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Book

Cities of Hunger: Urban malnutrition in developing countries

01/01/1988

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

By the end of the century, half the world’s population will live in cities, so the need to improve the conditions of life of the urban poor is becoming increasingly urgent. A specific problem for poor city-dwellers, which to date has been under-researched, is that of providing sufficient food for themselves and their children. Cities […]

Book

Video for Development: A casebook from Vietnam

01/01/1998

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In an experiment in Vietnam in 1995, a team of NGO workers were trained in the use of video for participatory community development. The team then collaborated with local people to make three programmes about issues which the villagers identified themselves. The process of developing programmes, from research to filming and editing, encouraged the villagers […]

Discussion paper

Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger: Cattle disease, drought, and wildlife conservation in Mursiland, south-western Ethiopia

01/01/1995

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the outcome of a field study carried out with cattle herders in northern Mursiland, Ethiopia, on behalf of Oxfam GB. Its immediate purpose was to seek the views of local herd-owners on how the pastoral economy could be strengthened, without external intervention, in a remote area prone to cattle disease and drought. […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Case study

Girls’ Education in South Asia

19/12/2006

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

Because of deep-rooted gender inequalities, and because of the large population of South Asia, the region has the highest number of out-of-school girls in the world. This paper outlines some of the issues confronting practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in girls’ education in South Asia, and explores what they can do to move towards high-quality […]

Case study

Beyond Access for Girls and Boys: How to achieve good-quality, gender-equitable education

01/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is the first of nine papers in a series on Education and Gender Equality, which have been developed from the work of the Beyond Access: Gender, Education, and Development, project.1 The focus of the series is on how to ensure not only equal access to a basic education for boys and girls, but that […]

Case study

A Life with Dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards

01/11/2008

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper shows how CODEMUH (Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas), a grassroots women’s collective in Honduras, mobilised a popular movement around labour rights in the country’s textile factories, or maquilas. Focusing on occupational health, CODEMUH ran a campaign which included research, training, and advocacy workshops for the women themselves, building alliances locally, nationally, and internationally, and […]

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]

Book

Transitional Settlement, Displaced Populations

13/06/2005

1 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

It is often the national or regional coordinators of organisations who make decisions about whether to support the building of a refugee camp or to support refugees living with host families. Technical specialists, such as physical planners, are not always available until later on in the emergency. Compared with other sectors of response, there has […]

Book

Beyond Access: Transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

01/09/2005

1 documents

266 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In a world in which poverty, social prejudice, and poor-quality provision cause an estimated 100 million girls to drop out of school before completing their primary education, it is not enough for governments to pledge themselves to increase girls’ access to school. This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social […]

Showing 855 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Cities of Hunger: Urban malnutrition in developing countries

01/01/1988

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

By the end of the century, half the world’s population will live in cities, so the need to improve the conditions of life of the urban poor is becoming increasingly urgent. A specific problem for poor city-dwellers, which to date has been under-researched, is that of providing sufficient food for themselves and their children. Cities […]

Book

Video for Development: A casebook from Vietnam

01/01/1998

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In an experiment in Vietnam in 1995, a team of NGO workers were trained in the use of video for participatory community development. The team then collaborated with local people to make three programmes about issues which the villagers identified themselves. The process of developing programmes, from research to filming and editing, encouraged the villagers […]

Discussion paper

Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger: Cattle disease, drought, and wildlife conservation in Mursiland, south-western Ethiopia

01/01/1995

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the outcome of a field study carried out with cattle herders in northern Mursiland, Ethiopia, on behalf of Oxfam GB. Its immediate purpose was to seek the views of local herd-owners on how the pastoral economy could be strengthened, without external intervention, in a remote area prone to cattle disease and drought. […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Case study

Girls’ Education in South Asia

19/12/2006

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

Because of deep-rooted gender inequalities, and because of the large population of South Asia, the region has the highest number of out-of-school girls in the world. This paper outlines some of the issues confronting practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in girls’ education in South Asia, and explores what they can do to move towards high-quality […]

Case study

Beyond Access for Girls and Boys: How to achieve good-quality, gender-equitable education

