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Book

How Change Happens: A summary

02/03/2017

4 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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How Change Happens by Duncan Green brings together the latest research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists. Drawing on first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world’s largest social justice NGOs, as well as the author’s 35 years of studying and working on international […]

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Case study

Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Case study of Pakistan

01/03/2017

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study describes implementation of the project Institutionalizing Gender in Emergencies: Bridging Policy and Practice. The project, supported by ECHO Enhanced Response Capacity and Oxfam, was implemented by Oxfam in Pakistan between September 2015 and March 2017.

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Research report

WASH Interventions in Disease Outbreak Response

28/02/2017

3 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

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Water, sanitation and hygiene interventions (WASH) are commonly implemented as part of emergency response activities (i.e. in response to disease outbreaks) in low and middle-income countries. But what does the existing evidence tell us about what works? How does the use of WASH interventions reduce disease outbreaks? What are the programme design and implementation characteristics […]

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Briefing paper

Towards a More Equal Indonesia: How the government can take action to close the gap between the richest and the rest

23/02/2017

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, Indonesian

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The gap between the richest and the rest in Indonesia has grown faster in the past two decades than in any other country in South-East Asia. The four richest men in Indonesia now have more wealth than the poorest 100 million people. Inequality is slowing down poverty reduction, dampening economic growth and threatening social cohesion. […]

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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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Discussion paper

Raising the Bar: Rethinking the role of business in the Sustainable Development Goals

13/02/2017

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development gives business a significant role to play in efforts to achieve the SDGs, based on its ability to invest and innovate. However, for companies to truly contribute, they must move beyond current forms of engagement, abandon a narrow focus on the SDGs as an opportunity to increase corporate profits […]

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Discussion paper

Whose Crops, At What Price? Agricultural investment in Myanmar

04/02/2017

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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After years of international isolation, Myanmar is liberalizing its economy and seeking to attract foreign investment. But while foreign investment can play an important role in developing the country’s agriculture sector, in the current environment of limited transparency and accountability, an increase in agribusiness investments poses serious risks to the livelihoods of small-scale farmers and […]

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Briefing note

Red Gold and Fishing in the Lake Chad Basin: Restoring destroyed livelihoods and protecting people in Niger’s Diffa region

01/02/2017

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, French

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As part of its emergency response in Diffa, Oxfam in Niger undertook a modified EMMA (Emergency Market Mapping Analysis) in November 2016. The broad aim was to understand the effect of the Boko Haram conflict and the military operations to counter them on the critical livelihood activities of conflict-affected people. The market mapping included an […]

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Technical briefing

Oxfam and Protection: A guidance note (now out of date; see 2022 version for latest guidance)

01/02/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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For the latest guidance, see the 2022 update. This guidance note outlines Oxfam’s understanding of protection within humanitarian responses, and the framework it uses for field-based protection work. It goes on to describe the main modes of action Oxfam uses in its work to bring about greater protection for civilians in conflict and disasters, including […]

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Research report

The Impact of In-Kind Food Assistance on Pastoralist Livelihoods in Humanitarian Crises

31/01/2017

3 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

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Pastoralists rely on coping and adaptation strategies that have historically allowed them to achieve high levels of productivity, manage the hazards and unpredictability of life in the marginal areas that they occupy and moderate the impacts of shocks (Butt et al., 2009; Hesse and Pattison, 2013; Morton, 2006). But despite the unique suitability of these […]

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