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Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]

Policy position

The Private Sector and Humanitarian Relief

08/03/2012

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam supports informed private sector involvement in humanitarian assistance where it contributes positively to the efforts of the humanitarian community, i.e. where it provides aid that helps to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity, as well as the engagement of new actors in post-emergency recovery and reconstruction activities. The private sector can add […]

Discussion paper

Creating a Fair Tax System to Benefit Paraguay’s Small-Scale Farmers

24/05/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to contribute to a constructive and deep debate on how to increase equality and justice in Paraguay’s taxation system. To this end, it submits a proposal for debate: to increase tax revenues through a temporary tax on the export of soybeans together with other revenue measures (e.g. improving tax revenues on land, […]

Journal article

Listening to Iraqi refugee children in Jordan, but then what? Exploring the impact of participatory research with children

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Following the American-led invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis fled to Jordan and the international donor community initiated humanitarian assistance. Through a unique partnership, three organisations conducted participatory research with Iraqi children and their families in Amman. The goal was to understand children’s lived experiences – their challenges and coping strategies – with a specific […]

Journal article

Are faith-based organisations distinctive? Comparing religious and secular NGOs in Nigeria

01/08/2012

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the findings of a study of selected religious and secular non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The study sought to identify whether, and in what circumstances, so-called faith-based organisations (FBOs) have distinctive characteristics with respect to their goals, values, organisational characteristics, and activities, compared to secular NGOs. It found that […]

Journal article

The functioning of the Egyptian food-subsidy system during food-price shocks

22/06/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Egypt has an extensive system of food subsidies which provides bread and other basic staples to the population at low prices. This article examines the functioning of the food-subsidy system during two recent periods of rapid food-price inflation to evaluate its effectiveness as a social safety net. Three aspects are considered: the difference in rural […]

Journal article

Unintended consequences of development interventions: a case of diarrhoeal diseases, Ruhiira, Uganda

01/02/2012

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The present article conducts a cross-sectoral analysis of development interventions in order to identify unintended consequences resulting in increased risk of acquisition of diarrhoeal diseases. Data were gathered using qualitative methods in relevant sectors (health, education, and infrastructure) in a Millennium Village Project in Ruhiira, Uganda. The article shows that while interventions may be successful […]

Journal article

Voices from the field: optimising performance for humanitarian workers

01/04/2012

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Humanitarians find themselves working and living day-by-day in a physically and psychologically demanding and politically complex environment. As there are very limited training mechanisms, each humanitarian is often making their own way through the field, learning from their own mistakes and successes. This practical note highlights some of the innovative (and sometimes unusual) practices that […]

Journal article

Evaluation of Dutch support to capacity development

18/02/2013

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Support for capacity development accounts for about 25 per cent of all international donor assistance. Yet there have been few evaluations to assess the effectiveness of this support. This paper presents the findings and lessons of an evaluation on Dutch support for capacity development that has tried to avoid some of the shortcomings of earlier […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Humanitarian Indicator Toolkit – Rapid Onset

18/07/2013

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Humanitarian practice

Overview

Oxfam’s humanitarian effectiveness reviews critically examine the performance of selected humanitarian responses against 12 recognised quality benchmarks. Following the protocol of the Humanitarian Indicator Tool (HIT), external humanitarian experts review existing documentation and interview the response’s key stakeholders to assign ratings against each benchmark. These methodological guidance documents, which are currently under revision, form the HIT […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]

Policy position

The Private Sector and Humanitarian Relief

08/03/2012

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam supports informed private sector involvement in humanitarian assistance where it contributes positively to the efforts of the humanitarian community, i.e. where it provides aid that helps to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity, as well as the engagement of new actors in post-emergency recovery and reconstruction activities. The private sector can add […]

Discussion paper

Creating a Fair Tax System to Benefit Paraguay’s Small-Scale Farmers

24/05/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to contribute to a constructive and deep debate on how to increase equality and justice in Paraguay’s taxation system. To this end, it submits a proposal for debate: to increase tax revenues through a temporary tax on the export of soybeans together with other revenue measures (e.g. improving tax revenues on land, […]

Journal article

Listening to Iraqi refugee children in Jordan, but then what? Exploring the impact of participatory research with children

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Following the American-led invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis fled to Jordan and the international donor community initiated humanitarian assistance. Through a unique partnership, three organisations conducted participatory research with Iraqi children and their families in Amman. The goal was to understand children’s lived experiences – their challenges and coping strategies – with a specific […]

Journal article

Are faith-based organisations distinctive? Comparing religious and secular NGOs in Nigeria

01/08/2012

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the findings of a study of selected religious and secular non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The study sought to identify whether, and in what circumstances, so-called faith-based organisations (FBOs) have distinctive characteristics with respect to their goals, values, organisational characteristics, and activities, compared to secular NGOs. It found that […]

Journal article

The functioning of the Egyptian food-subsidy system during food-price shocks

22/06/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Egypt has an extensive system of food subsidies which provides bread and other basic staples to the population at low prices. This article examines the functioning of the food-subsidy system during two recent periods of rapid food-price inflation to evaluate its effectiveness as a social safety net. Three aspects are considered: the difference in rural […]

