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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

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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 […]

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Practical Note

01/08/2003

5 pages long

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Based on ‘The indigenous evaluation of wetlands research in Ethiopia’. The adoption of participatory approaches has become virtually de rigueur in rural development projects, if only to satisfy donor demands for evidence of participation. Often, however, PRA and its derivatives are used in an extractive fashion and do not benefit local people as intended. This […]

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Is foreign direct investment good for the poor? A review and stocktake

01/06/2005

17 pages long

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Few issues in the development process raise as much heat as the role of the international private sector in the form of transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). This article reviews the most recent research on the impact of FDI on economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. A brief history of […]

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The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China

01/08/2006

12 pages long

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This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite […]

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Diasporas as ‘agents of development’: transforming brain drain into brain gain? The Dutch example

01/06/2007

6 pages long

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This article is based on research that explored and analysed the potential role of diasporas in development aid in the Netherlands. The research adopted the hypothesis that development agencies could benefit from the knowledge, skills, and views of diasporas as ‘agents of development’ and thereby make aid more effective and sustainable. Data were derived from […]

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Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

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Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

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Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

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The lost 1990s? Personal reflections on a history of participatory technology development

01/08/2008

16 pages long

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This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author’s personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and characterised by innovative activities and open academic debate, with some recognition that policy and development practice was a political process. The 1980s saw a shift to learning from […]

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The place of stories in development: creating spaces for participation through narrative analysis

01/04/2010

8 pages long

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The stories that we hear as we conduct development research or implement development projects are often relegated to the margins of development studies. This article argues that these stories require our attention, for they are windows on to indigenous narratives of development and our placement in those narratives. Examining these stories as efforts to employ […]

Journal article

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

01/09/2010

15 pages long

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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 […]

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

01/11/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Practical Note

01/08/2003

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘The indigenous evaluation of wetlands research in Ethiopia’. The adoption of participatory approaches has become virtually de rigueur in rural development projects, if only to satisfy donor demands for evidence of participation. Often, however, PRA and its derivatives are used in an extractive fashion and do not benefit local people as intended. This […]

Journal article

Is foreign direct investment good for the poor? A review and stocktake

01/06/2005

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Few issues in the development process raise as much heat as the role of the international private sector in the form of transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). This article reviews the most recent research on the impact of FDI on economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. A brief history of […]

Journal article

The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China

01/08/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite […]

Journal article

Diasporas as ‘agents of development’: transforming brain drain into brain gain? The Dutch example

01/06/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on research that explored and analysed the potential role of diasporas in development aid in the Netherlands. The research adopted the hypothesis that development agencies could benefit from the knowledge, skills, and views of diasporas as ‘agents of development’ and thereby make aid more effective and sustainable. Data were derived from […]

Journal article

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

Journal article

The lost 1990s? Personal reflections on a history of participatory technology development

01/08/2008

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author’s personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and characterised by innovative activities and open academic debate, with some recognition that policy and development practice was a political process. The 1980s saw a shift to learning from […]

Journal article

The place of stories in development: creating spaces for participation through narrative analysis

01/04/2010

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The stories that we hear as we conduct development research or implement development projects are often relegated to the margins of development studies. This article argues that these stories require our attention, for they are windows on to indigenous narratives of development and our placement in those narratives. Examining these stories as efforts to employ […]

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Practical Note

01/08/2003

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘The indigenous evaluation of wetlands research in Ethiopia’. The adoption of participatory approaches has become virtually de rigueur in rural development projects, if only to satisfy donor demands for evidence of participation. Often, however, PRA and its derivatives are used in an extractive fashion and do not benefit local people as intended. This […]

Journal article

Is foreign direct investment good for the poor? A review and stocktake

01/06/2005

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Few issues in the development process raise as much heat as the role of the international private sector in the form of transnational corporations (TNCs) and foreign direct investment (FDI). This article reviews the most recent research on the impact of FDI on economic growth and poverty reduction in developing countries. A brief history of […]

Journal article

The power of participatory monitoring and evaluation: insights from south-west China

01/08/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the capacity-building experiences of two research teams in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces in south-west China who used participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) to strengthen their development research, particularly in the area of natural-resource management (NRM). The authors describe their efforts to incorporate PM&E practices in their work. The process proved challenging, despite […]

Journal article

Diasporas as ‘agents of development’: transforming brain drain into brain gain? The Dutch example

01/06/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on research that explored and analysed the potential role of diasporas in development aid in the Netherlands. The research adopted the hypothesis that development agencies could benefit from the knowledge, skills, and views of diasporas as ‘agents of development’ and thereby make aid more effective and sustainable. Data were derived from […]

Journal article

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Experiential and emotional encounters of women planners in Africa

Keywords

Overview

Women planners in Africa do not constitute a critical mass: their numbers remain negligible and their output unrecognised, while mentors and role models still tend to be male. Women’s experiences are undervalued, and their knowledge is often excluded in policy, project planning, and implementation. This article arises not from systematic academic research but from confessional, […]

Journal article

The lost 1990s? Personal reflections on a history of participatory technology development

01/08/2008

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author’s personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and characterised by innovative activities and open academic debate, with some recognition that policy and development practice was a political process. The 1980s saw a shift to learning from […]

Journal article

The place of stories in development: creating spaces for participation through narrative analysis

01/04/2010

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The stories that we hear as we conduct development research or implement development projects are often relegated to the margins of development studies. This article argues that these stories require our attention, for they are windows on to indigenous narratives of development and our placement in those narratives. Examining these stories as efforts to employ […]

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 […]

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 […]