You searched for research - Page 11 of 47 - Oxfam Policy & Practice

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Research into local culture: Implications for participatory development

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the importance of culture and participation in development efforts. In this regard, it looks at the problems which have arisen as the result of those receiving aid, being regarded as objects rather than subjects with their own culture and behavioural patterns. The paper looks at why research into culture is important, and […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/1997

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Includes ‘Children, conflict and displacement’ and ‘The community re-integration of Romanian orphanage graduates’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round-up based upon ‘REFLECT: A new approach to literacy and social change’. Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) is an approach to adult literacy programmes which borrows from Paolo Freire’s `active dialogue’ method and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. Developed by ACTIONAID, the authors describe and assess the use of REFLECT in […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Understanding the informal sector using sub-sector analysis’. The author describes the sub-sector analysis method and applies it to tailors working in the informal sector in Kenya. The results of the analysis allow the author to discuss the factors which influence the success, or otherwise, of micro-enterprise in this sector; he also advocates the […]

Journal article

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

01/02/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

Keywords

Overview

ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU’s commitments as a […]

Journal article

Introduction: Feminist values in research

05/11/2019

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Introduction: Feminist values in research

Keywords

Feminist research

Overview

This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 27(3) Feminist Values in Research.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/2003

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Critical review of the capacity building literature and discourse’. The research summarised here addresses the ambiguities and discrepancies of the capacity building dialect within the aid and development industry. Three interrelated themes are found to permeate the capacity building literature, despite diverse ideological persuasions. The appropriation of these themes within the capacity building […]

Journal article

Trends in UK NGOs: a research note

01/11/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, to civil society organisations in the South. The increasing competition for donor […]

Research report

Reframing Narratives Around Care and Informal Work in Kenya, the UK and Zimbabwe: A synthesis of national research

05/02/2024

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research study across three countries – Kenya, UK, and Zimbabwe – was carried out to identify the dominant narratives that influence public perceptions of care and informal work. It enabled the researchers to develop and test new narratives that could be used to improve public attitudes towards care and informal work. Creating new stories […]

Journal article

Democratic decentralisation and local participation: a review of recent research

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This review essay analyses three recent works on the relationship between democracy and decentralisation, with a focus on local participation and empowerment: Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa: Participation, Accountability and Performance (Richard Crook and James Manor), Good Government in the Tropics (Judith Tendler), and a thematic issue of the European Journal […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Research into local culture: Implications for participatory development

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the importance of culture and participation in development efforts. In this regard, it looks at the problems which have arisen as the result of those receiving aid, being regarded as objects rather than subjects with their own culture and behavioural patterns. The paper looks at why research into culture is important, and […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/1997

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Includes ‘Children, conflict and displacement’ and ‘The community re-integration of Romanian orphanage graduates’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round-up based upon ‘REFLECT: A new approach to literacy and social change’. Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) is an approach to adult literacy programmes which borrows from Paolo Freire’s `active dialogue’ method and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. Developed by ACTIONAID, the authors describe and assess the use of REFLECT in […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Understanding the informal sector using sub-sector analysis’. The author describes the sub-sector analysis method and applies it to tailors working in the informal sector in Kenya. The results of the analysis allow the author to discuss the factors which influence the success, or otherwise, of micro-enterprise in this sector; he also advocates the […]

Journal article

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

01/02/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

Keywords

Overview

ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU’s commitments as a […]

Journal article

Introduction: Feminist values in research

05/11/2019

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Introduction: Feminist values in research

Keywords

Feminist research

Overview

This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 27(3) Feminist Values in Research.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/2003

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Critical review of the capacity building literature and discourse’. The research summarised here addresses the ambiguities and discrepancies of the capacity building dialect within the aid and development industry. Three interrelated themes are found to permeate the capacity building literature, despite diverse ideological persuasions. The appropriation of these themes within the capacity building […]

Journal article

Trends in UK NGOs: a research note

01/11/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, to civil society organisations in the South. The increasing competition for donor […]

Research report

Reframing Narratives Around Care and Informal Work in Kenya, the UK and Zimbabwe: A synthesis of national research

05/02/2024

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research study across three countries – Kenya, UK, and Zimbabwe – was carried out to identify the dominant narratives that influence public perceptions of care and informal work. It enabled the researchers to develop and test new narratives that could be used to improve public attitudes towards care and informal work. Creating new stories […]

Journal article

Democratic decentralisation and local participation: a review of recent research

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This review essay analyses three recent works on the relationship between democracy and decentralisation, with a focus on local participation and empowerment: Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa: Participation, Accountability and Performance (Richard Crook and James Manor), Good Government in the Tropics (Judith Tendler), and a thematic issue of the European Journal […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Research into local culture: Implications for participatory development

01/03/1993

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the importance of culture and participation in development efforts. In this regard, it looks at the problems which have arisen as the result of those receiving aid, being regarded as objects rather than subjects with their own culture and behavioural patterns. The paper looks at why research into culture is important, and […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/1997

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Includes ‘Children, conflict and displacement’ and ‘The community re-integration of Romanian orphanage graduates’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round-up based upon ‘REFLECT: A new approach to literacy and social change’. Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) is an approach to adult literacy programmes which borrows from Paolo Freire’s `active dialogue’ method and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) techniques. Developed by ACTIONAID, the authors describe and assess the use of REFLECT in […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Understanding the informal sector using sub-sector analysis’. The author describes the sub-sector analysis method and applies it to tailors working in the informal sector in Kenya. The results of the analysis allow the author to discuss the factors which influence the success, or otherwise, of micro-enterprise in this sector; he also advocates the […]

Journal article

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

01/02/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state

Keywords

Overview

ABANTU for Development embarked on a regional programme to strengthen civil society capacities for engaging with policy from a gender perspective. An early programme activity involved an in-depth study of NGO capacities for policy engagement which ABANTU carried out in Nigeria during the recent period of military rule. In keeping with ABANTU’s commitments as a […]

Journal article

Introduction: Feminist values in research

05/11/2019

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Introduction: Feminist values in research

Keywords

Feminist research

Overview

This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 27(3) Feminist Values in Research.

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/02/2003

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Critical review of the capacity building literature and discourse’. The research summarised here addresses the ambiguities and discrepancies of the capacity building dialect within the aid and development industry. Three interrelated themes are found to permeate the capacity building literature, despite diverse ideological persuasions. The appropriation of these themes within the capacity building […]

Journal article

Trends in UK NGOs: a research note

01/11/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, to civil society organisations in the South. The increasing competition for donor […]

Research report

Reframing Narratives Around Care and Informal Work in Kenya, the UK and Zimbabwe: A synthesis of national research

05/02/2024

2 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research study across three countries – Kenya, UK, and Zimbabwe – was carried out to identify the dominant narratives that influence public perceptions of care and informal work. It enabled the researchers to develop and test new narratives that could be used to improve public attitudes towards care and informal work. Creating new stories […]

Journal article

Democratic decentralisation and local participation: a review of recent research

01/11/2004

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This review essay analyses three recent works on the relationship between democracy and decentralisation, with a focus on local participation and empowerment: Democracy and Decentralisation in South Asia and West Africa: Participation, Accountability and Performance (Richard Crook and James Manor), Good Government in the Tropics (Judith Tendler), and a thematic issue of the European Journal […]