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Unlocking Innovation: Enabling and blocking factors in developing innovative programmes in Oxfam GB

24/06/2015

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In this rapidly changing world, how can a development and humanitarian NGO like Oxfam GB unlock its people, knowledge, networks, partnerships and resources to achieve greater impact at scale? This report considers examples of innovation in Oxfam GB’s programmes; what factors have been important in their success, and how innovation could be fostered. The research […]

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Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda: Kampala, June 2002

07/03/2003

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research is an attempt to understand the current situation in Uganda int erms of access to ARVs. It describes what role generic alternatives to branded ARVs have played in reducing prices and increasing access to antiretroviral therapies (ART). In addition, it reviews the laws governing pharmaceutical patients in Uganda, as well as the newly […]

Research report

Aid For Agriculture: Turning promises into reality co-ordinating donor interventions in three west African countries

06/11/2009

3 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Since the beginning of the 1980s, the agricultural sector has gradually dropped down the list of priorities for state development aid in West Africa, as well as that of national policies. At the same time, more people in the region are going hungry, due in part to the recent hike in food prices. In Burkina […]

Discussion paper

Measurement of Domestic Violence in NFHS Surveys and Some Evidence

23/08/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Successive rounds of National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) create space for a deeper understanding of various aspects of domestic violence and for evidence based policy recommendations. Researchers, policy makers, NGOs should make the best use of it for policy level interventions as well as working with grass root stakeholders in pursuit of reducing domestic violence.

Research report

Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation

04/11/2009

4 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Climate change adaptation

Overview

Bolivia is a country particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In July 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled to three areas of Bolivia (Trinidad in Beni, the Cochabamba valleys and Khapi under Mount Illimani, in La Paz) to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how […]

Research report

Women and Social Exclusion: Oxfam submission to NAP 2008

01/04/2008

3 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, German, Italian

Keywords

Overview

The GenderWorks project was ran by in 2008-2009 in partnership with two European organisations, WAVE in Austria and Lamoro in Italy, and focused on investigating women’s experiences of social exclusion in Europe and the policy processes and methodological tools that can be used to address women’s social exclusion. This document – one of the final […]

Briefing note

Land is Life: The struggle of the Quechua people to gain their land rights

26/09/2016

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Since the early 1970s the government of Peru has given multinational oil companies permission to exploit significant areas of the Amazon – all of which are ancestral territories of indigenous peoples. The Quechua people of Nuevo Andoas have been particularly affected, suffering the health and environmental consequences of a poorly regulated extractives industry. This paper […]

Briefing paper

Growth With Equity is Good for the Poor

27/06/2000

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Finance

Overview

Three years ago the President of the World Bank committed his institution to overcoming what he described as “the tragedy of exclusion.” He has attempted to shift the focus away from ‘trickle down’ economics and towards growth with equity, or pro-poor growth. Today, his vision is under increasing attack not least from within the World […]

Briefing paper

All Costs, No Benefits: How TRIPS plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines

21/03/2007

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The USA continues to impose TRIPS-plus rules on developing countries, thus preventing poor people from accessing inexpensive, generic medicines. Jordan was required under the terms of its WTO accession package and its free trade agreement (FTA) with the USA to introduce TRIPS-plus rules. Medicine prices have increased drastically, and TRIPS-plus rules were partly responsible for […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Unlocking Innovation: Enabling and blocking factors in developing innovative programmes in Oxfam GB

24/06/2015

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In this rapidly changing world, how can a development and humanitarian NGO like Oxfam GB unlock its people, knowledge, networks, partnerships and resources to achieve greater impact at scale? This report considers examples of innovation in Oxfam GB’s programmes; what factors have been important in their success, and how innovation could be fostered. The research […]

Webpage

Copyright & Permissions

To reuse any of our material in a commercial publication or for translation please contact us for permission.

Research report

Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda: Kampala, June 2002

07/03/2003

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research is an attempt to understand the current situation in Uganda int erms of access to ARVs. It describes what role generic alternatives to branded ARVs have played in reducing prices and increasing access to antiretroviral therapies (ART). In addition, it reviews the laws governing pharmaceutical patients in Uganda, as well as the newly […]

Research report

Aid For Agriculture: Turning promises into reality co-ordinating donor interventions in three west African countries

06/11/2009

3 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Since the beginning of the 1980s, the agricultural sector has gradually dropped down the list of priorities for state development aid in West Africa, as well as that of national policies. At the same time, more people in the region are going hungry, due in part to the recent hike in food prices. In Burkina […]

Discussion paper

Measurement of Domestic Violence in NFHS Surveys and Some Evidence

23/08/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Successive rounds of National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) create space for a deeper understanding of various aspects of domestic violence and for evidence based policy recommendations. Researchers, policy makers, NGOs should make the best use of it for policy level interventions as well as working with grass root stakeholders in pursuit of reducing domestic violence.

