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Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

01/07/2009

11 pages long

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Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

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Giving small loans to women has become a mainstay in development practitioners’ toolkits. Using data collected for Oxfam America’s Saving for Change (SFC) project, this article argues that repayment of micro-credit cannot be used as a measure of micro-enterprise development per se. Instead, repayment signals the presence of peer pressure, loan sharing and remittance payments […]

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Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

01/07/2009

15 pages long

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Lipstick evangelism: avon trading circles and gender empowerment in South Africa

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Increasing numbers of corporations are vying to capture one of the largest untapped consumer markets – the world’s poor – in ways that are not only economically profitable but socially responsible. One type of initiative that has gained increased traction is trading partnerships between multinational corporations and women’s informal exchange networks, creating micro-enterprise opportunities that […]

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More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

01/03/2009

13 pages long

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More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

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This article reports on research into the impacts of micro-finance on gender roles, the extent to which socio-cultural factors influence these changes, and how such changes affect the well-being of rural Bogoso households in the Wassa West District of Ghana. Findings indicated that micro-finance has changed men’s and women’s control over decisions and resource allocations, […]

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Complexities in natural-resource management: irrigation infrastructure in Bihar

01/01/2009

13 pages long

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All over Gaya District in Bihar, irrespective of a person’s caste or economic status, irrigation is the overriding topic of concern on public platforms and in private conversations. In the absence of adequate government action, different kinds of community endeavour are emerging to answer the need, some supported by radical political movements, others by organisations […]

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Journal article

Capacity development for good governance in developing societies: lessons from the field

01/01/2009

7 pages long

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Good governance is essential for sustaining economic transformation in developing countries. However, many developing countries currently lack the capacity, as opposed to the will, to achieve and then sustain a climate of good governance. This article addresses, from a practitioner’s field perspective, the fundamental objectives, principles, and key areas that need to be addressed for […]

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Evaluation report

Evaluation of the Cash Transfers for Development Project in Vietnam

01/12/2008

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Since mid-2006 Oxfam GB in Vietnam has been directly disbursing non-emergency cash grants to 550 poor and nearly poor households in An Loc commune, Ha Tinh province. These grants support empowerment by enabling households to utilise their knowledge and skills to determine the best investments for livelihood development. This final evaluation, conducted in November and […]

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Briefing note

If Not Now, When? Three actions the G20 must take now to protect the world’s poor from the economic crisis and build a new political and economic governance system

13/11/2008

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The world’s poor must not pay the price for the collapse of financial markets. Without immediate action, millions will suffer. Poor women and children will pay for the financial folly, failed ideology and crude self-interest that led to this crisis. Much of the burden will be borne by those least able to cope, whether it […]

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Journal article

Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

09/11/2008

12 pages long

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Flower by Flower, We Make a Garden’: Palestinian women organising for economic justice

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This article illustrates a unique experience of social-movement building, initiated by Sawt el-Amel, a grassroots organisation of Arab workers in Israel. The process started in 2005, with the establishment of an activist forum for women on social welfare in Nazareth. Gradually, this is transforming into a union for Arab women all across Israel. The initiative […]

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Research report

Responsible Investment: A force for poverty alleviation

06/11/2008

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The unprecedented turmoil in the world’s financial markets has resulted in a significant loss of trust in the global financial system. Financial institutions and the market as a whole have been criticised for short-termism, for lacking transparency, and for not being properly accountable to regulators or to wider society. The credit crisis has also raised […]

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Case study

Building for the Future: Fostering local accountability in Malawi

01/11/2008

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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President Hastings Banda held office in Malawi from 1964 to 1994. He discouraged any kind of participation in political decision-making, often under pain of death or imprisonment. Today, 15 years later, people in Malawi are still afraid to speak out. They do not have the experience or structure to engage effectively in local advocacy work. […]

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