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Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

Briefing paper

UK Multilateral Aid Review

01/08/2010

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Renewed and robust support for the principle of multilateralism and multilateral institutions is absolutely essential, especially by a country as significant in international development as the UK. Oxfam supports multilateral aid remaining at around the current level of UK overall ODA. The Global Fund for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria has a proven track record of […]

Technical briefing

Excreta Disposal for Physically Vulnerable People in Emergencies

19/01/2007

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All kinds of people experience a variety of physical difficulties, which can make it difficult to use standard designs of latrines. For example, elderly men and women with weak legs may struggle to squat or rise from the squatting position when using a standard latrine, and there may be nothing for a pregnant woman, or […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Calculating food-aid cost-effectiveness: Evidence from Ethiopia

01/11/1991

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

These Notes are based on research carried out as part of a World Bank/World Food Programme study into food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors use economic analyses to establish a framework for considering the cost-effectiveness of food aid compared to financial aid, and they apply this framework to the Wollaita food aid project. Food […]

Journal article

Democratising development: NGOs and the state

01/11/1992

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many NGOs are moving beyond conventional project work, with its emphasis on ‘doing’, and are attempting to enhance their impact through ‘influencing’. There are four interconnected approaches: Project Replication, Grassroots Mobilisation, Influencing Policy Reform, and International Advocacy. Each calls for a more strategic relationship between NGOs and governments. For NGOs to move to an effective […]

Journal article

Introducing computers into development programmes: Some problems and suggested solutions

01/03/1993

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article identifies some of the problems encountered in using information technology in developing countries. It is based on field research into the use of computers in health programmes in East Africa and Nepal. The visits were part of an ODA-funded project to design guidelines on the selection, use, and maintenance of computers in a […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

Briefing paper

UK Multilateral Aid Review

01/08/2010

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Renewed and robust support for the principle of multilateralism and multilateral institutions is absolutely essential, especially by a country as significant in international development as the UK. Oxfam supports multilateral aid remaining at around the current level of UK overall ODA. The Global Fund for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria has a proven track record of […]

Technical briefing

Excreta Disposal for Physically Vulnerable People in Emergencies

19/01/2007

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All kinds of people experience a variety of physical difficulties, which can make it difficult to use standard designs of latrines. For example, elderly men and women with weak legs may struggle to squat or rise from the squatting position when using a standard latrine, and there may be nothing for a pregnant woman, or […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Calculating food-aid cost-effectiveness: Evidence from Ethiopia

01/11/1991

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

These Notes are based on research carried out as part of a World Bank/World Food Programme study into food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors use economic analyses to establish a framework for considering the cost-effectiveness of food aid compared to financial aid, and they apply this framework to the Wollaita food aid project. Food […]

Journal article

Democratising development: NGOs and the state

01/11/1992

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many NGOs are moving beyond conventional project work, with its emphasis on ‘doing’, and are attempting to enhance their impact through ‘influencing’. There are four interconnected approaches: Project Replication, Grassroots Mobilisation, Influencing Policy Reform, and International Advocacy. Each calls for a more strategic relationship between NGOs and governments. For NGOs to move to an effective […]

Journal article

Introducing computers into development programmes: Some problems and suggested solutions

01/03/1993

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article identifies some of the problems encountered in using information technology in developing countries. It is based on field research into the use of computers in health programmes in East Africa and Nepal. The visits were part of an ODA-funded project to design guidelines on the selection, use, and maintenance of computers in a […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

Women Reinventing Globalisation

10/12/2003

2 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

HIV and AIDS

Overview

Women Reinventing Globalisation is a collection of articles drawn from the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)’s Ninth International Forum, on this subject. Development researchers, policy makers, and practitioners, and feminist activists, debated and charted the impact of globalisation on women’s status and their daily lives. Concrete strategies were developed, to ensure that globalisation […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Book

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province

01/12/1989

6 documents

324 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Measuring Drought and Drought Impacts in Red Sea Province gathers together papers written by researchers based in Port Sudan working on nutrition and the measurement of drought and drought recovery in Red Sea Province, Sudan. A key aspect of this work was to provide reliable information on the environment and economy from an historical basis […]

Briefing note

UN Arms Embargoes: An overview of the last ten years

12/03/2006

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Despite the fact that every one of the 13 United Nations arms embargoes imposed in the last decade has been systematically violated, only a handful of the many arms embargo breakers named in UN sanctions reports has been successfully prosecuted. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, between 1990 and 2001 there were 57 […]

Briefing paper

UK Multilateral Aid Review

01/08/2010

1 documents

15 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Renewed and robust support for the principle of multilateralism and multilateral institutions is absolutely essential, especially by a country as significant in international development as the UK. Oxfam supports multilateral aid remaining at around the current level of UK overall ODA. The Global Fund for HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria has a proven track record of […]

Technical briefing

Excreta Disposal for Physically Vulnerable People in Emergencies

19/01/2007

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

All kinds of people experience a variety of physical difficulties, which can make it difficult to use standard designs of latrines. For example, elderly men and women with weak legs may struggle to squat or rise from the squatting position when using a standard latrine, and there may be nothing for a pregnant woman, or […]

Case study

Hidden Voices: Including Ethnic Minority Women in Policy Making

08/04/2011

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam knows that ethnic minority women’s organisations are proud, persistent, and passionate. Activists, members of management committees, staff, and volunteers bring a range of commitment, knowledge, and skills. They know their community and the women they work with, and the issues particular to both. This knowledge is vital to their organisations’ success. And, using it, […]

Journal article

Calculating food-aid cost-effectiveness: Evidence from Ethiopia

01/11/1991

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

These Notes are based on research carried out as part of a World Bank/World Food Programme study into food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors use economic analyses to establish a framework for considering the cost-effectiveness of food aid compared to financial aid, and they apply this framework to the Wollaita food aid project. Food […]

Journal article

Democratising development: NGOs and the state

01/11/1992

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many NGOs are moving beyond conventional project work, with its emphasis on ‘doing’, and are attempting to enhance their impact through ‘influencing’. There are four interconnected approaches: Project Replication, Grassroots Mobilisation, Influencing Policy Reform, and International Advocacy. Each calls for a more strategic relationship between NGOs and governments. For NGOs to move to an effective […]

Journal article

Introducing computers into development programmes: Some problems and suggested solutions

01/03/1993

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article identifies some of the problems encountered in using information technology in developing countries. It is based on field research into the use of computers in health programmes in East Africa and Nepal. The visits were part of an ODA-funded project to design guidelines on the selection, use, and maintenance of computers in a […]