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Journal article

An institutional approach to service-provision partnerships in South Asia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Radical approaches to introduce public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure provision in South Asia have been largely unsuccessful. Yet the region is home to a thriving informal private sector and several regional NGOs have become engaged in efforts to involve communities in improved infrastructure provision. Many line agencies and local authorities have devolved some responsibilities for […]

Evaluation report

Measuring Change: Oxfam GB and DFID Partnership Programme Agreement 2008-2011: Baseline report

31/03/2009

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Partnership Programme Agreement (PPA) is a much-valued source of funding for Oxfam. The flexibility and predictability that the PPA gives Oxfam is very welcome, particularly at a time when the economic downturn is starting to have an effect across the sector. But the PPA is about more than just the funding – it provides […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Briefing note

Unequal Partners: How EUACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries

27/09/2006

6 documents

17 pages long

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

The Doha ‘Development’ Round of trade talks has stalled, but the world’s poorest countries remain under pressure to open up their markets with potentially disastrous consequences. These negotiations were meant to ‘make trade fair’, but they were blocked by the USA and EU, unwilling to address the rigged rules and double standards from which they […]

Briefing note

A Matter of Political Will: How the European Union can maintain market access for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the absence of Economic Partnership Agreements

27/04/2007

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The European Commission has threatened 76 of the world’s poorest countries with lower access to the EU market – if they fail to sign new trade deals known as Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of 2007, when their current market access preferences expire. But the threats are not justified: in the event that […]

Journal article

‘Strong nets catch fish’: promoting pro-poor partnerships in Bangladesh

01/02/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article describes the experiences of a small Bangladeshi NGO in using actor-oriented tools to focus on key people and partnerships in project planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The approach has helped to identify interventions that are context-specific, building on key local actors and indigenous networks, and sensitive to the constraints experienced by the poorest. As […]

Research report

Partnerships in Conflict: How violent conflict impacts local civil society and how international partners respond

30/10/2017

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This report summarizes the findings of new research on the impact of violent conflict on civil society organizations (CSOs) and the implications for international actors who partner with them. It finds that local CSOs working in violent conflict settings are more important than ever, as they are at the forefront in responding to the needs […]

Evaluation report

Accountability Review in Cambodia: Strengthening partnership towards participatory and accountable governance

31/12/2016

3 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This accountability review is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15. The report documents the findings from a review carried out in December 2014 which examines the degree to which Oxfam meets its own standards for accountability.The project works to ensure equitable and sustainable use of natural resources in 4 provinces in Cambodia […]

Journal article

Pursuing partnership: World Vision and the ideology of development – a case study

01/08/1999

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the role of ideology in underpinning the operations of major development movements. As a confessional NGO, World Vision (WV) presents a useful case study; and this article examines the influence on this NGO of the interaction between ideology and wider development trends. It is argued that from roots in a specific cultural […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Showing 321 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

An institutional approach to service-provision partnerships in South Asia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Radical approaches to introduce public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure provision in South Asia have been largely unsuccessful. Yet the region is home to a thriving informal private sector and several regional NGOs have become engaged in efforts to involve communities in improved infrastructure provision. Many line agencies and local authorities have devolved some responsibilities for […]

Evaluation report

Measuring Change: Oxfam GB and DFID Partnership Programme Agreement 2008-2011: Baseline report

31/03/2009

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Partnership Programme Agreement (PPA) is a much-valued source of funding for Oxfam. The flexibility and predictability that the PPA gives Oxfam is very welcome, particularly at a time when the economic downturn is starting to have an effect across the sector. But the PPA is about more than just the funding – it provides […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Briefing note

Unequal Partners: How EUACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries

27/09/2006

6 documents

17 pages long

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

The Doha ‘Development’ Round of trade talks has stalled, but the world’s poorest countries remain under pressure to open up their markets with potentially disastrous consequences. These negotiations were meant to ‘make trade fair’, but they were blocked by the USA and EU, unwilling to address the rigged rules and double standards from which they […]

Briefing note

A Matter of Political Will: How the European Union can maintain market access for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the absence of Economic Partnership Agreements

27/04/2007

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The European Commission has threatened 76 of the world’s poorest countries with lower access to the EU market – if they fail to sign new trade deals known as Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of 2007, when their current market access preferences expire. But the threats are not justified: in the event that […]

