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Guidelines and toolkits

Organizational Requirements and Capacity Building for Market-Based Programming

01/06/2018

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Market analysis and programming requires organizations to take on board new approaches and ways of working. This calls for new staff expertise and partnerships with organizations experienced in working with market systems. This briefing in the WASH and Markets in Crisis series identifies organizational considerations with respect to market-based programming, particularly human resources. It highlights […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Monitoring and Evaluating Market-Based Programmes

01/06/2018

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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Monitoring and evaluation of market-based programmes is essential to assess the impact of humanitarian interventions on the lives of people affected by disaster or crises. It enables organizations to track progress, discover unplanned effects of programmes and adjust accordingly. This briefing in the WASH and Markets in Crisis series proposes a framework of indicators to […]

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Research report

Measuring Household Stress: The development of a contextualized multi-sector Coping Strategy Index for Afghanistan

24/05/2018

4 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Dari, English, Pashto

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Oxfam developed a multi-sector Coping Strategy Index (mCSI) to provide the humanitarian community in Afghanistan with a tool to assess and monitor the impact of interventions – especially multi-purpose cash grants – with data collected from Nangarhar, Herat, Kunduz, Kandahar and Kabul provinces. The project was funded by EU humanitarian aid and Oxfam. This report […]

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Research report

Supporting sustainable water service delivery in a protracted crisis: Professionalizing community-led systems in South Sudan

27/04/2018

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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This report shares Oxfam’s experience with a water treatment plant community-led operator in Juba, South Sudan. It contributes to the debate on the role that communities can play in the process of managing water supply systems amid protracted crises. The report gives guidance on how to support professionalization of community services by providing business, governance […]

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Technical briefing

A Road Map for Small-Scale Desalination: An overview of existing and emerging technology solutions for cost-efficient and low-energy desalination in South and Southeast Asia

22/03/2018

2 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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In Asia, access to drinking water is a major issue because of the intrusion of saline groundwater in many areas. Water containing a high concentration of salts is unsuitable for human consumption. The situation is expected to get worse as a result of climate change. This report suggests the development of a ‘road map’ for […]

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Research report

A Clean and Decent Life Without WASH? The impacts and risks of reduced WASH funding for Syrian refugees in Bekaa, Lebanon

01/03/2018

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Lebanon hosts approximately 1.5 million Syrians who have fled the war in their country since 2011. Funding for assistance for refugees and refugee-affected populations in Lebanon is declining sharply across all sectors. As of January 2018, only 9% of the year’s WASH sector appeal had been secured. Unless more funding is secured there will be […]

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Research report

Kasai: The forgotten province of DRC – gender assessment

02/02/2018

3 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently gripped by national political deadlock and plagued by localized armed conflicts, both old and new. In the central region of Kasai, the conflict between government forces and the Kamwina Nsapo militia escalated dramatically in the first quarter of 2017 and has caused a serious humanitarian crisis extending over […]

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Discussion paper

Influencing Behaviours and Practices to Tackle Poverty and Injustice

17/01/2018

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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Effective behaviour change strategies can play a vital role in combating poverty, injustice and environmental degradation. They can help prevent violence against women and girls; enable better health, hygiene and environmental behaviours; motivate and empower people to participate in campaigns or to become change makers; or influence people to make more equitable, ethical or sustainable […]

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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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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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Case study

Improving Coordination through Mapping: Using GIS to map community boreholes in South Sudan

12/09/2017

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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In South Sudan, Oxfam has introduced the use of geographic information systems (GIS) to map water and sanitation facilities across conflict-hit Wau. This case study explains how this has enabled Oxfam and partners to better monitor and coordinate activities – and has the potential to maximize opportunities to develop sustainable water sources. See also the […]

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