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Journal article

Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

Research report

Multiple Inequalities and Policies to Mitigate Inequality Traps in Pakistan

11/03/2015

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The growth-inequality nexus has long been debated by researchers, social commentators and politicians. Despite being controversial, there is growing evidence of multi-dimensional inequality in developing countries, including Pakistan. Oxfam has carried out research on multiple inequalities in Pakistan in collaboration with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the findings of which are presented in […]

Journal article

Child welfare and the UNHCR: a case for pre-resettlement refugee parenting education

01/02/2012

12 pages long

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Very little is known about the ecology of the refugee parenting experience in pre-resettlement contexts. This article presents research that is part of a larger study seeking to explain why refugee parents are appearing in the South Australian child protection system. In particular, the research highlights the need for parenting education as an early intervention. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

Research report

Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Lebanon

20/01/2016

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The impact of the Syria crisis on Lebanon is immense and multidimensional. The massive population influx has put huge pressure on the labour market and employment, while also driving up prices for consumables and the cost of shelter. The number of people living under the poverty line in Lebanon has risen by 66 percent since […]

Journal article

Listen First: a pilot system for managing downward accountability in NGOs

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Development methods

Overview

This article reports on a research project intended to develop systematic ways of managing downward accountability in an international NGO. Innovative tools were developed and trialled in six countries. The tools comprised a framework, defining downward accountability in practical terms, and three management processes. They were successfully used to (a) encourage staff to improve downward […]

Research report

The Politics of Partnership: How donors manage risk while letting recipients lead their own development

13/12/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper provides recommendations for the US government as it continues grappling with ways of improving foreign aid, taking lessons from successful donor partnerships with recipient countries. The underlying field research comes from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania. Our research findings suggest that aid works best through genuine partnerships; partnerships that truly support the visions and […]

Evaluation report

‘If we don’t do it, who will?’ A study into the sustainability of Community Protection Structures supported by Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

16/11/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

What happens when an NGO returns after a few years to see the longer term effects of community-based programmes? This is what Oxfam’s Community Protection Programme did in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conducting research in 30 communities to find out which protection activities continued after the original programme, and what influenced this. This […]

Journal article

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: a practical method for project planning and evaluation

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is a practical approach to planning, monitoring and evaluation, developed for use with complex research-for-development projects. PIPA begins with a participatory workshop where stakeholders make explicit their assumptions about how their project will make an impact, and produce an ‘Outcomes logic model’ and an ‘Impact logic model’. These two logic […]

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 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

Research report

Multiple Inequalities and Policies to Mitigate Inequality Traps in Pakistan

11/03/2015

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The growth-inequality nexus has long been debated by researchers, social commentators and politicians. Despite being controversial, there is growing evidence of multi-dimensional inequality in developing countries, including Pakistan. Oxfam has carried out research on multiple inequalities in Pakistan in collaboration with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the findings of which are presented in […]

Journal article

Child welfare and the UNHCR: a case for pre-resettlement refugee parenting education

01/02/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Very little is known about the ecology of the refugee parenting experience in pre-resettlement contexts. This article presents research that is part of a larger study seeking to explain why refugee parents are appearing in the South Australian child protection system. In particular, the research highlights the need for parenting education as an early intervention. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

Research report

Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Lebanon

20/01/2016

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The impact of the Syria crisis on Lebanon is immense and multidimensional. The massive population influx has put huge pressure on the labour market and employment, while also driving up prices for consumables and the cost of shelter. The number of people living under the poverty line in Lebanon has risen by 66 percent since […]

Journal article

Listen First: a pilot system for managing downward accountability in NGOs

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article reports on a research project intended to develop systematic ways of managing downward accountability in an international NGO. Innovative tools were developed and trialled in six countries. The tools comprised a framework, defining downward accountability in practical terms, and three management processes. They were successfully used to (a) encourage staff to improve downward […]

Research report

The Politics of Partnership: How donors manage risk while letting recipients lead their own development

