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Evaluation report

Gender, Enterprise and Markets in Tajikistan: Building resilience, empowering lives

14/11/2019

1 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam initiated the three-year Gender, Enterprise and Markets (GEM) programme in Tajikistan in 2014 with financial support from the Department for International Development of the UK government. The main goal of the programme was to ensure that poor women and men in rural communities have better and more sustainable livelihoods through gendered strategies for inclusive and sustainable […]

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Briefing note

The Dairy Sector in the Gaza Strip

19/01/2017

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Gaza’s dairy sector has been severely damaged by Israel’s separation policy, blockade and three rounds of hostilities. The sector is now highly dependent on imports for production and consumption and is unable to compete with imported products. However, there are opportunities for the sector to grow and reduce its dependence on external markets. This requires […]

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Research report

Malawi2020: Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the tea industry

13/10/2016

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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In June 2016, Oxfam conducted a Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA) exercise in Mulanje, Southern Malawi, in the context of the Malawi2020 Tea Revitalization Programme (Malawi2020). This programme aims to achieve a competitive, profitable tea industry that can provide living wages and incomes for its workers by 2020. The VRA sought to address the key […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s Empowerment in Rwanda: Evaluation of women’s economic leadership through horticulture planting material business

26/03/2015

3 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in March 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Women’s Economic Leadership through Horticulture Planting-Material Business’ project.This project […]

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Evaluation report

Effectiveness Review: Health for All: Towards Free Universal Health Care in Ghana

06/12/2013

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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The Universal Health Care Campaign is a bold, collaborative advocacy effort by civil society organisations and networks, working towards a collective vision of free, quality and accessible universal health care for all Ghanaians. The Campaign aimed to raise awareness of the weaknesses of the existing health insurance scheme as a modality for financing free universal […]

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Case study

Scaling of small producers’ markets in 24 municipalities: How Oxfam helped create a network of local farmers’ markets in Columbia

25/09/2013

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shares the experience of the Colombia Economic Justice Programme in implementing a leveraging strategy – to replicate the flagship experience of Bogotá in the creation and consolidation of alternative, direct, and fair marketing channels operating between rural producers and urban consumers – which produced effective scaling in 24 municipalities of the central […]

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Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale agriculture in Nigeria

22/08/2013

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

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In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This research report examines the role of policy in Nigeria in influencing corporate investment […]

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Case study

The Lead-Firm Model: Connecting smallholders to high-value markets in Tanzania

23/07/2013

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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In Tanzania, Oxfam adopted the ‘Lead-Firm’ Model and partnered with Katani Ltd. to improve smallholder access to markets for sisal. Katani agreed to improve the production and processing capacity of the smallholders, and committed to purchase all quality sisal fibre. Both Oxfam and Katani funded training for smallholders, while Oxfam supplied them with loans to […]

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Case study

Functional Adult Literacy: Sustainable, women-focused capacity-building in Ethiopia

23/07/2013

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

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In Limu, Ethiopia, Oxfam worked with partners and local government to develop a Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) programme for smallholders to enhance women’s economic leadership, increase production and improve the quality of organic coffee. The programme combined literacy classes with training on agricultural and financial capacity-building. This approach increased attendance and improved smallholders’ skills across […]

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Technical briefing

Business and Human Rights: An Oxfam perspective on the UN Guiding Principles

13/06/2013

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This briefing outlines the responsibility of businesses to respect human rights under the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), also known as the Ruggie Framework. It provides an overview of the UNGPs and gives an Oxfam perspective, including case studies, on key issues for businesses.

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