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Women’s Empowerment in the Philippines: Impact evaluation of the ‘BASIC START’ project

24/02/2021

3 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2018/19 on women’s empowerment. The BASIC START (Building Autonomous and Stable Institutions and Communities through Socially Cohesive, Transparent, Accountable and Responsive Transition) in the Bangsamoro' project was carried out in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Philippines between April 2015 and August […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Conducting Focus Groups

04/04/2019

1 documents

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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Planning Survey Research

04/04/2019

1 documents

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

Creating Killer Facts and Graphics

04/04/2019

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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‘Killer facts’ are those punchy, memorable, headline-grabbing statistics that make reports special. They cut through the technicalities to fire people up about changing the world. They are picked up and repeated endlessly by the media and politicians. They are known as ‘killer’ facts because if they are really effective, they ‘kill off’ the opposition’s arguments. […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Writing Terms of Reference for Research

29/03/2019

3 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Oxfam strives to base its programmes on good quality research. Each year we devote significant resources to undertaking and commissioning research that will support and help to improve our work and that of our partners. Are we getting value for money in the research produced? The clarity of the Terms of Reference (TOR) given to […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Terms of Reference for Research Template

29/03/2019

3 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The Terms of Reference for Research Template should be used in conjunction with the Writing Terms of Reference for Research guidelines. Using these the researcher will be able to produce a Terms of Reference that is comprehensive and effective.

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Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Reviewing the Existing Literature

27/03/2019

1 documents

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

1 documents

7 pages long

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

1 documents

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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