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Evaluation report

Resilience in Burkina Faso: Impact evaluation of the ‘Resilience, Food security and Nutrition’ project

14/05/2018

4 documents

121 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

The Resilience, Food Security and Nutrition Project (Projet de Resilience, Securite Alimentaire et Nutritionnelle, PRSAN) was carried out in the North and Centre-North regions of Burkina Faso between 2013 and 2017 by Oxfam and Christian Aid, together with two implementing partners, the Alliance Technique d’Assistance au Developpement (ATAD) and the Office de Developpement des Eglises […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Kenya: Impact evaluation of the ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project

09/05/2018

2 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The ‘Building Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands of Northern Kenya’ project was implemented in Turkana County, in Northern Kenya, between July 2012 and April 2015. The project was designed to build the resilience of project participants to a number of shocks and stresses: droughts – which threaten the area annually – floods and […]

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Case study

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in the Context of Men and Women Agro-pastoralists in Chad

12/04/2018

3 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Changing rainfall patterns in recent years has meant that smallholder farmers in Chad have difficulty planning their cropping calendars and pastoralists have to change their migration patterns. Some pastoralists in Chad are increasingly agro-pastoralists: becoming sedentary and keeping their herds in the south. This creates recurrent conflict over the access and management of natural resources […]

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Briefing note

Supporting livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin: Ways forward for conflict-affected communities in Nigeria, Niger, and Chad

28/03/2018

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam’s research in late 2017 showed that early recovery and livelihoods development are […]

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Research report

L’effet du warrantage sur la reduction des inegalites et la construction de la resilience : Le cas de la FEPAB au Burkina Faso

23/02/2018

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: French

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Overview

In Burkina Faso, the vulnerability of farmers to climate risks and variations in the pricing of staple foods is a serious problem for rural areas. Warrantage is used in West Africa to describe the inventory credit system: granting credit to farmers with grain as collateral in secure warehouses, where a third independent party holds the […]

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Evaluation report

Livelihoods in Democratic Republic of Congo: Impact evaluation of the Purchase for Progress (P4P) Project

21/02/2018

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The project ‘Purchase for Progress in DRC’ (DRCB45) was selected for an impact evluation in the 2015/16 financial year. The project’s overall objective was to contribute to improving production, sales and revenues from maize, rice, groundnuts and beans, by providing the necessary inputs and technical advice on modern methods of farming, and forming marketing groups […]

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Case study

Community Stories of Resilience Building in ASEAN: Strengthening community resilience through peer-to-peer learning

11/12/2017

1 documents

162 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Asia is vulnerable to more frequent and severe disasters due to the rapid rise of natural hazards, extreme weather events, and the impacts of climate change. ASEAN’s Declaration on Institutionalizing the Resilience of ASEAN and its Communities and Peoples to Disasters and Climate Change recognizes this, and its vision of resilience sets out to achieve […]

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Briefing paper

Balancing the Books: Including women and protecting refugees is essential to realizing small business growth in Jordan

10/12/2017

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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It is essential that opportunities for job growth are supported both for refugees in Jordan and the vulnerable communities hosting them. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) can be a key driver of job growth. Promoting MSMEs could also help to address gender inequality and protection issues for refugees in Jordan. This joint agency paper […]

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Briefing paper

An Emergency for Whom? The EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa – migratory routes and development aid in Africa

15/11/2017

4 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

In 2015, the EU and its member states set up the ‘EU Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa’ to promote stability and economic opportunities and to strengthen resilience. An Oxfam analysis of all the projects approved under the instrument shows that its flexible nature […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Nepal: Impact evaluation of the Joint Programme on Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Preparedness

08/11/2017

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

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 January 2016 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Joint Programme on Disaster Risk Management and Humanitarian Preparedness’. […]

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