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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 […]

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The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

01/03/1999

8 pages long

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The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

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A project run by the Canadian International Development Research Centre brought together a wide variety of specialists in order to explore the links between gender, science, and development, and to shape holistic, ‘being-oriented’ approaches, where values based in religion and spirituality inform the perspective and choices of methods of development researchers and practitioners. This article […]

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‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

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‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

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In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

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Research into local culture: Implications for participatory development

01/03/1993

4 pages long

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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 […]

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Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

01/11/1998

7 pages long

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Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

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In 1998, the author, a feminist lawyer, carried out a research project on behalf of Oxfam GB, studying Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Albania. Maguire discusses the project method and findings, and urges international aid agencies to focus their attention on domestic violence, particularly by working with women’s organisations. This […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

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Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

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Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

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This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

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 […]

Research report

The Human Cost of Uncontrolled Arms in Africa: Cross-national research on seven African countries

08/03/2017

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Prolonged conflict, proxy wars, and inter-communal strife characterize many regions in Africa. This violence has caused untold atrocities, deaths, sexual violence, and displacement, as well as accelerating poverty and shattering lives and communities across the continent. Uncontrolled arms in Africa fuel this violence and are increasingly putting lives at immense risk. This report provides evidence […]

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Doing primary research in a developing economy

01/08/1995

5 pages long

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In 1992 and 1993 fieldwork was done in the Eastern Region of Ghana to examine why hybrid cocoa, introduced by cocoa institutions, was adopted by some farmers and not others. This report discusses the problems encountered when collecting data, including the low-level of farmers’ education, and the lack of official records and sampling possibilities. This […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

01/03/1999

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

Keywords

Overview

A project run by the Canadian International Development Research Centre brought together a wide variety of specialists in order to explore the links between gender, science, and development, and to shape holistic, ‘being-oriented’ approaches, where values based in religion and spirituality inform the perspective and choices of methods of development researchers and practitioners. This article […]

Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

Keywords

Overview

In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

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

Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

01/11/1998

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

Keywords

Overview

In 1998, the author, a feminist lawyer, carried out a research project on behalf of Oxfam GB, studying Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Albania. Maguire discusses the project method and findings, and urges international aid agencies to focus their attention on domestic violence, particularly by working with women’s organisations. This […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

The Human Cost of Uncontrolled Arms in Africa: Cross-national research on seven African countries

08/03/2017

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Prolonged conflict, proxy wars, and inter-communal strife characterize many regions in Africa. This violence has caused untold atrocities, deaths, sexual violence, and displacement, as well as accelerating poverty and shattering lives and communities across the continent. Uncontrolled arms in Africa fuel this violence and are increasingly putting lives at immense risk. This report provides evidence […]

Journal article

Doing primary research in a developing economy

01/08/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 1992 and 1993 fieldwork was done in the Eastern Region of Ghana to examine why hybrid cocoa, introduced by cocoa institutions, was adopted by some farmers and not others. This report discusses the problems encountered when collecting data, including the low-level of farmers’ education, and the lack of official records and sampling possibilities. This […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

01/03/1999

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Way to Do is to Be’: exploring the interface between values and research

Keywords

Overview

A project run by the Canadian International Development Research Centre brought together a wide variety of specialists in order to explore the links between gender, science, and development, and to shape holistic, ‘being-oriented’ approaches, where values based in religion and spirituality inform the perspective and choices of methods of development researchers and practitioners. This article […]

Journal article

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

09/11/2016

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘Empowerment’ of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa: research about girls, by girls

Keywords

Overview

In mid-2015, a team of 15 Congolese ‘girl researchers’ were recruited, trained, and mentored by the UK’s Department for International Development-funded La Pépinière programme. They conducted peer-to-peer research to explore the experiences, perceptions, and aspirations of adolescent girls and young women in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, in relation to their economic and social empowerment. […]

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

Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

01/11/1998

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Researching ‘a Family Affair’: domestic violence in former Yugoslavia and Albania

Keywords

Overview

In 1998, the author, a feminist lawyer, carried out a research project on behalf of Oxfam GB, studying Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and Albania. Maguire discusses the project method and findings, and urges international aid agencies to focus their attention on domestic violence, particularly by working with women’s organisations. This […]

Discussion paper

Listening to the Displaced: Action research in the conflict zones of Sri Lanka

01/01/2000

1 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Intense conflict in northern Sri Lanka between government forces and the secessionist Tamil Tigers has displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes. Their living conditions are harsh and insecure, despite the efforts of humanitarian agencies to alleviate them. In 1996 Oxfam GB began the first in a series of annual surveys to assess […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

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

Keywords

Overview

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 […]

Research report

The Human Cost of Uncontrolled Arms in Africa: Cross-national research on seven African countries

08/03/2017

2 documents

34 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Prolonged conflict, proxy wars, and inter-communal strife characterize many regions in Africa. This violence has caused untold atrocities, deaths, sexual violence, and displacement, as well as accelerating poverty and shattering lives and communities across the continent. Uncontrolled arms in Africa fuel this violence and are increasingly putting lives at immense risk. This report provides evidence […]

Journal article

Doing primary research in a developing economy

01/08/1995

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 1992 and 1993 fieldwork was done in the Eastern Region of Ghana to examine why hybrid cocoa, introduced by cocoa institutions, was adopted by some farmers and not others. This report discusses the problems encountered when collecting data, including the low-level of farmers’ education, and the lack of official records and sampling possibilities. This […]