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Briefing note

The Case for SDG 6 in a Post-COVID-19 World: How targeted investment in water and sanitation can boost resilience

22/03/2023

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam and Unilever commissioned this research to test the hypothesis that increased investment in sustainable WASH access can help to improve preparedness towards any future global pandemic. By strengthening health and economic outcomes now, we also lessen the potential impact of future pandemics. The right investment breaks the cycle of low resilience leading to more […]

Journal article

New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

Discussion paper

Elementary Education in India: Progress, setbacks, and challenges

28/09/2010

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review of India’s progress towards universal elementary education (UEE) highlights major issues in quality, equity, and inclusion arising from gender disparity, social exclusion, and locational disadvantages. It also suggests six areas for improving public action: advocacy; the teaching profession and teacher training; the provision of after-school programmes; not-for-profit school models; tests, evaluation and learning […]

Journal article

Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

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Overview

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

Briefing note

Supporting livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin: Ways forward for conflict-affected communities in Nigeria, Niger, and Chad

28/03/2018

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam’s research in late 2017 showed that early recovery and livelihoods development are […]

Journal article

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

08/05/2025

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

Keywords

Overview

The complex connections between women’s land tenure security (WLTS) and climate action need to be understood to inform investments and plans for mitigating climate change and achieving more resilient futures. We synthesise empirical evidence using a conceptual framework with three pathways through which improving WLTS could contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience: long-term […]

Journal article

A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

01/04/2012

9 pages long

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A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

Keywords

Overview

Rural support programmes in Pakistan are major players in rural development, with significant outreach. Owing to funding constraints, they are currently exploring an exit strategy whereby they facilitate the formation of multi-tier local support organisations (LSOs), including those exclusively run by women. The present article focuses on the impact of this exit strategy on rural […]

Briefing paper

Making Aid Work in Lebanon: Promoting aid effectiveness and respect for rights in middle-income countries affected by mass displacement

04/04/2018

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Lebanon currently hosts the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Donors have recognized the scale of the challenge and have offered support both in the form of humanitarian assistance and in multi-year development financing. This briefing paper is based on extensive research conducted in partnership with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies […]

Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Journal article

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

12/02/2025

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

Keywords

Overview

This study is based on the role of rituals and cultural practices which shaped the recovery process after the earthquake in Hatay, Türkiye. We observed that those who had to leave Hatay after the earthquake tried to continue the rituals in their hometowns or only came to Hatay during ritual times and participated in this […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing note

The Case for SDG 6 in a Post-COVID-19 World: How targeted investment in water and sanitation can boost resilience

22/03/2023

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam and Unilever commissioned this research to test the hypothesis that increased investment in sustainable WASH access can help to improve preparedness towards any future global pandemic. By strengthening health and economic outcomes now, we also lessen the potential impact of future pandemics. The right investment breaks the cycle of low resilience leading to more […]

Journal article

New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

Discussion paper

Elementary Education in India: Progress, setbacks, and challenges

28/09/2010

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review of India’s progress towards universal elementary education (UEE) highlights major issues in quality, equity, and inclusion arising from gender disparity, social exclusion, and locational disadvantages. It also suggests six areas for improving public action: advocacy; the teaching profession and teacher training; the provision of after-school programmes; not-for-profit school models; tests, evaluation and learning […]

Journal article

Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

Briefing note

Supporting livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin: Ways forward for conflict-affected communities in Nigeria, Niger, and Chad

28/03/2018

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam’s research in late 2017 showed that early recovery and livelihoods development are […]

Journal article

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

08/05/2025

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

Keywords

Overview

The complex connections between women’s land tenure security (WLTS) and climate action need to be understood to inform investments and plans for mitigating climate change and achieving more resilient futures. We synthesise empirical evidence using a conceptual framework with three pathways through which improving WLTS could contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience: long-term […]

Journal article

A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

01/04/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

Keywords

Overview

Rural support programmes in Pakistan are major players in rural development, with significant outreach. Owing to funding constraints, they are currently exploring an exit strategy whereby they facilitate the formation of multi-tier local support organisations (LSOs), including those exclusively run by women. The present article focuses on the impact of this exit strategy on rural […]

