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Book

Women Employment and Exclusion

01/01/1996

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

Book

Silver Shackles: Women and development in India

01/01/1984

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Relegated by Indian culture and traditions to a position of inferiority, women remain shackled by lack of access to education and health care, increasing unemployment and the deficiencies of their legal status. Burdened at home and exploited at work, women are India’s vast “invisible” labour force – yet they have been virtually by-passed by Indian […]

Book

Development and Advocacy

01/02/2002

1 documents

214 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform and shape public opinion, whether through advertising or fundraising, or through education programmes. They argue that fundamental change is not achieved until the policy environment is right, and cannot be sustained without a ground-swell of support for reform. In recent years, […]

Book

Against The Grain: The dilemma of project food aid

01/01/1982

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

For years food has been gien to Third World countries to help in their development. But it has made little impact. Too often the food aid tail wags the development dog. Yet the effectiveness of food aid as a tool for development has gone virtually unchallenged.

Technical briefing

Household Water Treatment and Storage

03/06/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Historically, interventions to provide people with safe water have focussed on improving water sources. However there is now a consensus among the WatSan community that even if the drinking water source is safe it can easily be re-contaminated during its transportation and storage in the household (Clasen and Bastable, 2003). A safe water intervention should […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Environmental reform in Brazil: advances and reversals

01/03/1992

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is now two years since the Government of President Fernando Collor de Mello took office in Brazil. This article assesses its effectiveness in implementing its environmental policies and resolving social conflicts in the Amazon in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. It examines some of the political and […]

Journal article

Sustainable self-help development efforts in the Cameroon grassfields

01/08/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is argued that community development can contribute to national development, in conjunction with other phenomena. Village-level development efforts depend on the dynamism of community groups. The populations of the Cameroon grass fields possess the creative capacity to adapt new techniques and knowledge to their local realities. The paper identifies the critical factors that influence […]

Journal article

Pre-departure briefing for aid workers

01/08/1998

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This Research Round-Up provides a brief literature review of the use of pre-departure briefings (PDBs) for NGO staff delivering overseas aid programmes, especially from the point of view of Australian NGOs. The professionalism, productivity and effectiveness of aid workers can be enhanced using improved human resource management. The author reports the results of a questionnaire […]

Showing 313 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Women Employment and Exclusion

01/01/1996

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

Book

Silver Shackles: Women and development in India

01/01/1984

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Relegated by Indian culture and traditions to a position of inferiority, women remain shackled by lack of access to education and health care, increasing unemployment and the deficiencies of their legal status. Burdened at home and exploited at work, women are India’s vast “invisible” labour force – yet they have been virtually by-passed by Indian […]

Book

Development and Advocacy

01/02/2002

1 documents

214 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform and shape public opinion, whether through advertising or fundraising, or through education programmes. They argue that fundamental change is not achieved until the policy environment is right, and cannot be sustained without a ground-swell of support for reform. In recent years, […]

Book

Against The Grain: The dilemma of project food aid

01/01/1982

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

For years food has been gien to Third World countries to help in their development. But it has made little impact. Too often the food aid tail wags the development dog. Yet the effectiveness of food aid as a tool for development has gone virtually unchallenged.

Technical briefing

Household Water Treatment and Storage

03/06/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Historically, interventions to provide people with safe water have focussed on improving water sources. However there is now a consensus among the WatSan community that even if the drinking water source is safe it can easily be re-contaminated during its transportation and storage in the household (Clasen and Bastable, 2003). A safe water intervention should […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Environmental reform in Brazil: advances and reversals

01/03/1992

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is now two years since the Government of President Fernando Collor de Mello took office in Brazil. This article assesses its effectiveness in implementing its environmental policies and resolving social conflicts in the Amazon in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. It examines some of the political and […]

Journal article

Sustainable self-help development efforts in the Cameroon grassfields

01/08/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is argued that community development can contribute to national development, in conjunction with other phenomena. Village-level development efforts depend on the dynamism of community groups. The populations of the Cameroon grass fields possess the creative capacity to adapt new techniques and knowledge to their local realities. The paper identifies the critical factors that influence […]

Journal article

Pre-departure briefing for aid workers

01/08/1998

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This Research Round-Up provides a brief literature review of the use of pre-departure briefings (PDBs) for NGO staff delivering overseas aid programmes, especially from the point of view of Australian NGOs. The professionalism, productivity and effectiveness of aid workers can be enhanced using improved human resource management. The author reports the results of a questionnaire […]

Showing 313 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Women Employment and Exclusion

01/01/1996

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Considering various types of finance schemes, this text compares the effectiveness of various approaches in aiding poverty reduction. The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problem facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

Book

Silver Shackles: Women and development in India

01/01/1984

1 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Relegated by Indian culture and traditions to a position of inferiority, women remain shackled by lack of access to education and health care, increasing unemployment and the deficiencies of their legal status. Burdened at home and exploited at work, women are India’s vast “invisible” labour force – yet they have been virtually by-passed by Indian […]

Book

Development and Advocacy

01/02/2002

1 documents

214 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Most major development NGOs dedicate significant resources to advocacy. Many also work to inform and shape public opinion, whether through advertising or fundraising, or through education programmes. They argue that fundamental change is not achieved until the policy environment is right, and cannot be sustained without a ground-swell of support for reform. In recent years, […]

Book

Against The Grain: The dilemma of project food aid

01/01/1982

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

For years food has been gien to Third World countries to help in their development. But it has made little impact. Too often the food aid tail wags the development dog. Yet the effectiveness of food aid as a tool for development has gone virtually unchallenged.

Technical briefing

Household Water Treatment and Storage

03/06/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Historically, interventions to provide people with safe water have focussed on improving water sources. However there is now a consensus among the WatSan community that even if the drinking water source is safe it can easily be re-contaminated during its transportation and storage in the household (Clasen and Bastable, 2003). A safe water intervention should […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Environmental reform in Brazil: advances and reversals

01/03/1992

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is now two years since the Government of President Fernando Collor de Mello took office in Brazil. This article assesses its effectiveness in implementing its environmental policies and resolving social conflicts in the Amazon in the run-up to the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development. It examines some of the political and […]

Journal article

Sustainable self-help development efforts in the Cameroon grassfields

01/08/1998

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is argued that community development can contribute to national development, in conjunction with other phenomena. Village-level development efforts depend on the dynamism of community groups. The populations of the Cameroon grass fields possess the creative capacity to adapt new techniques and knowledge to their local realities. The paper identifies the critical factors that influence […]

Journal article

Pre-departure briefing for aid workers

01/08/1998

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This Research Round-Up provides a brief literature review of the use of pre-departure briefings (PDBs) for NGO staff delivering overseas aid programmes, especially from the point of view of Australian NGOs. The professionalism, productivity and effectiveness of aid workers can be enhanced using improved human resource management. The author reports the results of a questionnaire […]