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Briefing paper

Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe: An analysis of policy implications for post-disaster institutional development to strengthen disaster risk management

07/11/2019

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March 2019, affecting 270,000 people. The storm and subsequent flooding and landslides left 340 people dead and many others missing. Agriculture, schools and infrastructure all suffered heavy impacts; many people lost their homes. Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts were hardest hit. This policy brief provides an analysis of the impacts and […]

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Research report

Money Talks: A synthesis report assessing humanitarian funding flows to local actors in Bangladesh and Uganda

23/03/2018

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

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International humanitarian agencies and donors have made a series of global commitments to local actors as part of the localization agenda, including to increase their access to greater direct funding by 2020. This briefing paper reviews 2015 national financial data for Bangladesh and Uganda to better understand how to target international investments in localization. It […]

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Evaluation report

Governance in Ethiopia: Impact evaluation of the African Climate Change and Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project

09/02/2018

2 documents

90 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the findings of the impact evaluation of the project ‘African Climate Change and Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in Ethiopia (phase 2)’, which ran from 1 November 2011 to 31 December 2016 as part of the Oxfam GB’s global CHASE Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA4) portfolio. The project aimed to enhance governance systems and climate […]

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Research report

Building Resilience: A meta-analysis of Oxfam’s resilience Effectiveness Reviews

25/10/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Effectiveness Reviews evaluate the impact of the organization’s projects on the lives of those they are intended to help. This research paper uses statistical meta-analysis to summarise the results of all 16 Effectiveness Reviews carried out under the theme of resilience between 2011 and 2015. The paper finds that projects evaluated had a significant […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Ethiopia and Somaliland: Impact evaluation of the reconstruction project ‘Development of Enabling Conditions for Pastoralist and Agro-Pastoralist Communities’

30/06/2017

2 documents

94 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in November 2015 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Contributing to the Development of Enabling Conditions for Human […]

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Research report

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Final evaluation report

23/06/2017

1 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English

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This report describes the final evaluation of the project ‘Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice in the Humanitarian System’. The project, supported by the ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity fund and Oxfam, was implemented by Oxfam in Pakistan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and the Dominican Republic between September 2015 and March 2017. Â

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Evaluation report

Accountability Review in Yemen: Humanitarian assistance and resilience building

02/03/2017

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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This accountability review is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15. The report documents the findings from a review carried out in December 2014 which examines the degree to which Oxfam meets its own standards for accountability. The project ’Humanitarian Assistance and Resilience Building in Western Yemen’ is a two-year project supporting vulnerable […]

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Research report

Coastal Hazard Early Warning Systems in Pakistan: Tsunami and Cyclone Early Warning Dissemination: Gaps and Capacities in Coastal Areas of Balochistan and Sindh Provinces

15/11/2016

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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If a large earthquake were to occur off the coast of Pakistan and trigger a tsunami, residents of fishing villages would need to act quickly in order to escape. A tsunami caused by an earthquake in this region in November 1945 claimed hundreds of lives. Most of the fatalities occurred along tidal creeks of the […]

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Case study

Briefing note on the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA)

30/06/2016

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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The Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) has been working over the last 7 years (from November 2009 to December 2016) to influence climate resilience policy and practice in Uganda, Mozambique and Ethiopia. This brief highlights ACCRA’s unique contribution to enhancing the governance of adaptation and planning processes through a multistakeholder process that builds on:(a) […]

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Briefing note

El Nino: The case for urgent action

15/12/2015

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Millions of poor and vulnerable people face hunger and poverty this year and next because of record global temperatures, droughts and erratic rains in 2014 and 2015, compounded by the development of possibly the most powerful El Nino on record. Strong leadership at every level of government and a coordinated international effort are required to […]

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