Journal article

‘Strong nets catch fish’: promoting pro-poor partnerships in Bangladesh

01/02/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article describes the experiences of a small Bangladeshi NGO in using actor-oriented tools to focus on key people and partnerships in project planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The approach has helped to identify interventions that are context-specific, building on key local actors and indigenous networks, and sensitive to the constraints experienced by the poorest. As […]

Research report

Partnerships in Conflict: How violent conflict impacts local civil society and how international partners respond

30/10/2017

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This report summarizes the findings of new research on the impact of violent conflict on civil society organizations (CSOs) and the implications for international actors who partner with them. It finds that local CSOs working in violent conflict settings are more important than ever, as they are at the forefront in responding to the needs […]

Evaluation report

Accountability Review in Cambodia: Strengthening partnership towards participatory and accountable governance

31/12/2016

3 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This accountability review is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15. The report documents the findings from a review carried out in December 2014 which examines the degree to which Oxfam meets its own standards for accountability.The project works to ensure equitable and sustainable use of natural resources in 4 provinces in Cambodia […]

Journal article

Pursuing partnership: World Vision and the ideology of development – a case study

01/08/1999

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the role of ideology in underpinning the operations of major development movements. As a confessional NGO, World Vision (WV) presents a useful case study; and this article examines the influence on this NGO of the interaction between ideology and wider development trends. It is argued that from roots in a specific cultural […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Showing 321 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

An institutional approach to service-provision partnerships in South Asia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Radical approaches to introduce public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure provision in South Asia have been largely unsuccessful. Yet the region is home to a thriving informal private sector and several regional NGOs have become engaged in efforts to involve communities in improved infrastructure provision. Many line agencies and local authorities have devolved some responsibilities for […]

Evaluation report

Measuring Change: Oxfam GB and DFID Partnership Programme Agreement 2008-2011: Baseline report

31/03/2009

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Partnership Programme Agreement (PPA) is a much-valued source of funding for Oxfam. The flexibility and predictability that the PPA gives Oxfam is very welcome, particularly at a time when the economic downturn is starting to have an effect across the sector. But the PPA is about more than just the funding – it provides […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Briefing note

Unequal Partners: How EUACP Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) could harm the development prospects of many of the world’s poorest countries

27/09/2006

6 documents

17 pages long

Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Trade policy

Overview

The Doha ‘Development’ Round of trade talks has stalled, but the world’s poorest countries remain under pressure to open up their markets with potentially disastrous consequences. These negotiations were meant to ‘make trade fair’, but they were blocked by the USA and EU, unwilling to address the rigged rules and double standards from which they […]

Briefing note

A Matter of Political Will: How the European Union can maintain market access for African, Caribbean and Pacific countries in the absence of Economic Partnership Agreements

27/04/2007

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The European Commission has threatened 76 of the world’s poorest countries with lower access to the EU market – if they fail to sign new trade deals known as Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) by the end of 2007, when their current market access preferences expire. But the threats are not justified: in the event that […]

Journal article

‘Strong nets catch fish’: promoting pro-poor partnerships in Bangladesh

01/02/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article describes the experiences of a small Bangladeshi NGO in using actor-oriented tools to focus on key people and partnerships in project planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The approach has helped to identify interventions that are context-specific, building on key local actors and indigenous networks, and sensitive to the constraints experienced by the poorest. As […]

Research report

Partnerships in Conflict: How violent conflict impacts local civil society and how international partners respond

30/10/2017

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This report summarizes the findings of new research on the impact of violent conflict on civil society organizations (CSOs) and the implications for international actors who partner with them. It finds that local CSOs working in violent conflict settings are more important than ever, as they are at the forefront in responding to the needs […]

Evaluation report

Accountability Review in Cambodia: Strengthening partnership towards participatory and accountable governance

31/12/2016

3 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This accountability review is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2014/15. The report documents the findings from a review carried out in December 2014 which examines the degree to which Oxfam meets its own standards for accountability.The project works to ensure equitable and sustainable use of natural resources in 4 provinces in Cambodia […]

Journal article

Pursuing partnership: World Vision and the ideology of development – a case study

01/08/1999

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the role of ideology in underpinning the operations of major development movements. As a confessional NGO, World Vision (WV) presents a useful case study; and this article examines the influence on this NGO of the interaction between ideology and wider development trends. It is argued that from roots in a specific cultural […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.