13/12/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper provides recommendations for the US government as it continues grappling with ways of improving foreign aid, taking lessons from successful donor partnerships with recipient countries. The underlying field research comes from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania. Our research findings suggest that aid works best through genuine partnerships; partnerships that truly support the visions and […]

Evaluation report

‘If we don’t do it, who will?’ A study into the sustainability of Community Protection Structures supported by Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

16/11/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

What happens when an NGO returns after a few years to see the longer term effects of community-based programmes? This is what Oxfam’s Community Protection Programme did in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conducting research in 30 communities to find out which protection activities continued after the original programme, and what influenced this. This […]

Journal article

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: a practical method for project planning and evaluation

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is a practical approach to planning, monitoring and evaluation, developed for use with complex research-for-development projects. PIPA begins with a participatory workshop where stakeholders make explicit their assumptions about how their project will make an impact, and produce an ‘Outcomes logic model’ and an ‘Impact logic model’. These two logic […]

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 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Rethinking impact: understanding the complexity of poverty and change – overview

01/11/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The international workshop ‘Rethinking Impact: Understanding the Complexity of Poverty and Change’ (Cali, Colombia, 26-28 March 2008) explored the challenges inherent in evaluating agricultural research-for-development efforts, identifying lessons and approaches for sustainably improving livelihoods. Use-oriented research which links knowledge with action has greater welfare and development impacts. Researchers must help to link diverse stakeholders in […]

Research report

Multiple Inequalities and Policies to Mitigate Inequality Traps in Pakistan

11/03/2015

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The growth-inequality nexus has long been debated by researchers, social commentators and politicians. Despite being controversial, there is growing evidence of multi-dimensional inequality in developing countries, including Pakistan. Oxfam has carried out research on multiple inequalities in Pakistan in collaboration with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), the findings of which are presented in […]

Journal article

Child welfare and the UNHCR: a case for pre-resettlement refugee parenting education

01/02/2012

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Very little is known about the ecology of the refugee parenting experience in pre-resettlement contexts. This article presents research that is part of a larger study seeking to explain why refugee parents are appearing in the South Australian child protection system. In particular, the research highlights the need for parenting education as an early intervention. […]

Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

Research report

Poverty, Inequality and Social Protection in Lebanon

20/01/2016

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The impact of the Syria crisis on Lebanon is immense and multidimensional. The massive population influx has put huge pressure on the labour market and employment, while also driving up prices for consumables and the cost of shelter. The number of people living under the poverty line in Lebanon has risen by 66 percent since […]

Journal article

Listen First: a pilot system for managing downward accountability in NGOs

01/09/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

This article reports on a research project intended to develop systematic ways of managing downward accountability in an international NGO. Innovative tools were developed and trialled in six countries. The tools comprised a framework, defining downward accountability in practical terms, and three management processes. They were successfully used to (a) encourage staff to improve downward […]

Research report

The Politics of Partnership: How donors manage risk while letting recipients lead their own development

13/12/2011

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper provides recommendations for the US government as it continues grappling with ways of improving foreign aid, taking lessons from successful donor partnerships with recipient countries. The underlying field research comes from Ethiopia, Guatemala, Haiti, Malawi, and Tanzania. Our research findings suggest that aid works best through genuine partnerships; partnerships that truly support the visions and […]

Evaluation report

‘If we don’t do it, who will?’ A study into the sustainability of Community Protection Structures supported by Oxfam in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

16/11/2016

4 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

What happens when an NGO returns after a few years to see the longer term effects of community-based programmes? This is what Oxfam’s Community Protection Programme did in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), conducting research in 30 communities to find out which protection activities continued after the original programme, and what influenced this. This […]

Journal article

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: a practical method for project planning and evaluation

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis (PIPA) is a practical approach to planning, monitoring and evaluation, developed for use with complex research-for-development projects. PIPA begins with a participatory workshop where stakeholders make explicit their assumptions about how their project will make an impact, and produce an ‘Outcomes logic model’ and an ‘Impact logic model’. These two logic […]

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 […]