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Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Tips for Building Partnerships in Community Emergencies in Colombia

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Paola Álvarez, Protection Adviser at Fundación Mujer y Futuro, and Claudia Patricia Pinzón Moreno, former Humanitarian Officer at Oxfam in Colombia, as part of the Resources Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses culture, empowerment of women and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

Recommendations from GADHOP Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Jérémie Kasereka, Permanent Secretary of Groupe d’Associations de Défense des Droits de l’Homme et de la Paix (GADHOP), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

CEDIER’s Recommendations Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Augustin Titi, Coordinator of Centre pour le Développement Intégral de L’Enfant Rural (CEDIER), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

NGO partnerships and the taming of the grassroots in rural India

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Based on reflections undertaken with members of a partnership between an NGO and Adivasi (original dweller) communities in the Indian state of Orissa, this paper examines various linkages among NGOs (international, state, district, or local), and grassroots organisations in terms of their prospects for advancing Adivasi activism for social change. International NGOs seldom work directly […]

Journal article

Lessons from action-research partnerships: LASA/Oxfam America 2004 Martin Diskin Memorial Lecture

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article looks at lessons that emerge from one specific approach to bridging activism and scholarship and the collaborative research partnership between scholars and activists. What these lessons share is a focus on recognising difference in order to bring people together. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Enhancing learning in development partnerships

01/08/2006

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Through an analysis of practical examples and key literature, this article considers what will enhance learning in and between NGOs and other development partners. The authors explore how the types and qualities of relationship currently evolving in the development sector affect learning, drawing predominantly on experiences of relationships between Northern and Southern NGOs. The article […]

Journal article

How partnership works

01/08/2009

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Partnerships can achieve results, but they do not develop smoothly. Members must explore their differences before they can perform well together. Some agencies look inwards at their own priorities and expect their partners to follow them. This leads to a blend of co-operation and competition. Other organisations turn outwards and look for partners who can […]

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]

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Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Tips for Building Partnerships in Community Emergencies in Colombia

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Paola Álvarez, Protection Adviser at Fundación Mujer y Futuro, and Claudia Patricia Pinzón Moreno, former Humanitarian Officer at Oxfam in Colombia, as part of the Resources Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses culture, empowerment of women and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

Recommendations from GADHOP Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Jérémie Kasereka, Permanent Secretary of Groupe d’Associations de Défense des Droits de l’Homme et de la Paix (GADHOP), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

CEDIER’s Recommendations Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Augustin Titi, Coordinator of Centre pour le Développement Intégral de L’Enfant Rural (CEDIER), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

NGO partnerships and the taming of the grassroots in rural India

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on reflections undertaken with members of a partnership between an NGO and Adivasi (original dweller) communities in the Indian state of Orissa, this paper examines various linkages among NGOs (international, state, district, or local), and grassroots organisations in terms of their prospects for advancing Adivasi activism for social change. International NGOs seldom work directly […]

Journal article

Lessons from action-research partnerships: LASA/Oxfam America 2004 Martin Diskin Memorial Lecture

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at lessons that emerge from one specific approach to bridging activism and scholarship and the collaborative research partnership between scholars and activists. What these lessons share is a focus on recognising difference in order to bring people together. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Enhancing learning in development partnerships

01/08/2006

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Through an analysis of practical examples and key literature, this article considers what will enhance learning in and between NGOs and other development partners. The authors explore how the types and qualities of relationship currently evolving in the development sector affect learning, drawing predominantly on experiences of relationships between Northern and Southern NGOs. The article […]

Journal article

How partnership works

01/08/2009

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Partnerships can achieve results, but they do not develop smoothly. Members must explore their differences before they can perform well together. Some agencies look inwards at their own priorities and expect their partners to follow them. This leads to a blend of co-operation and competition. Other organisations turn outwards and look for partners who can […]

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]

Showing 309 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Tips for Building Partnerships in Community Emergencies in Colombia

17/09/2021

3 documents

2 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Paola Álvarez, Protection Adviser at Fundación Mujer y Futuro, and Claudia Patricia Pinzón Moreno, former Humanitarian Officer at Oxfam in Colombia, as part of the Resources Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses culture, empowerment of women and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

Recommendations from GADHOP Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Jérémie Kasereka, Permanent Secretary of Groupe d’Associations de Défense des Droits de l’Homme et de la Paix (GADHOP), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Guidelines and toolkits

CEDIER’s Recommendations Concerning Partnerships

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Augustin Titi, Coordinator of Centre pour le Développement Intégral de L’Enfant Rural (CEDIER), as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

NGO partnerships and the taming of the grassroots in rural India

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on reflections undertaken with members of a partnership between an NGO and Adivasi (original dweller) communities in the Indian state of Orissa, this paper examines various linkages among NGOs (international, state, district, or local), and grassroots organisations in terms of their prospects for advancing Adivasi activism for social change. International NGOs seldom work directly […]

Journal article

Lessons from action-research partnerships: LASA/Oxfam America 2004 Martin Diskin Memorial Lecture

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article looks at lessons that emerge from one specific approach to bridging activism and scholarship and the collaborative research partnership between scholars and activists. What these lessons share is a focus on recognising difference in order to bring people together. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Enhancing learning in development partnerships

01/08/2006

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Through an analysis of practical examples and key literature, this article considers what will enhance learning in and between NGOs and other development partners. The authors explore how the types and qualities of relationship currently evolving in the development sector affect learning, drawing predominantly on experiences of relationships between Northern and Southern NGOs. The article […]

Journal article

How partnership works

01/08/2009

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Partnerships can achieve results, but they do not develop smoothly. Members must explore their differences before they can perform well together. Some agencies look inwards at their own priorities and expect their partners to follow them. This leads to a blend of co-operation and competition. Other organisations turn outwards and look for partners who can […]

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]