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Case study

Africa Women’s Protocol: The experience of Malawi

01/02/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s mission is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Our interpretation of poverty goes beyond lack of finances to encompass lack of capabilities, powerlessness, and inequality. Our fight to overcome poverty and suffering focuses on the right to a sustainable livelihood, water, education, health, protection and security, a voice in public life, […]

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

Developing and Managing Community Water Supplies

01/01/1993

1 documents

184 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

External support agencies need to adopt a partnership approach to the development of community water supplies if communities are to he successful in managing their own supplies in the long term.

Book

Reducing Risk: Participatory teaming activities for disaster mitigation in Southern Africa

01/01/1996

9 documents

339 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 1991 -92 Southern Africa was severely affected by the region’s “worst drought in living memory”. The response which followed drew together the international community with Southern Africa’s governments, NGOs, and private companies to mitigate the drought’s impact. In partnership with the Department of Adult and Community Education at the University of Natal, the Regional […]

Case study

Securing a Sustainable Supply Base: How plenty foods grew 30% on year and improved the earnings and livelihoods of the rural poor in Sri Lanka

01/01/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceylon Biscuits Ltd which trades, processes, and markets a range of fast-moving agricultural products. Plenty Foods has an annual turnover of approximately US$1.8m, with 85 percent of its revenue coming from domestic sales and the remainder from exports to Asia and the Middle East. It […]

Journal article

Sustainability in NGO relief and development work: Further thoughts from Mozambique

01/03/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency […]

Journal article

Working with local NGOs: WaterAid’s programme in Nepal

01/05/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the evolution of WaterAid’s programme of work in Nepal, based on the author’s experiences while working as WaterAid’s Representative Engineer in Nepal from 1987 to 1991. It examines how WaterAid’s philosophy of working in partnership with local organisations was actually put into practice. Various problems and constraints are identified and discussed, and […]

Journal article

Refugees and migration: Rewriting the definitions

01/05/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The author reports on a conference held in London, England in November 1992 as part of Global Partnership ’92 which considered the alarming increase in forced migration. Participants argued that immigration controls do not tackle the causes of migration, and international law is inadequate, failing to satisfactorily distinguish between immigration and asylum issues. The particular […]

Journal article

The nature and design of development organisations

01/08/1997

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Viewpoint. With reference to ‘The nature and design of development organisations’, ‘Critical reflections on rapid and participatory rural appraisal’, ‘Fleeting talk: one question in India’, ‘Development jargon as order words’ and ‘Partnership: a new name in development Cupertino’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Africa Women’s Protocol: The experience of Malawi

01/02/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s mission is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Our interpretation of poverty goes beyond lack of finances to encompass lack of capabilities, powerlessness, and inequality. Our fight to overcome poverty and suffering focuses on the right to a sustainable livelihood, water, education, health, protection and security, a voice in public life, […]

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

Developing and Managing Community Water Supplies

01/01/1993

1 documents

184 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

External support agencies need to adopt a partnership approach to the development of community water supplies if communities are to he successful in managing their own supplies in the long term.

Book

Reducing Risk: Participatory teaming activities for disaster mitigation in Southern Africa

01/01/1996

9 documents

339 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 1991 -92 Southern Africa was severely affected by the region’s “worst drought in living memory”. The response which followed drew together the international community with Southern Africa’s governments, NGOs, and private companies to mitigate the drought’s impact. In partnership with the Department of Adult and Community Education at the University of Natal, the Regional […]

Case study

Securing a Sustainable Supply Base: How plenty foods grew 30% on year and improved the earnings and livelihoods of the rural poor in Sri Lanka

01/01/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceylon Biscuits Ltd which trades, processes, and markets a range of fast-moving agricultural products. Plenty Foods has an annual turnover of approximately US$1.8m, with 85 percent of its revenue coming from domestic sales and the remainder from exports to Asia and the Middle East. It […]

Journal article

Sustainability in NGO relief and development work: Further thoughts from Mozambique

01/03/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency […]

