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Case study

Development Finance and Inequality: Good practice in Ecuador, Rwanda and Thailand

08/08/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is central to Oxfam’s mission to fight poverty. While growth is good for poverty reduction, its effectiveness is severely reduced in places where high levels of inequality persist and privileged elites are able to hoard the rewards. In those cases, marginalized groups will see little of the positive benefits from high growth rates. However, […]

Technical briefing

Key Elements of Accountability For Emergency Capacity Building Project Agencies

01/01/2010

3 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project’s overall objective is to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of the humanitarian sector’s ability to save lives, protect livelihoods and defend the rights of disaster-vulnerable communities. The ECB Project’s Accountability and Impact Measurement (AIM) advisors developed The Key Elements of Accountability to use as the impetus for a […]

Case study

The Yemen cash transfer programme: How Oxfam used social welfare fund lists and the Post Office system to distribute funds and rebuild donor trust

25/09/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In October 2011, Oxfam partnered with the Social Welfare Fund and the Post Office in Al Hodeidah governorate in Yemen to deliver cash transfers to vulnerable households during a period of worsening food crisis. With other donors stalling and expressing a lack of trust in this approach, the Oxfam team had to work hard to […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Assessing the Added Value of Strategic Funding to Civil Society

01/12/2012

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Institutional Effectiveness Learning Group (IELG), in which Oxfam participates, commissioned independent evaluators, ITAD, to undertake a study of the strengths and challenges of strategic funding. The study is based on the Independent Progress Reviews (IPRs) prepared for the UK’s Department of International Development’s (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding stream. The results identify the […]

Research report

Planning for an Uncertain Future: Promoting adaptation to climate change through flexible and forward-looking decision making

09/05/2014

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The need for decision making that is flexible, forward-looking and able to adapt to the unexpected is clear. One approach for achieving this is ‘Flexible and Forward-Lookingâ€‹ Decision Making’ (FFDM). But what is it, and how can it be operationalised in practice? This report documents the activities of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in seeking to […]

Briefing paper

The Right to a Sustainable Rural Livelihood: Strategies, lessons learned and actions (2008-2016)

12/03/2008

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper overviews Oxfam Novib’s work on the right to a sustainable livelihood in rural development programming and considers the importance of agriculture for overall growth and poverty reduction. It will support thinking through policy options for programming, lobbying and advocacy work, and will improve programme effectiveness. Chapter 1 presents evidence of the poverty-reducing […]

Briefing paper

Embedding Food Security within Sustainable Livelihood Programmes

12/11/2007

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper draws on many years’ experience of working on food security issues and offers support in planning and implementing food security activities and programmes. It reflects and is informed by the achievements and learning of Oxfam Novib and its partners and sets out a programme for the future. Part 1 of the report […]

Research report

Factors Affecting the Cost-efficiency of Electronic Transfers in Humanitarian Programmes

24/04/2014

1 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) with support from Concern Worldwide, this research aims to answer the key question: Are electronic transfers more cost-efficient than traditional manual based cash delivery methods, and under what conditions? Cash is increasingly offered to households in humanitarian emergencies as an alternative to in-kind aid. Under certain conditions cash may have advantages over […]

Briefing paper

Moral Hazard? ‘Mega’ public-private partnerships in African agriculture

01/09/2014

5 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

African governments are increasingly turning to partnerships with donors and multinational companies to stimulate investment in agriculture, after decades of neglect. Such public–private partnerships (PPPs) ‘at scale’ offer the allure of increased capital and technology, rises in productivity and foreign exchange earnings. In this briefing paper Oxfam assesses the effectiveness and potential of these mega-PPPs as […]

Showing 313 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Development Finance and Inequality: Good practice in Ecuador, Rwanda and Thailand

08/08/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is central to Oxfam’s mission to fight poverty. While growth is good for poverty reduction, its effectiveness is severely reduced in places where high levels of inequality persist and privileged elites are able to hoard the rewards. In those cases, marginalized groups will see little of the positive benefits from high growth rates. However, […]

Technical briefing

Key Elements of Accountability For Emergency Capacity Building Project Agencies

01/01/2010

3 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project’s overall objective is to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of the humanitarian sector’s ability to save lives, protect livelihoods and defend the rights of disaster-vulnerable communities. The ECB Project’s Accountability and Impact Measurement (AIM) advisors developed The Key Elements of Accountability to use as the impetus for a […]

Case study

The Yemen cash transfer programme: How Oxfam used social welfare fund lists and the Post Office system to distribute funds and rebuild donor trust

25/09/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In October 2011, Oxfam partnered with the Social Welfare Fund and the Post Office in Al Hodeidah governorate in Yemen to deliver cash transfers to vulnerable households during a period of worsening food crisis. With other donors stalling and expressing a lack of trust in this approach, the Oxfam team had to work hard to […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Assessing the Added Value of Strategic Funding to Civil Society

01/12/2012

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Institutional Effectiveness Learning Group (IELG), in which Oxfam participates, commissioned independent evaluators, ITAD, to undertake a study of the strengths and challenges of strategic funding. The study is based on the Independent Progress Reviews (IPRs) prepared for the UK’s Department of International Development’s (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding stream. The results identify the […]

Research report

Planning for an Uncertain Future: Promoting adaptation to climate change through flexible and forward-looking decision making

09/05/2014

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The need for decision making that is flexible, forward-looking and able to adapt to the unexpected is clear. One approach for achieving this is ‘Flexible and Forward-Lookingâ€‹ Decision Making’ (FFDM). But what is it, and how can it be operationalised in practice? This report documents the activities of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in seeking to […]

