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Research report

Welcome or Over-Reaction?: Refugees and asylum seekers in the Welsh media

14/05/2001

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the 1990s the issue of refugees and asylum seekers has become highly politicised in the UK. Locally, regionally and nationally some politicians have used the issue of refugees claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to gain support for their own political parties. The national media focussed their reporting on the issues in London and […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Technical briefing

Behind the Barcodes Supermarket Scorecard 2019 Data

03/07/2019

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This is the 2019 update to the supermarket scorecard, part of the Behind the Barcodes campaign that Oxfam launched in 2018 to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by […]

Book

A Guide to Gender-Analysis Frameworks

01/01/1999

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A variety of frameworks to analyse gender relations are used in development work. They can be helpful tools in planning gender-sensitive research projects, or in designing development interventions which address gender inequalities. Drawing on the experience of trainers and practitioners, this book contains step-by-step instructions for using different gender-analysis frameworks, and summaries of their advantages […]

Book

Social Survey Methods: A field guide for development workers

01/01/1991

2 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Well-organised and cost-effective surveys provide vital information for planning development projects. Social Survey Methods uses straightforward language to guide the reader through the choice of an appropriate, affordable research method, the implementation of the research, and how to communicate the findings to key decision-makers, community organisations and other interested parties.

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Welcome or Over-Reaction?: Refugees and asylum seekers in the Welsh media

14/05/2001

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the 1990s the issue of refugees and asylum seekers has become highly politicised in the UK. Locally, regionally and nationally some politicians have used the issue of refugees claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to gain support for their own political parties. The national media focussed their reporting on the issues in London and […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Technical briefing

Behind the Barcodes Supermarket Scorecard 2019 Data

03/07/2019

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This is the 2019 update to the supermarket scorecard, part of the Behind the Barcodes campaign that Oxfam launched in 2018 to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by […]

Book

A Guide to Gender-Analysis Frameworks

01/01/1999

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A variety of frameworks to analyse gender relations are used in development work. They can be helpful tools in planning gender-sensitive research projects, or in designing development interventions which address gender inequalities. Drawing on the experience of trainers and practitioners, this book contains step-by-step instructions for using different gender-analysis frameworks, and summaries of their advantages […]

Book

Social Survey Methods: A field guide for development workers

01/01/1991

2 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Well-organised and cost-effective surveys provide vital information for planning development projects. Social Survey Methods uses straightforward language to guide the reader through the choice of an appropriate, affordable research method, the implementation of the research, and how to communicate the findings to key decision-makers, community organisations and other interested parties.

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Welcome or Over-Reaction?: Refugees and asylum seekers in the Welsh media

14/05/2001

1 documents

61 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the 1990s the issue of refugees and asylum seekers has become highly politicised in the UK. Locally, regionally and nationally some politicians have used the issue of refugees claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to gain support for their own political parties. The national media focussed their reporting on the issues in London and […]

Discussion paper

Equity and the Expansion of Access to Treatment and Care for HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa: Report of a workshop at ICASA

21/11/2003

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Regional Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa (EQUINET) and Oxfam GB with government and civil society partners have since early 2003 initiated a programme of research and analysis in support of policy and advocacy focusing on HIV/AIDS and equity in health sector responses. The programme has held and reported on an expert […]

Journal article

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

31/08/2022

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Devising gender-responsive transport policies in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

Over time, the transport sector has grown more cognisant of gender differences in planning and policy. Yet, extant literature on transport shows that challenges, such as sexual harassment of women still prevail. The value of this study is its contribution towards gender-responsive transport policies with a focus on women by highlighting (1) the spectrum of […]

Case study

Food prices and how people are eating: Views from ‘Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility’

26/08/2014

7 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

How do households cope with increases in food prices? How have their eating habits changed in the face of food price volatility? These case studies form part of the second year of Oxfam–IDS research project Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, which examines how food price volatility affects everyday life in 10 low- […]

Briefing paper

Getting Women into Local Strategic Partnerships: Knowing your community, improving public services

18/12/2009

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Women in the UK are poorer than men: women working part-time earn nearly 40 per cent less than men, while the incomes of female pensioners are 40 per cent lower than those of male pensioners. Research commissioned by Oxfam in 2007 revealed that on Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPS), increasingly responsible for much decision-making on local […]

Research report

Ebola Impact Revealed: An assessment of the differing impact of the outbreak on the women and men in Liberia

01/07/2015

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report examines the differing impacts of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia on women, men, girls and boys. Focusing on the areas of agriculture and livelihoods; gender-based violence; access to health services; and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), it looks at women’s involvement in the national response to the outbreak, as well as community […]

Technical briefing

Behind the Barcodes Supermarket Scorecard 2019 Data

03/07/2019

2 documents

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This is the 2019 update to the supermarket scorecard, part of the Behind the Barcodes campaign that Oxfam launched in 2018 to expose the economic exploitation faced by millions of small-scale farmers and workers in food supply chains, and mobilize the power of people around the world to help end it. The campaign is underpinned by […]

Book

A Guide to Gender-Analysis Frameworks

01/01/1999

1 documents

144 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A variety of frameworks to analyse gender relations are used in development work. They can be helpful tools in planning gender-sensitive research projects, or in designing development interventions which address gender inequalities. Drawing on the experience of trainers and practitioners, this book contains step-by-step instructions for using different gender-analysis frameworks, and summaries of their advantages […]

Book

Social Survey Methods: A field guide for development workers

01/01/1991

2 documents

132 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Well-organised and cost-effective surveys provide vital information for planning development projects. Social Survey Methods uses straightforward language to guide the reader through the choice of an appropriate, affordable research method, the implementation of the research, and how to communicate the findings to key decision-makers, community organisations and other interested parties.

Briefing paper

Better Returns in a Better World: Responsible investment – overcoming the barriers and seeing the returns

18/11/2010

4 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Corporate responsibility

Overview

This paper summarises a two-year research engagement project with the investment community on their role in contributing to poverty reduction and sustainable development. Oxfam undertook this research because we recognise the enormous influence investors have on poverty and development both as capital allocators – where and in what they invest – and as major influencers […]