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This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in September 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and enhancing response capability’ project in […] View resource Research report Resilience in Times of Food Insecurity: Reflecting on the experiences of women’s organizations 15/09/2014 3 documents 30 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Disasters Food security Gender mainstreaming Resilience Overview This research report considers the perspectives of women’s organizations and their strategies in dealing with vulnerability to shocks and crises, and building resilience in a context of food insecurity. The report identifies what 21 women’s organizations across 10 countries consider to be the key threats to resilience, and draws lessons from their ways of working. […] View resource Research report Food Crisis, Gender, and Resilience in the Sahel: Lessons from the 2012 crisis in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger 16/06/2014 2 documents 58 pages long Languages: English, French Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Food crisis Food security Natural resources Resilience Sahel Smallholder agriculture Women farmers Overview This report deals with the issues, or rather, with the responses to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel, from a gender perspective. The field research, which was conducted in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, builds on past work and reflects the statements made by local people. The report finds that household resilience is inconceivable […] View resource Guidelines and toolkits Incorporating the Use of ICTs into Oxfam’s Markets-based Livelihoods Programmes: A guidance paper 13/05/2014 1 documents 23 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Development methods Enterprise development ICTs Information Communication Technologies Livelihoods M-Agri Natural resources Resilience Smallholder agriculture Sustainable livelihoods approach Overview This Guidance Paper considers ways of incorporating ICTs into markets-based livelihoods programmes. It suggests ways to identify and then use the opportunities offered by ICTs particularly in agriculture. These can include information services, value chain linkages, and financial services. The paper presents a pragmatic and strategic approach that minimises time and cost requirements while maximising […] View resource Case study Building Resilience of Disaster Vulnerable Communities: A case study from Bangladesh 01/03/2014 1 documents 7 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Capacity building Climate change adaptation Disasters Food security Livelihoods Resilience Overview Chars are the small islands in the river delta of Bangladesh. The char communities in Bangladesh are extremely vulnerable to extreme climate events such as cyclones, floods, erosion and saline water intrusion, which has reduced agricultural production and employment opportunities and increased loss of assets and poverty. The Capacity Building of Ultra Poor (CUP) project […] View resource Evaluation report Effectiveness Review: Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction in Mongu, Zambia 26/02/2014 4 documents 53 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Climate change adaptation Disaster risk management Drought Floods Impact evaluation Livelihoods M&E Monitoring and evaluation Propensity score matching Quasi-experimental evaluation Resilience Overview The ‘Community-Led Disaster Risk Reduction’ project aims to increase resilience to climatic shocks among target groups in Mongu district in the Zambezi floodplain of western Zambia, through: Strengthening capacity of target communities to manage and respond to floods and droughts; and By encouraging livelihood diversification and asset growth. These full and summary reports document the findings […] View resource Evaluation report Effectiveness Review: Drought Management Initiative: Livestock Component, Kenya 06/12/2013 4 documents 63 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Adaptation Climate change adaptation Disaster risk management Drought Impact evaluation M&E Monitoring and evaluation Propensity score matching Quasi-experimental evaluation Resilience Risk reduction WASH Overview Kenya’s ‘Turkana-Pokot Drought Management Initiative (DMI)’ was a three-year programme implemented by a consortium of NGOs which aimed to mitigate the effects of climatic shocks among pastoralist communities in north-western Kenya. Oxfam GB was responsible for implementing the livestock component of this programme in three of the most remote pastoralist communities in the northern part […] View resource Evaluation report Effectiveness Review: Disaster Risk Reduction Programming in Ethiopia’s Somali Region 01/07/2013 4 documents 58 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Climate change adaptation Community building Disaster risk management Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Food security Impact evaluation M&E Monitoring and evaluation Pastoralism Propensity score matching Quasi-experimental evaluation Resilience Women farmers Overview The activities of two separate projects in Ethiopia’s Somali region were covered by this review. One was the third phase of the cross-border ‘Regional Drought Decision’ programme, which focused on building the capacity of community-based disaster risk management committees, as well as the construction of water storage facilities and the setting up of some pilot pastoralist […] View resource Policy position Oxfam’s Role in Humanitarian Action 26/06/2013 4 documents 8 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Resilience Overview As humanitarian agencies face enormous challenges in crises such as Syria, and a rapidly changing world, this new policy compendium note sets out Oxfam’s vision of its own role in humanitarian action. Like many international NGOs, its humanitarian work focuses increasingly on supporting the capacity of other organizations and partners – and on building the […] View resource Briefing paper Learning the Lessons? Assessing the response to the 2012 food crisis in the Sahel to build resilience for the future 16/04/2013 5 documents 40 pages long Languages: English, French, Spanish Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Aid effectiveness Civil society Disaster risk reduction Disasters Drought DRR Food prices Food security Resilience Overview In 2012, the Sahel region of West and Central Africa was once again hit by a severe food crisis, affecting over 18 million people at its peak. At the start of 2012, when the crisis began to unfold, many governments, donors and aid agencies were determined not to make the same mistakes again. 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