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Research report

Explorer les effets des initiatives d’autonomisation économique des femmes sur la violence domestique

12/09/2019

2 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Cette revue des écrits scientifiques s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une initiative de recherche portant sur l’analyse des effets de la participation à des initiatives d’autonomisation économique des femmes sur l’augmentation ou la diminution de la violence domestique. Ce projet est le fruit d’une collaboration entre Oxfam et le CRI-VIFF et vise plus particulièrement à documenter […]

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Case study

Influencing Financial Inclusion in Programmes: Overcoming barriers to agriculture and enterprise finance

27/10/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Barriers to agriculture and enterprise finance are the result of the risks that service providers and investors usually perceive when supporting smallholder farmers, particularly women. Some of Oxfam’s programmes have successfully increased access to financial and other services through building the capacity of communities and engaging with a network of stakeholders. By successfully influencing the […]

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Journal article

Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

31/07/2015

18 pages long

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Women’s economic inequality and domestic violence: exploring the links and empowering women

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Economic empowerment of poor households is a key entry point for development organisations concerned with economic inequality. Over the decades, gender inequality has emerged as a key concern, and the result has been women’s economic empowerment (WEE) programming. This article is a study of the impact of WEE programming on domestic violence (DV) against women. […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Armenia: Evaluation of new economic opportunities for small-scale farmers in Tavush and Vayots Dzor regions

26/03/2015

3 documents

94 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 livelihoods thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in April 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘new economic opportunities for small scale farmers in Tavush and […]

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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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Case study

Putting the Power in Women’s Hands: The WOGIVES Project in Malawi

05/03/2015

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Two-thirds of the population of Malawi lives in poverty, and rural women are the poorest of the poor. Limited access to resources and exclusion from decision making at all levels contribute to women’s ongoing inequality and lack of empowerment. Oxfam is partnering with the Women’s Legal Resources Centre (WOLREC) and the Creative Centre for Community […]

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Briefing paper

Delivering Prosperity in Myanmar’s Dryzone: Lessons from Mandalay and Magwe on realizing the economic potential of small-scale farmers

28/08/2014

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Myanmar is undergoing intense and rapid changes. Policies formulated today will determine the future path of political and economic development. Modernization of the country’s agricultural sector is, rightly, a priority. However, mechanization and large-scale agricultural investment is not the only option. Small farm development provides a commercially viable option with better outcomes in terms of […]

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Case study

Microfinance for Small Enterprises: A Case from Uganda

01/03/2014

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes the work of the Community Organization for Rural Enterprise Activity Management (CREAM) in Uganda. The projects aims to enable households to improve savings capacity to meet uncertainties in life and investment capital needs, and strengthen social capital, thus improving household livelihood security. It specifically aims to improve quality of household life […]

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Journal article

The banking sector intervention in the microfinance world: a study of bankers’ perception and outreach to rural microfinance in India with special reference to the state of Punjab

01/09/2012

14 pages long

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Microfinance has been evolving as an indispensable tool of poverty eradication and rural improvement. At present, almost all the commercial banks have delved into the microfinance foray and offer various lucrative schemes designed for the rural poor, specifically, to carry out their own small economic activities. This paper attempts to study the extent to which […]

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Journal article

“Your kool-aid is not my kool-aid”: ideologies on microfinance within an INGO culture

01/09/2012

12 pages long

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Development investigations focus on synergies of institutional cultures for policy and practice. International non-governmental organisations (INGOs) currently enjoy a privileged position as harbingers of world culture unity. While there is contestation on INGOs as monolithic entities, few studies delve into the voices of actors within INGOs to provide for a more pluralistic perspective. This paper […]

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