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Journal article

Facilitating the wider use of agroforestry for development in southern Africa

01/08/2001

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Southern Africa is experiencing severe degradation of the natural resource base caused by population growth and poverty. Agroforestry technologies that are now available have great potential to improve the livelihoods of many households. The paper describes some of the outcomes of technology development and how this has evolved into a more client-driven process. Regional development […]

Research report

Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

01/08/2018

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar for camps in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh. The research for this report was conducted to identify the needs, vulnerabilities, risks and concerns of Rohingya refugee and host community women, girls, men and boys in Cox's Bazar, as well as the skills […]

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, […]

Research report

Turning the Humanitarian System on its Head: Saving lives and livelihoods by strengthening local capacity and shifting leadership to local actors

27/07/2015

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The global humanitarian system is overstretched; inadequately investing in risk reduction and prevention, and providing assistance that is often insufficient, inappropriate and late. Humanitarian action led by governments in crisis-affected countries, assisted and held accountable by civil society, is usually faster and more appropriate, saving more lives and alleviating the suffering of many more men, […]

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 […]

Case study

Can we Influence the Local Government through an Emergency Response?

31/05/2016

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the experience of the flood relief programme implemented in Bangladesh in 2015. It highlights the need for humanitarian partners to have the capacity to undertake the local-level influencing that is vital to working effectively in humanitarian contexts. Partnering for Impact series To do the work it does, Oxfam works closely with partners […]

Case study

Effective Cooperation: A new role for cotton producer co-ops in Mali

09/06/2011

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Falling prices and increased privatization had left small-scale cotton producers in Mali facing an uncertain future. In particular, the role of the state-owned cotton company, on which farmers depended for essential services such as inputs and training, had been greatly diminished. In response, a new initiative involving a coalition of partners has helped to build […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

Research report

Youth Participation for Active Global Citizenship: Future Youth School Forums project report

06/09/2018

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Future Youth School Forums (FYS-Forums) project took place in Cyprus, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and the UK from 2015 to 2018 and was funded by EU Erasmus+. Its aim was to show how creating a group of engaged young global participants requires the engagement of teachers in activities to promote global citizenship – and to […]

Showing 325 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Facilitating the wider use of agroforestry for development in southern Africa

01/08/2001

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Southern Africa is experiencing severe degradation of the natural resource base caused by population growth and poverty. Agroforestry technologies that are now available have great potential to improve the livelihoods of many households. The paper describes some of the outcomes of technology development and how this has evolved into a more client-driven process. Regional development […]

Research report

Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

01/08/2018

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar for camps in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh. The research for this report was conducted to identify the needs, vulnerabilities, risks and concerns of Rohingya refugee and host community women, girls, men and boys in Cox's Bazar, as well as the skills […]

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, […]

Research report

Turning the Humanitarian System on its Head: Saving lives and livelihoods by strengthening local capacity and shifting leadership to local actors

27/07/2015

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The global humanitarian system is overstretched; inadequately investing in risk reduction and prevention, and providing assistance that is often insufficient, inappropriate and late. Humanitarian action led by governments in crisis-affected countries, assisted and held accountable by civil society, is usually faster and more appropriate, saving more lives and alleviating the suffering of many more men, […]

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 […]

Case study

Can we Influence the Local Government through an Emergency Response?

31/05/2016

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the experience of the flood relief programme implemented in Bangladesh in 2015. It highlights the need for humanitarian partners to have the capacity to undertake the local-level influencing that is vital to working effectively in humanitarian contexts. Partnering for Impact series To do the work it does, Oxfam works closely with partners […]

Case study

Effective Cooperation: A new role for cotton producer co-ops in Mali

09/06/2011

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Falling prices and increased privatization had left small-scale cotton producers in Mali facing an uncertain future. In particular, the role of the state-owned cotton company, on which farmers depended for essential services such as inputs and training, had been greatly diminished. In response, a new initiative involving a coalition of partners has helped to build […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

Research report

Youth Participation for Active Global Citizenship: Future Youth School Forums project report

06/09/2018

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Future Youth School Forums (FYS-Forums) project took place in Cyprus, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and the UK from 2015 to 2018 and was funded by EU Erasmus+. Its aim was to show how creating a group of engaged young global participants requires the engagement of teachers in activities to promote global citizenship – and to […]

Showing 325 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Facilitating the wider use of agroforestry for development in southern Africa

01/08/2001

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Southern Africa is experiencing severe degradation of the natural resource base caused by population growth and poverty. Agroforestry technologies that are now available have great potential to improve the livelihoods of many households. The paper describes some of the outcomes of technology development and how this has evolved into a more client-driven process. Regional development […]

Research report

Rohingya Refugee Response Gender Analysis: Recognizing and responding to gender inequalities

01/08/2018

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Since August 2017, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar for camps in the Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh. The research for this report was conducted to identify the needs, vulnerabilities, risks and concerns of Rohingya refugee and host community women, girls, men and boys in Cox's Bazar, as well as the skills […]

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, […]

Research report

Turning the Humanitarian System on its Head: Saving lives and livelihoods by strengthening local capacity and shifting leadership to local actors

27/07/2015

4 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The global humanitarian system is overstretched; inadequately investing in risk reduction and prevention, and providing assistance that is often insufficient, inappropriate and late. Humanitarian action led by governments in crisis-affected countries, assisted and held accountable by civil society, is usually faster and more appropriate, saving more lives and alleviating the suffering of many more men, […]

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 […]

Case study

Can we Influence the Local Government through an Emergency Response?

31/05/2016

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the experience of the flood relief programme implemented in Bangladesh in 2015. It highlights the need for humanitarian partners to have the capacity to undertake the local-level influencing that is vital to working effectively in humanitarian contexts. Partnering for Impact series To do the work it does, Oxfam works closely with partners […]

Case study

Effective Cooperation: A new role for cotton producer co-ops in Mali

09/06/2011

2 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Falling prices and increased privatization had left small-scale cotton producers in Mali facing an uncertain future. In particular, the role of the state-owned cotton company, on which farmers depended for essential services such as inputs and training, had been greatly diminished. In response, a new initiative involving a coalition of partners has helped to build […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

Research report

Youth Participation for Active Global Citizenship: Future Youth School Forums project report

06/09/2018

1 documents

81 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Future Youth School Forums (FYS-Forums) project took place in Cyprus, Italy, Poland, Lithuania and the UK from 2015 to 2018 and was funded by EU Erasmus+. Its aim was to show how creating a group of engaged young global participants requires the engagement of teachers in activities to promote global citizenship – and to […]