Research report

Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation

04/11/2009

4 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Climate change adaptation

Overview

Bolivia is a country particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In July 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled to three areas of Bolivia (Trinidad in Beni, the Cochabamba valleys and Khapi under Mount Illimani, in La Paz) to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how […]

Research report

Women and Social Exclusion: Oxfam submission to NAP 2008

01/04/2008

3 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, German, Italian

Keywords

Overview

The GenderWorks project was ran by in 2008-2009 in partnership with two European organisations, WAVE in Austria and Lamoro in Italy, and focused on investigating women’s experiences of social exclusion in Europe and the policy processes and methodological tools that can be used to address women’s social exclusion. This document – one of the final […]

Briefing note

Land is Life: The struggle of the Quechua people to gain their land rights

26/09/2016

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Since the early 1970s the government of Peru has given multinational oil companies permission to exploit significant areas of the Amazon – all of which are ancestral territories of indigenous peoples. The Quechua people of Nuevo Andoas have been particularly affected, suffering the health and environmental consequences of a poorly regulated extractives industry. This paper […]

Briefing paper

Growth With Equity is Good for the Poor

27/06/2000

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Finance

Overview

Three years ago the President of the World Bank committed his institution to overcoming what he described as “the tragedy of exclusion.” He has attempted to shift the focus away from ‘trickle down’ economics and towards growth with equity, or pro-poor growth. Today, his vision is under increasing attack not least from within the World […]

Briefing paper

All Costs, No Benefits: How TRIPS plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines

21/03/2007

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The USA continues to impose TRIPS-plus rules on developing countries, thus preventing poor people from accessing inexpensive, generic medicines. Jordan was required under the terms of its WTO accession package and its free trade agreement (FTA) with the USA to introduce TRIPS-plus rules. Medicine prices have increased drastically, and TRIPS-plus rules were partly responsible for […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Unlocking Innovation: Enabling and blocking factors in developing innovative programmes in Oxfam GB

24/06/2015

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In this rapidly changing world, how can a development and humanitarian NGO like Oxfam GB unlock its people, knowledge, networks, partnerships and resources to achieve greater impact at scale? This report considers examples of innovation in Oxfam GB’s programmes; what factors have been important in their success, and how innovation could be fostered. The research […]

Webpage

Copyright & Permissions

To reuse any of our material in a commercial publication or for translation please contact us for permission.

Research report

Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda: Kampala, June 2002

07/03/2003

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research is an attempt to understand the current situation in Uganda int erms of access to ARVs. It describes what role generic alternatives to branded ARVs have played in reducing prices and increasing access to antiretroviral therapies (ART). In addition, it reviews the laws governing pharmaceutical patients in Uganda, as well as the newly […]

Research report

Aid For Agriculture: Turning promises into reality co-ordinating donor interventions in three west African countries

06/11/2009

3 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Since the beginning of the 1980s, the agricultural sector has gradually dropped down the list of priorities for state development aid in West Africa, as well as that of national policies. At the same time, more people in the region are going hungry, due in part to the recent hike in food prices. In Burkina […]

Discussion paper

Measurement of Domestic Violence in NFHS Surveys and Some Evidence

23/08/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Successive rounds of National Family Health Surveys (NFHS) create space for a deeper understanding of various aspects of domestic violence and for evidence based policy recommendations. Researchers, policy makers, NGOs should make the best use of it for policy level interventions as well as working with grass root stakeholders in pursuit of reducing domestic violence.

Research report

Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation

04/11/2009

4 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Climate change adaptation

Overview

Bolivia is a country particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In July 2009, a team of Oxfam researchers travelled to three areas of Bolivia (Trinidad in Beni, the Cochabamba valleys and Khapi under Mount Illimani, in La Paz) to take a snapshot of how poor families are experiencing the changing climate, and how […]

Research report

Women and Social Exclusion: Oxfam submission to NAP 2008

01/04/2008

3 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English, German, Italian

Keywords

Overview

The GenderWorks project was ran by in 2008-2009 in partnership with two European organisations, WAVE in Austria and Lamoro in Italy, and focused on investigating women’s experiences of social exclusion in Europe and the policy processes and methodological tools that can be used to address women’s social exclusion. This document – one of the final […]

Briefing note

Land is Life: The struggle of the Quechua people to gain their land rights

26/09/2016

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Since the early 1970s the government of Peru has given multinational oil companies permission to exploit significant areas of the Amazon – all of which are ancestral territories of indigenous peoples. The Quechua people of Nuevo Andoas have been particularly affected, suffering the health and environmental consequences of a poorly regulated extractives industry. This paper […]

Briefing paper

Growth With Equity is Good for the Poor

27/06/2000

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Finance

Overview

Three years ago the President of the World Bank committed his institution to overcoming what he described as “the tragedy of exclusion.” He has attempted to shift the focus away from ‘trickle down’ economics and towards growth with equity, or pro-poor growth. Today, his vision is under increasing attack not least from within the World […]

Briefing paper

All Costs, No Benefits: How TRIPS plus intellectual property rules in the US-Jordan FTA affect access to medicines

21/03/2007

4 documents

37 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The USA continues to impose TRIPS-plus rules on developing countries, thus preventing poor people from accessing inexpensive, generic medicines. Jordan was required under the terms of its WTO accession package and its free trade agreement (FTA) with the USA to introduce TRIPS-plus rules. Medicine prices have increased drastically, and TRIPS-plus rules were partly responsible for […]