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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Climate Change Adaptation and Advocacy Project, Nepal

01/04/2013

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Climate Change Adaptation and Advocacy’ project aims to increase climate change resilience among target groups in the Dadeldhura district of western Nepal, through the creation of livelihood options and the incorporation of climate change adaptation practices in district- and national-level plans and programmes. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental […]

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Research report

Applying Cost Benefit Analysis at a Community Level: A review of its use for community based climate and disaster risk management

01/03/2013

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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This report reviews 23 studies that have applied cost benefit analysis (CBA) to assess community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation projects. The review shows that CBA at a community level is adding value to our understanding of the effectiveness of efforts to reduce climate and disaster risk. The report concludes with key messages emerging from […]

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Book

Toward Resilience: A guide to disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation

03/01/2013

3 documents

194 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Toward Resilience: A Guide to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) is an introductory resource for staff of development and humanitarian organisations working with people whose live and rights are threatened by disasters and climate change. The guide provides essential introductory information, principals of effective practice, guidelines for action in a range […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Livestock Commercialisation for Pastoralist Communities in North Dakoro, Niger

12/12/2012

5 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, French

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This project aims at strengthening livelihoods among pastoralist households in the rural commune of Bermo, in the Maradi Region of Niger. To achieve this aim it has facilitated the formation of a pastoralist self-help group and sought to increase household resilience to drought. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact […]

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Case study

Gender Sensitive Response and Recovery: An Overview

08/10/2012

2 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English

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The number and complexity of hazards and disasters are increasing rapidly and there is ample evidence that women and girls are often more vulnerable to disasters than men and boys. This collection of Programme Insights papers considers the progress made and the challenges we still face in humanitarian and disaster risk reduction interventions, in responding […]

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Case study

Flood Preparedness in Viet Nam: A systematic gender-aware approach

08/10/2012

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In flood-prone areas of Viet Nam, most people are at high risk of drowning either because they cannot swim or lack information about how to protect themselves in the event of a flood. Women and children are particularly vulnerable – the latter because many of them commute to work by boat. Oxfam and the governments […]

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Case study

Post-Earthquake Response and Reconstruction: Gender-sensitive advocacy in Indonesia

08/10/2012

1 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Around one million Indonesians are affected by natural disasters every year. Despite significant government investment in early warning systems and disaster management, the impact of the 2009 earthquake in West Sumatra showed that much more needs to be done. Oxfam’s post-earthquake advocacy work aimed to build understanding of how gender inequality shapes vulnerability and to […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Building Resilience: Eastern Indonesia

08/10/2012

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The Building Resilience in Eastern Indonesia project was a three-year initiative that aimed to substantially reduce disaster-related loss, including human life and the social, economic, and environmental assets which the communities it targeted depend on. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in March/April 2012 in three […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme, Pakistan

08/10/2012

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Pakistan’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme sought to reduce loss of life, and asset and promote livelihood resilience in times of extreme natural disasters such as flooding. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2011 on the work carried out under this programme […]

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Case study

Restoring Livelihoods After Floods: Gender-sensitive response and community-owned recovery in Pakistan

08/10/2012

1 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English

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Following unprecedented flooding in 2010, Oxfam and partners launched an early recovery programme in Sindh Province, Pakistan. As well as directly supporting food security, this programme included support for women and men to establish livelihoods and rebuild assets when they began to return to their villages. This also offered some opportunities to promote improved livelihoods.

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