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Guidelines and toolkits

Terms of Reference for Research Template

29/03/2019

3 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The Terms of Reference for Research Template should be used in conjunction with the Writing Terms of Reference for Research guidelines. Using these the researcher will be able to produce a Terms of Reference that is comprehensive and effective.

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Discussion paper

Centring Gender and Power in Evaluation and Research: Sharing experiences from Oxfam GB’s quantitative impact evaluations

19/07/2021

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Bringing a feminist intent to research, monitoring and evaluation practices leads to defining these as tools to contribute to transforming the lives of women, girls and non-binary people, and to bringing about social justice. This has meant putting gender and power at the centre of our practice, which has in turn shaped the technical choices […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

The CARIAA Research-into-Use Learning Guide

12/06/2017

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning guide, commissioned by the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA), is designed to provide research teams with a bottom-up and experience based tool to better understand the effectiveness ‘ and inefficiencies ‘ of different approaches to Research-into-Use (RiU), the uptake of research which contributes to a change in policy or […]

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Research report

Does Aid to Domestic Revenue Mobilization Support Tax Fairness? A synthesis of Oxfam research

17/03/2023

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Between 2017 and 2022, Oxfam examined aid to DRM from multiple donors provided to multiple low- and middle-income countries. This synthesis report seeks to draw lessons across these studies. The key issues examined include tradeoffs between efficiency and effectiveness in generating revenues on the one hand, and equity on the other; whether donors support direct […]

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Research report

Emergent Agency in a Time of COVID-19: Research report

28/02/2023

4 documents

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an unprecedented event in the modern era. Earlier studies demonstrated how ‘critical junctures’, which comprise major historical events and emergencies, often play an essential role in social change. This paper seeks to explore whether the COVID-19 pandemic would prove to be a similar pivotal moment, and what lessons […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Youth-Led Participatory Action Research Guides

22/06/2022

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Participatory research challenges the academic tradition in which the scientist is at the center of decisions in the research process. Inspired by popular education, this approach allows members of the community to question their living conditions and develop solutions to improve them from a social justice perspective. These guides were developed and tested as part […]

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Technical briefing

The Impact of Food Insecurity on Women and Girls: Research from Pibor and Akobo counties, Jonglei State, South Sudan

05/05/2022

1 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English

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This briefing presents research undertaken in the midst of a critical food insecurity crisis in Pibor and Akobo counties in order to understand its impact on the lives of women and girls. The research found that women and girls’ household chores, their livelihood opportunities and their access to education have all been impacted. It also […]

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Journal article

Feminist Participatory Action Research as a tool for climate justice

10/12/2020

22 pages long

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Feminist Participatory Action Research as a tool for climate justice

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The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) uses Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) to strengthen grassroots women’s movements to advocate for an alternative development model – the ‘Feminist Fossil Fuel Free Future’ (5Fs) – to ensure new, gender-just, economic, political, and social relationships in a world free from climate injustices. Grassroots women […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Research Ethics: A practical guide

09/11/2020

8 documents

16 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Any research must follow ethical principles, particularly when it involves people as participants and is likely to impact them. This is standard practice in academic research and a legal requirement in medical trials, but also applies to research carried out by Oxfam. Oxfam’s work focuses on vulnerable populations, and takes place under difficult circumstances. When […]

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Research report

The Future of Work: Findings of research commissioned by the Oxfam Empower Youth for Work Program

28/07/2020

2 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Empower Youth for Work program commissioned the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to conduct research on ‘The Future of Work’. IDS explored the expected changes in work and income-generating activities for young people in rural areas and whether existing policies anticipate the future of work. The research approaches the future of work according to […]

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