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Briefing note

After the Cyclone: Lessons from a disaster

15/02/2008

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Late in the evening of 15 November 2007, Cyclone Sidr struck Mahmouda’s home and thousands of other villages across Bangladesh’s southern coastal areas, leaving around 4000 people dead and millions homeless. The initial response to the disaster was prompt and vigorous, but three months after the disaster the affected communities’ needs – particularly in terms […]

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Journal article

The backlash against civil society in the wake of the Long War on Terror

01/02/2008

11 pages long

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The enthusiasm for civil society that emerged in the late 1980s and 1990s with the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the spread of democratic regimes has been replaced in recent years by a backlash against civil society on many levels and fronts. This has particularly intensified since the attacks of 11 September 2001 and […]

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Journal article

Beyond the log frame: a new tool for examining health and peacebuilding initiatives

01/02/2008

15 pages long

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How do we move from identifying ethical principles to enhancing development practice? How can donors and NGOs move beyond the reporting of technical outputs to explore less tangible aspects of their health projects: contributions to rebuilding trust, promoting social cohesion, and enhancing good governance at community level? This article considers these questions in relation to […]

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Journal article

Values in international development organisations: negotiating non-negotiables

01/02/2008

11 pages long

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Values are an important theme in discussions in international NGOs, helping to create the conditions for solidarity among staff. But at the same time they are also frequently a source of demoralisation and destructive conflict. This is because the prevailing perceptions of values as instruments of management or as elements in some inchoate mystical whole […]

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Policy position

Multi-Dimensional Military Missions and Humanitarian Assistance

09/01/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Multi-dimensional missions: In recent years, regional organisations and others have established missions to countries in conflict or post-conflict situations that integrate military, political, and humanitarian assistance functions under a single structure. Recent examples include the US-led coalition in Iraq, NATO in Afghanistan, Australia’s operation in the Solomon Islands, and the African Union’s mission in Sudan. […]

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Policy position

UN Integrated Missions and Humanitarian Action

09/01/2008

2 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Since 2008, the UN has tried to bring together its various functions in single ‘integrated missions’ in conflict situations. Its aim has been to maximize impact through greater coherence. But Oxfam and other humanitarian agencies have always been concerned that such integration can challenge the independence and impartiality of humanitarian action – particularly when the […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of River Basin Programme in Bihar, India

01/01/2008

2 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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The River Basin Programme has worked in Bihar since 1999 and has partnered with various local NGOs over the years. Initially focusing on relief, it has over time moved towards flood preparedness and small-scale mitigation activities. This evaluation report addresses the question of the impact of the Disaster Risk Reduction (R) interventions before, during and […]

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Briefing note

Breaking the Impasse: Ending the humanitarian stranglehold on Palestine

10/12/2007

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, Hebrew

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The upcoming Israeli-Palestinian meeting in Annapolis, Maryland provides an opportunity to address the humanitarian crisis, which is an essential step for successful negotiations leading to the end of the occupation of Palestine, and for delivering a just settlement and lasting peace for Palestinians and Israelis alike. Since January 2006, the people in the occupied Palestinian […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Peace Building and Development Programme in Rwanda

01/12/2007

3 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Rwanda Peace Building and Development Programme’, begun in 2004, is designed to address challenges faced by communities and the Government, which include reintegrating demobilised soldiers, dealing with wounds re-opened by the gacaca, and (re)settling refugee returnees. The programme builds on a pilot project in 2001, in which Oxfam GB moved from short term humanitarian […]

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Evaluation report

Mid Term Evaluation of Food Security and Livelihoods Programme in Kitgum district, Uganda

01/12/2007

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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The North Uganda Emergency Programme aims to save lives and protect livelihoods of people affected by conflict and natural disasters. The Kitgum programme has been running since 1997 providing water, sanitation, public health promotion and livelihoods support to 150,000 people displaced by conflict into IDP camps in Kitgum and Pader districts. Due to the insecure […]

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