding of development changing? What are the implications of these changes, whether practical or conceptual, for the future role of international non-government organizations (NGOs)? This short paper summarizes the main global trends in international development and then examines some pressing questions for international NGOs. It highlights the folly of simple, linear interventions […]

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Media briefing

Africa: Rising for the few

02/06/2015

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Multinational companies cheated Africa out of US$11bn through just one of their tax dodging tricks – trade mispricing – in 2010. Africa is growing economically, but billions of dollars a year are flowing out of the continent. This deprives governments of vital potential investments in healthcare and education for all, and sustainable agriculture. Securing Africa’s […]

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Research report

A Fresh Analysis of the Humanitarian System in Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia: Somali state agencies and local organisations’ capacities to manage humanitarian action

01/05/2015

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Where rain comes before humanitarian aid. In Somaliland, Puntland and South Central Somalia, the International Community is mixing its political interests with its humanitarian agenda. Insecurity severely hampers access in many parts, making it difficult to implement and monitor humanitarian responses. International humanitarian actors need to revisit their strategies and invest more in working with […]

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Briefing paper

Charting a New Course: Overcoming the stalemate in Gaza

13/04/2015

7 documents

32 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Italian, Spanish

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In 2014, after unprecedented destruction and suffering in Gaza, international donors pledged $3.5bn and a change in approach. Six months later, reconstruction and recovery have barely begun, there has been no accountability for violations of international law, and Gaza remains cut off from the West Bank. This AIDA briefing paper outlines an achievable course of […]

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Case study

Learning from Impact Studies: World Citizen’s Panel in Cambodia

02/04/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Only by understanding the impact of our work can we see how we can improve its effectiveness. In Cambodia, where we have been working to strengthen civil society for 35 years, we assessed our impact using the World Citizens Panel methodology – a survey of programme beneficiaries and a control group, followed by in-depth “stories […]

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