Journal article

Unintended consequences of development interventions: a case of diarrhoeal diseases, Ruhiira, Uganda

01/02/2012

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The present article conducts a cross-sectoral analysis of development interventions in order to identify unintended consequences resulting in increased risk of acquisition of diarrhoeal diseases. Data were gathered using qualitative methods in relevant sectors (health, education, and infrastructure) in a Millennium Village Project in Ruhiira, Uganda. The article shows that while interventions may be successful […]

Journal article

Voices from the field: optimising performance for humanitarian workers

01/04/2012

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Humanitarians find themselves working and living day-by-day in a physically and psychologically demanding and politically complex environment. As there are very limited training mechanisms, each humanitarian is often making their own way through the field, learning from their own mistakes and successes. This practical note highlights some of the innovative (and sometimes unusual) practices that […]

Journal article

Evaluation of Dutch support to capacity development

18/02/2013

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Support for capacity development accounts for about 25 per cent of all international donor assistance. Yet there have been few evaluations to assess the effectiveness of this support. This paper presents the findings and lessons of an evaluation on Dutch support for capacity development that has tried to avoid some of the shortcomings of earlier […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Humanitarian Indicator Toolkit – Rapid Onset

18/07/2013

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Humanitarian practice

Overview

Oxfam’s humanitarian effectiveness reviews critically examine the performance of selected humanitarian responses against 12 recognised quality benchmarks. Following the protocol of the Humanitarian Indicator Tool (HIT), external humanitarian experts review existing documentation and interview the response’s key stakeholders to assign ratings against each benchmark. These methodological guidance documents, which are currently under revision, form the HIT […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]

Policy position

The Private Sector and Humanitarian Relief

08/03/2012

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam supports informed private sector involvement in humanitarian assistance where it contributes positively to the efforts of the humanitarian community, i.e. where it provides aid that helps to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity, as well as the engagement of new actors in post-emergency recovery and reconstruction activities. The private sector can add […]

Discussion paper

Creating a Fair Tax System to Benefit Paraguay’s Small-Scale Farmers

24/05/2012

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This paper aims to contribute to a constructive and deep debate on how to increase equality and justice in Paraguay’s taxation system. To this end, it submits a proposal for debate: to increase tax revenues through a temporary tax on the export of soybeans together with other revenue measures (e.g. improving tax revenues on land, […]

Journal article

Listening to Iraqi refugee children in Jordan, but then what? Exploring the impact of participatory research with children

01/06/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Following the American-led invasion of Iraq, thousands of Iraqis fled to Jordan and the international donor community initiated humanitarian assistance. Through a unique partnership, three organisations conducted participatory research with Iraqi children and their families in Amman. The goal was to understand children’s lived experiences – their challenges and coping strategies – with a specific […]

Journal article

Are faith-based organisations distinctive? Comparing religious and secular NGOs in Nigeria

01/08/2012

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents the findings of a study of selected religious and secular non-governmental organisations (NGOs) working on HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. The study sought to identify whether, and in what circumstances, so-called faith-based organisations (FBOs) have distinctive characteristics with respect to their goals, values, organisational characteristics, and activities, compared to secular NGOs. It found that […]

Journal article

The functioning of the Egyptian food-subsidy system during food-price shocks

22/06/2011

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Egypt has an extensive system of food subsidies which provides bread and other basic staples to the population at low prices. This article examines the functioning of the food-subsidy system during two recent periods of rapid food-price inflation to evaluate its effectiveness as a social safety net. Three aspects are considered: the difference in rural […]

Journal article

Unintended consequences of development interventions: a case of diarrhoeal diseases, Ruhiira, Uganda

01/02/2012

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The present article conducts a cross-sectoral analysis of development interventions in order to identify unintended consequences resulting in increased risk of acquisition of diarrhoeal diseases. Data were gathered using qualitative methods in relevant sectors (health, education, and infrastructure) in a Millennium Village Project in Ruhiira, Uganda. The article shows that while interventions may be successful […]

Journal article

Voices from the field: optimising performance for humanitarian workers

01/04/2012

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Humanitarians find themselves working and living day-by-day in a physically and psychologically demanding and politically complex environment. As there are very limited training mechanisms, each humanitarian is often making their own way through the field, learning from their own mistakes and successes. This practical note highlights some of the innovative (and sometimes unusual) practices that […]

Journal article

Evaluation of Dutch support to capacity development

18/02/2013

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Support for capacity development accounts for about 25 per cent of all international donor assistance. Yet there have been few evaluations to assess the effectiveness of this support. This paper presents the findings and lessons of an evaluation on Dutch support for capacity development that has tried to avoid some of the shortcomings of earlier […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Humanitarian Indicator Toolkit – Rapid Onset

18/07/2013

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Humanitarian practice

Overview

Oxfam’s humanitarian effectiveness reviews critically examine the performance of selected humanitarian responses against 12 recognised quality benchmarks. Following the protocol of the Humanitarian Indicator Tool (HIT), external humanitarian experts review existing documentation and interview the response’s key stakeholders to assign ratings against each benchmark. These methodological guidance documents, which are currently under revision, form the HIT […]