01/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is the first of nine papers in a series on Education and Gender Equality, which have been developed from the work of the Beyond Access: Gender, Education, and Development, project.1 The focus of the series is on how to ensure not only equal access to a basic education for boys and girls, but that […]

Case study

A Life with Dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards

01/11/2008

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper shows how CODEMUH (Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas), a grassroots women’s collective in Honduras, mobilised a popular movement around labour rights in the country’s textile factories, or maquilas. Focusing on occupational health, CODEMUH ran a campaign which included research, training, and advocacy workshops for the women themselves, building alliances locally, nationally, and internationally, and […]

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]

Book

Transitional Settlement, Displaced Populations

13/06/2005

1 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

It is often the national or regional coordinators of organisations who make decisions about whether to support the building of a refugee camp or to support refugees living with host families. Technical specialists, such as physical planners, are not always available until later on in the emergency. Compared with other sectors of response, there has […]

Book

Beyond Access: Transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

01/09/2005

1 documents

266 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In a world in which poverty, social prejudice, and poor-quality provision cause an estimated 100 million girls to drop out of school before completing their primary education, it is not enough for governments to pledge themselves to increase girls’ access to school. This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social […]

Showing 855 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Cities of Hunger: Urban malnutrition in developing countries

01/01/1988

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

By the end of the century, half the world’s population will live in cities, so the need to improve the conditions of life of the urban poor is becoming increasingly urgent. A specific problem for poor city-dwellers, which to date has been under-researched, is that of providing sufficient food for themselves and their children. Cities […]

Book

Video for Development: A casebook from Vietnam

01/01/1998

1 documents

113 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In an experiment in Vietnam in 1995, a team of NGO workers were trained in the use of video for participatory community development. The team then collaborated with local people to make three programmes about issues which the villagers identified themselves. The process of developing programmes, from research to filming and editing, encouraged the villagers […]

Discussion paper

Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger: Cattle disease, drought, and wildlife conservation in Mursiland, south-western Ethiopia

01/01/1995

1 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report is the outcome of a field study carried out with cattle herders in northern Mursiland, Ethiopia, on behalf of Oxfam GB. Its immediate purpose was to seek the views of local herd-owners on how the pastoral economy could be strengthened, without external intervention, in a remote area prone to cattle disease and drought. […]

Discussion paper

Women in Rural Zaire and Upper Volta: Improving methods of skill acquisition

01/11/1977

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Much has been written and said about the fuller, more equal and less onerous role which rural women, especially in African countries should play in the context of national socio-economic development and about the policies and programmes to be pursued to bring this about. The starting point of this study is the observations and analysis […]

Case study

Girls’ Education in South Asia

19/12/2006

3 documents

13 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Girls' education

Overview

Because of deep-rooted gender inequalities, and because of the large population of South Asia, the region has the highest number of out-of-school girls in the world. This paper outlines some of the issues confronting practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in girls’ education in South Asia, and explores what they can do to move towards high-quality […]

Case study

Beyond Access for Girls and Boys: How to achieve good-quality, gender-equitable education

01/12/2005

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is the first of nine papers in a series on Education and Gender Equality, which have been developed from the work of the Beyond Access: Gender, Education, and Development, project.1 The focus of the series is on how to ensure not only equal access to a basic education for boys and girls, but that […]

Case study

A Life with Dignity: Honduran women raising voices to improve labour standards

01/11/2008

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper shows how CODEMUH (Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas), a grassroots women’s collective in Honduras, mobilised a popular movement around labour rights in the country’s textile factories, or maquilas. Focusing on occupational health, CODEMUH ran a campaign which included research, training, and advocacy workshops for the women themselves, building alliances locally, nationally, and internationally, and […]

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]

Book

Transitional Settlement, Displaced Populations

13/06/2005

1 documents

240 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

It is often the national or regional coordinators of organisations who make decisions about whether to support the building of a refugee camp or to support refugees living with host families. Technical specialists, such as physical planners, are not always available until later on in the emergency. Compared with other sectors of response, there has […]

Book

Beyond Access: Transforming policy and practice for gender equality in education

01/09/2005

1 documents

266 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In a world in which poverty, social prejudice, and poor-quality provision cause an estimated 100 million girls to drop out of school before completing their primary education, it is not enough for governments to pledge themselves to increase girls’ access to school. This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social […]