Briefing paper

The Right to a Sustainable Rural Livelihood: Strategies, lessons learned and actions (2008-2016)

12/03/2008

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper overviews Oxfam Novib’s work on the right to a sustainable livelihood in rural development programming and considers the importance of agriculture for overall growth and poverty reduction. It will support thinking through policy options for programming, lobbying and advocacy work, and will improve programme effectiveness. Chapter 1 presents evidence of the poverty-reducing […]

Briefing paper

Embedding Food Security within Sustainable Livelihood Programmes

12/11/2007

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper draws on many years’ experience of working on food security issues and offers support in planning and implementing food security activities and programmes. It reflects and is informed by the achievements and learning of Oxfam Novib and its partners and sets out a programme for the future. Part 1 of the report […]

Research report

Factors Affecting the Cost-efficiency of Electronic Transfers in Humanitarian Programmes

24/04/2014

1 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) with support from Concern Worldwide, this research aims to answer the key question: Are electronic transfers more cost-efficient than traditional manual based cash delivery methods, and under what conditions? Cash is increasingly offered to households in humanitarian emergencies as an alternative to in-kind aid. Under certain conditions cash may have advantages over […]

Briefing paper

Moral Hazard? ‘Mega’ public-private partnerships in African agriculture

01/09/2014

5 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

African governments are increasingly turning to partnerships with donors and multinational companies to stimulate investment in agriculture, after decades of neglect. Such public–private partnerships (PPPs) ‘at scale’ offer the allure of increased capital and technology, rises in productivity and foreign exchange earnings. In this briefing paper Oxfam assesses the effectiveness and potential of these mega-PPPs as […]

Showing 313 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Development Finance and Inequality: Good practice in Ecuador, Rwanda and Thailand

08/08/2013

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Inequality is central to Oxfam’s mission to fight poverty. While growth is good for poverty reduction, its effectiveness is severely reduced in places where high levels of inequality persist and privileged elites are able to hoard the rewards. In those cases, marginalized groups will see little of the positive benefits from high growth rates. However, […]

Technical briefing

Key Elements of Accountability For Emergency Capacity Building Project Agencies

01/01/2010

3 documents

5 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Emergency Capacity Building (ECB) Project’s overall objective is to improve the speed, quality and effectiveness of the humanitarian sector’s ability to save lives, protect livelihoods and defend the rights of disaster-vulnerable communities. The ECB Project’s Accountability and Impact Measurement (AIM) advisors developed The Key Elements of Accountability to use as the impetus for a […]

Case study

The Yemen cash transfer programme: How Oxfam used social welfare fund lists and the Post Office system to distribute funds and rebuild donor trust

25/09/2013

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In October 2011, Oxfam partnered with the Social Welfare Fund and the Post Office in Al Hodeidah governorate in Yemen to deliver cash transfers to vulnerable households during a period of worsening food crisis. With other donors stalling and expressing a lack of trust in this approach, the Oxfam team had to work hard to […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

Assessing the Added Value of Strategic Funding to Civil Society

01/12/2012

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Institutional Effectiveness Learning Group (IELG), in which Oxfam participates, commissioned independent evaluators, ITAD, to undertake a study of the strengths and challenges of strategic funding. The study is based on the Independent Progress Reviews (IPRs) prepared for the UK’s Department of International Development’s (DFID) Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) funding stream. The results identify the […]

Research report

Planning for an Uncertain Future: Promoting adaptation to climate change through flexible and forward-looking decision making

09/05/2014

2 documents

84 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The need for decision making that is flexible, forward-looking and able to adapt to the unexpected is clear. One approach for achieving this is ‘Flexible and Forward-Lookingâ€‹ Decision Making’ (FFDM). But what is it, and how can it be operationalised in practice? This report documents the activities of the Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in seeking to […]

Briefing paper

The Right to a Sustainable Rural Livelihood: Strategies, lessons learned and actions (2008-2016)

12/03/2008

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper overviews Oxfam Novib’s work on the right to a sustainable livelihood in rural development programming and considers the importance of agriculture for overall growth and poverty reduction. It will support thinking through policy options for programming, lobbying and advocacy work, and will improve programme effectiveness. Chapter 1 presents evidence of the poverty-reducing […]

Briefing paper

Embedding Food Security within Sustainable Livelihood Programmes

12/11/2007

1 documents

74 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This position paper draws on many years’ experience of working on food security issues and offers support in planning and implementing food security activities and programmes. It reflects and is informed by the achievements and learning of Oxfam Novib and its partners and sets out a programme for the future. Part 1 of the report […]

Research report

Factors Affecting the Cost-efficiency of Electronic Transfers in Humanitarian Programmes

24/04/2014

1 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Led by Oxford Policy Management (OPM) with support from Concern Worldwide, this research aims to answer the key question: Are electronic transfers more cost-efficient than traditional manual based cash delivery methods, and under what conditions? Cash is increasingly offered to households in humanitarian emergencies as an alternative to in-kind aid. Under certain conditions cash may have advantages over […]

Briefing paper

Moral Hazard? ‘Mega’ public-private partnerships in African agriculture

01/09/2014

5 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

African governments are increasingly turning to partnerships with donors and multinational companies to stimulate investment in agriculture, after decades of neglect. Such public–private partnerships (PPPs) ‘at scale’ offer the allure of increased capital and technology, rises in productivity and foreign exchange earnings. In this briefing paper Oxfam assesses the effectiveness and potential of these mega-PPPs as […]