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Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approach

01/02/2004

13 pages long

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This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in different countries, investigating the ways in which such work is embodied in local or international production chains, and developing a methodology which will facilitate the establishment of sustainable organisations of home-based workers. The article focuses mainly […]

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How can the poor benefit from private investment in agricultural research? A case study from Bolivia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

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This article evaluates potential mechanisms for facilitating increased private-sector engagement in agricultural research for development and technology transfer (ARDTT), with particular emphasis on Bolivia. It reviews the mixed results of efforts, in developed and developing countries alike, to decentralise ARDTT and to encourage private-sector investment. Potential mechanisms for Bolivia are considered within three broad categories: […]

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

01/02/2006

12 pages long

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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.

Research report

Climate Justice: Loss and damage action research: Case studies of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

29/11/2023

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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This study was undertaken to support and empower Southern African leaders, activists, civil society organizations (CSOs) and policymakers, in the lead up to COP 27 and beyond, in the debate on the losses and damages caused by climate impacts. The study used an ‘action research’ approach by supporting the collective and inclusive documentation and sense-making […]

Research report

Centering Women’s Rights Organizations: Evaluative research on Oxfam’s COVID-19 response in Colombia, Iraq, and Kenya

01/07/2024

13 documents

54 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Kurdish, Spanish

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The purpose of this research is to understand the broader context of the humanitarian response to COVID-19 from the perspective of women’s rights organizations (WROs) and to understand how well Oxfam has upheld local humanitarian leadership (LHL) commitments in relation to its partnerships with WROs. From the literature, as well as from Oxfam’s experience in […]

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Addressing the research-development disconnect: lessons from East and Central African Highlands

01/11/2010

13 pages long

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A growing concern about the limited impact of agricultural research and development on natural-resources management (NRM) and livelihoods in the highlands of East and Central Africa led to the establishment in 1995 of the African Highlands Initiative, with a mandate to develop methodologies for integrated NRM and institutionalise them in partner organisations. Emerging lessons show […]

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Research that matters: outcome mapping for linking knowledge to poverty-reduction actions

01/11/2010

12 pages long

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An ‘Outcome Mapping’ approach was applied retrospectively to five diverse, highly collaborative research projects aimed at poverty reduction. Designed to help plan for, clarify, and document intended and actual changes in behaviour, actions, and relationships of groups and organisations that directly influence a project’s intended beneficiaries, Outcome Mapping enabled us to identify and describe the […]

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

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How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

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New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Overview

What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

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Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

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Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

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Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approach

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in different countries, investigating the ways in which such work is embodied in local or international production chains, and developing a methodology which will facilitate the establishment of sustainable organisations of home-based workers. The article focuses mainly […]

Journal article

How can the poor benefit from private investment in agricultural research? A case study from Bolivia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article evaluates potential mechanisms for facilitating increased private-sector engagement in agricultural research for development and technology transfer (ARDTT), with particular emphasis on Bolivia. It reviews the mixed results of efforts, in developed and developing countries alike, to decentralise ARDTT and to encourage private-sector investment. Potential mechanisms for Bolivia are considered within three broad categories: […]

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.

Research report

Climate Justice: Loss and damage action research: Case studies of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

29/11/2023

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study was undertaken to support and empower Southern African leaders, activists, civil society organizations (CSOs) and policymakers, in the lead up to COP 27 and beyond, in the debate on the losses and damages caused by climate impacts. The study used an ‘action research’ approach by supporting the collective and inclusive documentation and sense-making […]

Research report

Centering Women’s Rights Organizations: Evaluative research on Oxfam’s COVID-19 response in Colombia, Iraq, and Kenya

01/07/2024

13 documents

54 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Kurdish, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this research is to understand the broader context of the humanitarian response to COVID-19 from the perspective of women’s rights organizations (WROs) and to understand how well Oxfam has upheld local humanitarian leadership (LHL) commitments in relation to its partnerships with WROs. From the literature, as well as from Oxfam’s experience in […]

Journal article

Addressing the research-development disconnect: lessons from East and Central African Highlands

