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Case study

Taking the long view: Transforming the way community water management is viewed and conducted in northern Kenya

25/09/2013

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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For several years, Oxfam has been working with communities in Turkana and Wajir, Kenya, building the capacity of local water committees to better manage their water supplies and hold higher authorities to account. Instead of short incentive-based workshops with little follow-up, Oxfam has taken a longer-term approach by developing a toolkit to provide regular training […]

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Case study

Scaling of small producers’ markets in 24 municipalities: How Oxfam helped create a network of local farmers’ markets in Columbia

25/09/2013

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study shares the experience of the Colombia Economic Justice Programme in implementing a leveraging strategy – to replicate the flagship experience of Bogotá in the creation and consolidation of alternative, direct, and fair marketing channels operating between rural producers and urban consumers – which produced effective scaling in 24 municipalities of the central […]

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Case study

Seizing an opportunity to support farmers: How Oxfam helped create Bolivia’s first national comprehensive agricultural insurance scheme

25/09/2013

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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This is the story of how Oxfam in Bolivia took considerable risks to help a sympathetic government create a national agricultural insurance scheme. This involved weathering a political storm and carefully navigating the difficult space between the government and popular organizations. Oxfam’s work in Bolivia shows how important it is to seize opportunities, to change […]

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Case study

Bringing clarity to troubled waters: How Oxfam is facilitating change in water and sanitation management in Tajikistan

25/09/2013

1 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English

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In Tajikistan, water is a key resource in emergencies, and for irrigation and drinking water, yet its management is chaotic, which often leads to breakdowns in water supply systems. Many communities have resorted to taking drinking water directly from irrigation canals and rivers. Oxfam has been working for nearly three years with the government and […]

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Evaluation report

Report of a Baseline Survey of Women Domestic Workers in Mukuru Informal Settlement – Nairobi Kenya

01/08/2013

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Through this project, Oxfam gained insight into the lives of thousands of women in Mukuru informal settlements who work as casual domestic workers and that these women faced serious livelihood challenges which include low and delayed pay, poor working conditions and sexual exploitation as well as physical and psychological abuse. Despite these challenges, they continue […]

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Technical briefing

Executive brief: Engaging with markets in humanitarian responses

10/07/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

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In late 2012, Oxfam and WFP undertook joint research to understand how humanitarian agencies are engaging with markets. This brief represents the views of Oxfam and WFP on the main findings of this research and from other ongoing initiatives.

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Case study

Community based disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka: A compendium of good practices

01/06/2013

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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The compendium presents good practices of the community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach implemented under a Disaster Preparedness project in the North and East of Sri Lanka, supported by the Disaster Preparedness ECHO (DIPECHO). Learning drawn from the project can be replicated and built into future interventions. The compendium also highlights the post-conflict scenario, […]

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Research report

Applying Cost Benefit Analysis at a Community Level: A review of its use for community based climate and disaster risk management

01/03/2013

3 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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This report reviews 23 studies that have applied cost benefit analysis (CBA) to assess community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation projects. The review shows that CBA at a community level is adding value to our understanding of the effectiveness of efforts to reduce climate and disaster risk. The report concludes with key messages emerging from […]

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Journal article

Time poverty, gender and well-being: lessons from the Kyrgyz Swiss Swedish Health Programme

18/02/2013

12 pages long

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Time poverty, gender and well-being: lessons from the Kyrgyz Swiss Swedish Health Programme

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Time poverty methodologies are a response to the failure of income-based measures of poverty to reflect gendered aspects of well-being. However, national time use surveys normally fail to examine issues around women and men’s qualitative evaluation of their time uses, or the extent of their control over their own time. The result could be distorted […]

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Issue briefing

Summary of Oxfam response to UK government Measuring Child Poverty consultation

15/02/2013

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

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In November 2012, the Department of Work and Pensions of the UK Government launched a consultation in order to design a better measurement of child poverty in the UK. Oxfam submitted a response in which we highlight that income and relative poverty must remain at the core of any measurement of poverty in the UK. […]

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