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Research report

Background Research Paper on the Predicted Climate Change Impacts of Greatest Relevance to Oxfam

25/08/2010

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Food security

Overview

The world’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, largely as a consequence of human activity. This paper summarises the predicted impacts of these changes that are of greatest relevance to Oxfam. It focuses on the medium to long-term (25-50 years) dynamics in five key areas: water, food security, health, extreme events and political stability. […]

Journal article

Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

Journal article

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

Keywords

Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Case study

Policy Research on the Africa Women’s Protocol

01/02/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

On 11 July 2003, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The Protocol is potentially a powerful force for positive change in the lives of African Women. However if this potential is to […]

Research report

Now is the Time: Research on Gender Justice, Conflict and Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa

05/06/2017

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This study examines the impact of fragility and conflict on gender justice and women’s rights in the MENA, as a part of an Oxfam project entitled ‘Promoting the Needs of Women in Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa’ funded through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It specifically aims to understand how conflict […]

Journal article

Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/08/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Business linkages in Zimbabwe: helping to shape `win-win’ economic structures’. The first in a series of papers, this paper describes the rationale behind the Manic land Business Linkages Project in Eastern Zimbabwe. The economic and development perspectives of buyers, suppliers, and the nation are considered, including the relevance of gender in small enterprise. […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Background Research Paper on the Predicted Climate Change Impacts of Greatest Relevance to Oxfam

25/08/2010

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Food security

Overview

The world’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, largely as a consequence of human activity. This paper summarises the predicted impacts of these changes that are of greatest relevance to Oxfam. It focuses on the medium to long-term (25-50 years) dynamics in five key areas: water, food security, health, extreme events and political stability. […]

Journal article

Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

Journal article

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

Keywords

Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Case study

Policy Research on the Africa Women’s Protocol

01/02/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

On 11 July 2003, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The Protocol is potentially a powerful force for positive change in the lives of African Women. However if this potential is to […]

Research report

Now is the Time: Research on Gender Justice, Conflict and Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa

05/06/2017

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This study examines the impact of fragility and conflict on gender justice and women’s rights in the MENA, as a part of an Oxfam project entitled ‘Promoting the Needs of Women in Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa’ funded through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It specifically aims to understand how conflict […]

Journal article

Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/08/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Business linkages in Zimbabwe: helping to shape `win-win’ economic structures’. The first in a series of papers, this paper describes the rationale behind the Manic land Business Linkages Project in Eastern Zimbabwe. The economic and development perspectives of buyers, suppliers, and the nation are considered, including the relevance of gender in small enterprise. […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Background Research Paper on the Predicted Climate Change Impacts of Greatest Relevance to Oxfam

25/08/2010

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Food security

Overview

The world’s climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, largely as a consequence of human activity. This paper summarises the predicted impacts of these changes that are of greatest relevance to Oxfam. It focuses on the medium to long-term (25-50 years) dynamics in five key areas: water, food security, health, extreme events and political stability. […]

Journal article

Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

Journal article

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

Keywords

Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Case study

Policy Research on the Africa Women’s Protocol

01/02/2008

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Gender mainstreaming

Overview

On 11 July 2003, the Heads of State and Government of the African Union adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa. The Protocol is potentially a powerful force for positive change in the lives of African Women. However if this potential is to […]

Research report

Now is the Time: Research on Gender Justice, Conflict and Fragility in the Middle East and North Africa

05/06/2017

7 documents

61 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

This study examines the impact of fragility and conflict on gender justice and women’s rights in the MENA, as a part of an Oxfam project entitled ‘Promoting the Needs of Women in Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa’ funded through the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It specifically aims to understand how conflict […]

Journal article

Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/08/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based upon ‘Business linkages in Zimbabwe: helping to shape `win-win’ economic structures’. The first in a series of papers, this paper describes the rationale behind the Manic land Business Linkages Project in Eastern Zimbabwe. The economic and development perspectives of buyers, suppliers, and the nation are considered, including the relevance of gender in small enterprise. […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]