01/11/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A growing concern about the limited impact of agricultural research and development on natural-resources management (NRM) and livelihoods in the highlands of East and Central Africa led to the establishment in 1995 of the African Highlands Initiative, with a mandate to develop methodologies for integrated NRM and institutionalise them in partner organisations. Emerging lessons show […]

Journal article

Research that matters: outcome mapping for linking knowledge to poverty-reduction actions

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An ‘Outcome Mapping’ approach was applied retrospectively to five diverse, highly collaborative research projects aimed at poverty reduction. Designed to help plan for, clarify, and document intended and actual changes in behaviour, actions, and relationships of groups and organisations that directly influence a project’s intended beneficiaries, Outcome Mapping enabled us to identify and describe the […]

Journal article

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

Keywords

Overview

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

Journal article

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

Keywords

Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Organising home-based workers in the global economy: an action-research approach

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article describes an action-research project which has the multiple objectives of mapping the range of home-based work in different countries, investigating the ways in which such work is embodied in local or international production chains, and developing a methodology which will facilitate the establishment of sustainable organisations of home-based workers. The article focuses mainly […]

Journal article

How can the poor benefit from private investment in agricultural research? A case study from Bolivia

01/06/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article evaluates potential mechanisms for facilitating increased private-sector engagement in agricultural research for development and technology transfer (ARDTT), with particular emphasis on Bolivia. It reviews the mixed results of efforts, in developed and developing countries alike, to decentralise ARDTT and to encourage private-sector investment. Potential mechanisms for Bolivia are considered within three broad categories: […]

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.

Research report

Climate Justice: Loss and damage action research: Case studies of Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe

29/11/2023

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study was undertaken to support and empower Southern African leaders, activists, civil society organizations (CSOs) and policymakers, in the lead up to COP 27 and beyond, in the debate on the losses and damages caused by climate impacts. The study used an ‘action research’ approach by supporting the collective and inclusive documentation and sense-making […]

Research report

Centering Women’s Rights Organizations: Evaluative research on Oxfam’s COVID-19 response in Colombia, Iraq, and Kenya

01/07/2024

13 documents

54 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Kurdish, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The purpose of this research is to understand the broader context of the humanitarian response to COVID-19 from the perspective of women’s rights organizations (WROs) and to understand how well Oxfam has upheld local humanitarian leadership (LHL) commitments in relation to its partnerships with WROs. From the literature, as well as from Oxfam’s experience in […]

Journal article

Addressing the research-development disconnect: lessons from East and Central African Highlands

01/11/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A growing concern about the limited impact of agricultural research and development on natural-resources management (NRM) and livelihoods in the highlands of East and Central Africa led to the establishment in 1995 of the African Highlands Initiative, with a mandate to develop methodologies for integrated NRM and institutionalise them in partner organisations. Emerging lessons show […]

Journal article

Research that matters: outcome mapping for linking knowledge to poverty-reduction actions

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An ‘Outcome Mapping’ approach was applied retrospectively to five diverse, highly collaborative research projects aimed at poverty reduction. Designed to help plan for, clarify, and document intended and actual changes in behaviour, actions, and relationships of groups and organisations that directly influence a project’s intended beneficiaries, Outcome Mapping enabled us to identify and describe the […]

Journal article

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

09/11/2016

20 pages long

Free access through journal website

How can donors improve their support to gender equality in fragile settings? Findings from OECD research

Keywords

Overview

New Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) research suggests that effective donor programming on gender in fragile contexts requires doing more and doing things differently. A critical step is to close financing gaps in key sectors through both dedicated funding and gender mainstreaming. Donors can also do more to improve quality of programming, notably […]

Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

Journal article

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

01/03/2008

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Investing in women farmers to eliminate food insecurity in southern Africa: policy-related research from Mozambique

Keywords

Overview

About 70 per cent of the population in Southern Africa depends on agriculture as the main source of food, income, and employment. Women produce an estimated 70 per cent of the food in the region. Recent studies have pointed to governments’ failure to invest in women farmers as one of the major contributing factors to […]