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Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: an example from the Peruvian Amazon

01/08/2001

9 pages long

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Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers’ options for economic development. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry is working with farming communities to increase productivity and long-term sustainability of their forests, and to empower them to conserve tree genetic resources. This paper describes some principles […]

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Drawing development: Analysing local understandings of development in three Andean communities

01/02/2003

13 pages long

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This article shows how local understandings of development can be researched empirically by reference to experiences presented from three drawing workshops performed with children in the Ayacucho region in the Peruvian Andes. The children were asked to draw pictures from their community, as they would like it to become in the future. Their drawings are […]

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Research report

Access to Antiretroviral Therapy in Uganda: Kampala, June 2002

07/03/2003

1 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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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

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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 […]

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An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

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Behaviour Change Theory in Practice: A review of four HIV organisations

01/11/2007

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

The brief for this report was to produce case studies of behaviour change for HIV risk from Oxfam-partnered non-governmental organisations from the Limpopo province, in the ‘far north’ of South Africa. The research process aimed at locating behaviour change in social science theory and developing case studies of four organisations with a focus on the […]

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Beyond the Crisis: The impact of the financial crisis on women in Vietnam

15/02/2010

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This research report on Vietnam is one of four country case studies that were commissioned by Oxfam GB to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women in the export-manufacturing sector, including the garment and textile industries, have been hardest hit by the crisis both […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: an example from the Peruvian Amazon

01/08/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers’ options for economic development. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry is working with farming communities to increase productivity and long-term sustainability of their forests, and to empower them to conserve tree genetic resources. This paper describes some principles […]

Journal article

Drawing development: Analysing local understandings of development in three Andean communities

01/02/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article shows how local understandings of development can be researched empirically by reference to experiences presented from three drawing workshops performed with children in the Ayacucho region in the Peruvian Andes. The children were asked to draw pictures from their community, as they would like it to become in the future. Their drawings are […]

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Frequently Asked Questions How can I read publications online? All of our publications are free to download. The majority are available in PDF format. To read PDFs you will need Adobe Reader installed on your device. Oxfam PDFs are set up so they can be saved and printed, but they cannot be edited and then saved. Other […]

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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 […]

Research report

An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

Research report

Behaviour Change Theory in Practice: A review of four HIV organisations

01/11/2007

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

The brief for this report was to produce case studies of behaviour change for HIV risk from Oxfam-partnered non-governmental organisations from the Limpopo province, in the ‘far north’ of South Africa. The research process aimed at locating behaviour change in social science theory and developing case studies of four organisations with a focus on the […]

Research report

Beyond the Crisis: The impact of the financial crisis on women in Vietnam

15/02/2010

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report on Vietnam is one of four country case studies that were commissioned by Oxfam GB to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women in the export-manufacturing sector, including the garment and textile industries, have been hardest hit by the crisis both […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory domestication of agroforestry trees: an example from the Peruvian Amazon

01/08/2001

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Valuable tree genetic resources are declining around many farming communities in the Peruvian Amazon, limiting farmers’ options for economic development. The International Centre for Research in Agroforestry is working with farming communities to increase productivity and long-term sustainability of their forests, and to empower them to conserve tree genetic resources. This paper describes some principles […]

Journal article

Drawing development: Analysing local understandings of development in three Andean communities

01/02/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article shows how local understandings of development can be researched empirically by reference to experiences presented from three drawing workshops performed with children in the Ayacucho region in the Peruvian Andes. The children were asked to draw pictures from their community, as they would like it to become in the future. Their drawings are […]

Webpage

FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions How can I read publications online? All of our publications are free to download. The majority are available in PDF format. To read PDFs you will need Adobe Reader installed on your device. Oxfam PDFs are set up so they can be saved and printed, but they cannot be edited and then saved. Other […]

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Copyright & Permissions

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

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Access to the Oxfam Policy & Practice website is provided by Oxfam GB on behalf of affiliates of the Oxfam confederation. Use of the Oxfam Policy & Practice website is subject to the following Terms and Conditions

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 […]

Research report

An Invisible Crisis? Women’s poverty and social exclusion in the European Union at a time of recession – A GenderWorks paper

24/03/2010

2 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All over the world, women remain poor in relation to men. This also is true in every member state of the European Union. The persistence of poverty in such a rich region of the world is shocking, even before the impact of recession has been considered.In October 2009, Oxfam and the European Women’s Lobby, commissioned […]

Research report

Behaviour Change Theory in Practice: A review of four HIV organisations

01/11/2007

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

The brief for this report was to produce case studies of behaviour change for HIV risk from Oxfam-partnered non-governmental organisations from the Limpopo province, in the ‘far north’ of South Africa. The research process aimed at locating behaviour change in social science theory and developing case studies of four organisations with a focus on the […]

Research report

Beyond the Crisis: The impact of the financial crisis on women in Vietnam

15/02/2010

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This research report on Vietnam is one of four country case studies that were commissioned by Oxfam GB to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on women in South East Asia. It concludes that women in the export-manufacturing sector, including the garment and textile industries, have been hardest hit by the crisis both […]