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Discussion paper

Digital Development: What is the role of international NGOs? ICT for Development programmes and opportunities in the Horn, East and Central Africa

23/02/2017

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Development is going digital and INGOs like Oxfam have a vital convening role to play. This paper draws on ICT for Development in Oxfam’s programmes in the Horn, East and Central Africa to consider what this role is. In order to realise the opportunities associated with the digital landscape, Oxfam will need to build internal […]

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Evaluation report

Humanitarian Informal feedback project: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. Evaluation report 2015/16

14/12/2016

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has piloted the Humanitarian Innovation Fund (HIF) tool as a way to increase and improve the accountability Oxfam provides to refugees in Za’atari Camp in Jordan. This evaluation finds that there are several technological improvements that can and should be made to the tool, as well as internal improvements to the culture of accountability […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Mobile Survey Toolkit

27/07/2016

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Surveys form the basis of many data collection exercises run by Oxfam and other organizations, ranging from assessments to ongoing monitoring and evaluation processes. Traditional methods of conducting surveys (often paper-based) can be time-consuming and there are limitations to the type and accuracy of information they collect. Digitalizing these data collection processes ‘ using mobile […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

How are effectiveness reviews carried out?

14/01/2016

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2011, Oxfam Great Britain (GB) has been conducting rigorous evaluations annually on samples of randomly selected mature projects (projects which are a substantial way through implementation or have finished). The purpose of these evaluations is to help the organization understand and evidence whether its work is resulting in positive change in the lives of […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Thailand: Impact evaluation of the climate change community-based adaptation model for food security project

14/12/2015

3 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in December 2014 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the development and scale up of a climate change community-based adaptation […]

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Case study

Going Digital: Using digital technology to conduct Oxfam’s Effectiveness Reviews

29/09/2015

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Since 2011, Oxfam GB has been conducting rigorous impact evaluations – Effectiveness Reviews – to help understand and provide evidence of whether its work is resulting in positive change in the lives of the women and men with whom and for whom it works. Where previously Oxfam has relied on a paper-based survey data collection […]

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Case study

Transforming Lives in Zimbabwe: Rural Sustainable Energy Development Project

17/08/2015

1 documents

27 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study contains a series of mini-reports on the renewable energy access work undertaken by Oxfam and Practical Action in the Ruti and Himalaya communal areas of Zimbabwe. The project, entitled Rural Sustainable Energy Development (RuSED), began in 2011 and will run until January 2016. It is being led and implemented in association with […]

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Evaluation report

Using Mobile Phones for Polio Prevention in Somalia: An evaluation of the 2013-14 interactive messaging and mobile voucher system deployed in hard to reach areas in Somalia

20/05/2015

1 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam, UNICEF and local partner Hijra developed a mobile phone based health promotion project in Somalia to support Polio prevention and control which began in November 2013. The project was implemented with two complementary components: pre-emptive community education delivered through interactive SMS on Polio prevention and distribution of water and sanitation items through SMS voucher […]

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Journal article

Taking feminist activism online: reflections on the ‘Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’ e-campaign

01/07/2013

14 pages long

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Taking feminist activism online: reflections on the ‘Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’ e-campaign

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In the last decade, the world has become digitally hyper-connected, resulting in many activists taking online spaces as a crucial part of their activism. This article focuses on an e-campaign, ‘A Call to Action: Keep Saartjie Baartman Centre Open’, in which feminists located at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children and the African […]

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Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

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