Journal article

Working with local NGOs: WaterAid’s programme in Nepal

01/05/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the evolution of WaterAid’s programme of work in Nepal, based on the author’s experiences while working as WaterAid’s Representative Engineer in Nepal from 1987 to 1991. It examines how WaterAid’s philosophy of working in partnership with local organisations was actually put into practice. Various problems and constraints are identified and discussed, and […]

Journal article

Refugees and migration: Rewriting the definitions

01/05/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author reports on a conference held in London, England in November 1992 as part of Global Partnership ’92 which considered the alarming increase in forced migration. Participants argued that immigration controls do not tackle the causes of migration, and international law is inadequate, failing to satisfactorily distinguish between immigration and asylum issues. The particular […]

Journal article

The nature and design of development organisations

01/08/1997

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Viewpoint. With reference to ‘The nature and design of development organisations’, ‘Critical reflections on rapid and participatory rural appraisal’, ‘Fleeting talk: one question in India’, ‘Development jargon as order words’ and ‘Partnership: a new name in development Cupertino’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Africa Women’s Protocol: The experience of Malawi

01/02/2008

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s mission is to work with others to overcome poverty and suffering. Our interpretation of poverty goes beyond lack of finances to encompass lack of capabilities, powerlessness, and inequality. Our fight to overcome poverty and suffering focuses on the right to a sustainable livelihood, water, education, health, protection and security, a voice in public life, […]

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

Developing and Managing Community Water Supplies

01/01/1993

1 documents

184 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

External support agencies need to adopt a partnership approach to the development of community water supplies if communities are to he successful in managing their own supplies in the long term.

Book

Reducing Risk: Participatory teaming activities for disaster mitigation in Southern Africa

01/01/1996

9 documents

339 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 1991 -92 Southern Africa was severely affected by the region’s “worst drought in living memory”. The response which followed drew together the international community with Southern Africa’s governments, NGOs, and private companies to mitigate the drought’s impact. In partnership with the Department of Adult and Community Education at the University of Natal, the Regional […]

Case study

Securing a Sustainable Supply Base: How plenty foods grew 30% on year and improved the earnings and livelihoods of the rural poor in Sri Lanka

01/01/2009

1 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Plenty Foods (Pvt) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ceylon Biscuits Ltd which trades, processes, and markets a range of fast-moving agricultural products. Plenty Foods has an annual turnover of approximately US$1.8m, with 85 percent of its revenue coming from domestic sales and the remainder from exports to Asia and the Middle East. It […]

Journal article

Sustainability in NGO relief and development work: Further thoughts from Mozambique

01/03/1992

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency […]

Journal article

Working with local NGOs: WaterAid’s programme in Nepal

01/05/1992

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes the evolution of WaterAid’s programme of work in Nepal, based on the author’s experiences while working as WaterAid’s Representative Engineer in Nepal from 1987 to 1991. It examines how WaterAid’s philosophy of working in partnership with local organisations was actually put into practice. Various problems and constraints are identified and discussed, and […]

Journal article

Refugees and migration: Rewriting the definitions

01/05/1993

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author reports on a conference held in London, England in November 1992 as part of Global Partnership ’92 which considered the alarming increase in forced migration. Participants argued that immigration controls do not tackle the causes of migration, and international law is inadequate, failing to satisfactorily distinguish between immigration and asylum issues. The particular […]

Journal article

The nature and design of development organisations

01/08/1997

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Viewpoint. With reference to ‘The nature and design of development organisations’, ‘Critical reflections on rapid and participatory rural appraisal’, ‘Fleeting talk: one question in India’, ‘Development jargon as order words’ and ‘Partnership: a new name in development Cupertino’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Community-based animal health care in Zambia

01/05/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author gives an account of a partnership between a UK-based NGO and the Zambian government, designed to encourage `smallholder farmers to form `cattle clubs’ [to] operate and manage community cattle-spraying points on a full cost-recovery basis’. The project’s success has been tempered by changes in the external environment and the perceptions of the farmers, […]