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Research report

The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale agriculture in Nigeria

22/08/2013

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This research report examines the role of policy in Nigeria in influencing corporate investment […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala

29/08/2013

2 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This is the study from Guatemala evidence of which fed into the main Tipping […]

Case study

HIV Prevention and Treatment for adolescents: A social study of Africaid Whizzkids United’s comprehensive model

10/09/2013

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report describes the social aspects of the work of Africaid Whizzkids United (WKU), an NGO providing comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to adolescents in the township of Edendale in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The report’s emphasis on this group of Africaid’s clients was motivated by the relatively limited research available on this emerging population. […]

Technical briefing

Executive brief: Engaging with markets in humanitarian responses

10/07/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In late 2012, Oxfam and WFP undertook joint research to understand how humanitarian agencies are engaging with markets. This brief represents the views of Oxfam and WFP on the main findings of this research and from other ongoing initiatives.

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Research report

Information Flows Faster than Water: How livelihoods were saved in Pakistan’s 2010 floods

30/05/2014

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods (CBDRML) Programme sought to reduce the loss of life and livelihoods and promote resilience in disaster-prone communities in Pakistan. When in 2010 the country suffered the worst floods in its history, the CBDRML Programme was already in place, operated by partner organizations in four districts. In December 2011 […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale agriculture in Nigeria

22/08/2013

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This research report examines the role of policy in Nigeria in influencing corporate investment […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala

29/08/2013

2 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This is the study from Guatemala evidence of which fed into the main Tipping […]

Case study

HIV Prevention and Treatment for adolescents: A social study of Africaid Whizzkids United’s comprehensive model

10/09/2013

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report describes the social aspects of the work of Africaid Whizzkids United (WKU), an NGO providing comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to adolescents in the township of Edendale in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The report’s emphasis on this group of Africaid’s clients was motivated by the relatively limited research available on this emerging population. […]

Technical briefing

Executive brief: Engaging with markets in humanitarian responses

10/07/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In late 2012, Oxfam and WFP undertook joint research to understand how humanitarian agencies are engaging with markets. This brief represents the views of Oxfam and WFP on the main findings of this research and from other ongoing initiatives.

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Research report

Information Flows Faster than Water: How livelihoods were saved in Pakistan’s 2010 floods

30/05/2014

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods (CBDRML) Programme sought to reduce the loss of life and livelihoods and promote resilience in disaster-prone communities in Pakistan. When in 2010 the country suffered the worst floods in its history, the CBDRML Programme was already in place, operated by partner organizations in four districts. In December 2011 […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee in Uganda: Lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori Mountains

03/04/2013

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Coffee is a major cash crop in Uganda, but research shows that the smallholder farmers who produce 90% of it could have their already vulnerable livelihoods made more vulnerable by climate change. Oxfam’s research project interviewed coffee farmers in the Rwenzori Mountains and found that they are aware that the climate is changing and becoming […]

Research report

Understanding Wage Issues in the Tea Industry

02/05/2013

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Wage levels are an issue of concern across the globe as individuals, companies and governments wrestle with how wages paid to workers relate to costs of living, corporate and national competitiveness, profitability and broader macroeconomic trends and challenges. The project was co-ordinated by Oxfam and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) at a global level, and […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale agriculture in Nigeria

22/08/2013

1 documents

42 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This research report examines the role of policy in Nigeria in influencing corporate investment […]

Research report

Policy Options for Agricultural Investments and Governance of Markets: In support of small-scale farmers in Guatemala

29/08/2013

2 documents

67 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2012 Oxfam and IIED joined forces to create Tipping the Balance a global report exploring the connection between the policy and practice of investment and market governance in small scale agriculture in four countries: Nigeria, Tanzania, Guatemala and the Philippines. This is the study from Guatemala evidence of which fed into the main Tipping […]

Case study

HIV Prevention and Treatment for adolescents: A social study of Africaid Whizzkids United’s comprehensive model

10/09/2013

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report describes the social aspects of the work of Africaid Whizzkids United (WKU), an NGO providing comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services to adolescents in the township of Edendale in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The report’s emphasis on this group of Africaid’s clients was motivated by the relatively limited research available on this emerging population. […]

Technical briefing

Executive brief: Engaging with markets in humanitarian responses

10/07/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In late 2012, Oxfam and WFP undertook joint research to understand how humanitarian agencies are engaging with markets. This brief represents the views of Oxfam and WFP on the main findings of this research and from other ongoing initiatives.

Research report

Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues

07/10/2013

2 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s initiative ‘Innovations in Care’ aims to support development, humanitarian and advocacy practitioners to work more effectively on care issues. Care is understood as a major issue in promoting women’s human rights, empowerment and overcoming poverty and inequality. This paper clarifies the main conceptual issues, overlapping terms and debates relevant for local programming and research […]

Research report

Information Flows Faster than Water: How livelihoods were saved in Pakistan’s 2010 floods

30/05/2014

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods (CBDRML) Programme sought to reduce the loss of life and livelihoods and promote resilience in disaster-prone communities in Pakistan. When in 2010 the country suffered the worst floods in its history, the CBDRML Programme was already in place, operated by partner organizations in four districts. In December 2011 […]

Research report

Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’? – Final Report

28/03/2014

5 documents

69 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report and its annexes presents the results of a 2013 research study entitled, ‘Is Cash Transfer Programming ‘Fit for the Future’?’ The research was commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) and undertaken by the Humanitarian Futures Programme (HFP), King’s College London. The project intends to understand how changes in the broader global and humanitarian landscape may […]

Research report

Inequality in South Africa: A two part document on the current understanding and dimensions of inequality in health, gender and livelihoods

01/07/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Recognising that inequality is at the heart of the South African ‘development problem’, Oxfam commissioned this research from the Health Economics and HIV and AIDS Research Division (HEARD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The report, supported by 91 references, is in two parts, with an executive summary. Part 1 covers the current understanding of […]