Briefing paper

Making Aid Work in Lebanon: Promoting aid effectiveness and respect for rights in middle-income countries affected by mass displacement

04/04/2018

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Lebanon currently hosts the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Donors have recognized the scale of the challenge and have offered support both in the form of humanitarian assistance and in multi-year development financing. This briefing paper is based on extensive research conducted in partnership with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies […]

Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Journal article

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

12/02/2025

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

Keywords

Overview

This study is based on the role of rituals and cultural practices which shaped the recovery process after the earthquake in Hatay, Türkiye. We observed that those who had to leave Hatay after the earthquake tried to continue the rituals in their hometowns or only came to Hatay during ritual times and participated in this […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing note

The Case for SDG 6 in a Post-COVID-19 World: How targeted investment in water and sanitation can boost resilience

22/03/2023

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam and Unilever commissioned this research to test the hypothesis that increased investment in sustainable WASH access can help to improve preparedness towards any future global pandemic. By strengthening health and economic outcomes now, we also lessen the potential impact of future pandemics. The right investment breaks the cycle of low resilience leading to more […]

Journal article

New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

Discussion paper

Elementary Education in India: Progress, setbacks, and challenges

28/09/2010

1 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This review of India’s progress towards universal elementary education (UEE) highlights major issues in quality, equity, and inclusion arising from gender disparity, social exclusion, and locational disadvantages. It also suggests six areas for improving public action: advocacy; the teaching profession and teacher training; the provision of after-school programmes; not-for-profit school models; tests, evaluation and learning […]

Journal article

Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

Briefing note

Supporting livelihoods in the Lake Chad Basin: Ways forward for conflict-affected communities in Nigeria, Niger, and Chad

28/03/2018

2 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The protracted conflict in the Lake Chad Basin has cut off millions of women and men from their livelihoods, making them dependent on humanitarian assistance to survive. Much emphasis has been given to the stabilization agenda, with a focus on securitization. However, Oxfam’s research in late 2017 showed that early recovery and livelihoods development are […]

Journal article

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

08/05/2025

22 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s Land Tenure Security and Climate Action: Evidence, barriers to evidence, and the need for collaboration

Keywords

Overview

The complex connections between women’s land tenure security (WLTS) and climate action need to be understood to inform investments and plans for mitigating climate change and achieving more resilient futures. We synthesise empirical evidence using a conceptual framework with three pathways through which improving WLTS could contribute to climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience: long-term […]

Journal article

A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

01/04/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A rural support programme exit strategy: women filling vacated spaces and excelling in community development

Keywords

Overview

Rural support programmes in Pakistan are major players in rural development, with significant outreach. Owing to funding constraints, they are currently exploring an exit strategy whereby they facilitate the formation of multi-tier local support organisations (LSOs), including those exclusively run by women. The present article focuses on the impact of this exit strategy on rural […]

Briefing paper

Making Aid Work in Lebanon: Promoting aid effectiveness and respect for rights in middle-income countries affected by mass displacement

04/04/2018

1 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Lebanon currently hosts the largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Donors have recognized the scale of the challenge and have offered support both in the form of humanitarian assistance and in multi-year development financing. This briefing paper is based on extensive research conducted in partnership with the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies […]

Briefing paper

False Promises: How delivering education through public-private partnerships risks fueling inequality instead of achieving quality education for all

09/04/2019

2 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A growing body of evidence shows that education public-private partnerships (PPPs) which support private schooling are too often failing the most vulnerable children and risk deepening inequality. Despite this, the World Bank has been increasingly promoting education PPPs in poor countries through its lending and advice. Oxfam’s research shows that over a fifth of World […]

Journal article

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

12/02/2025

19 pages long

Free access through journal website

The role of rituals and cultural heritage in post-disaster social resilience: the case of Antakya

Keywords

Overview

This study is based on the role of rituals and cultural practices which shaped the recovery process after the earthquake in Hatay, Türkiye. We observed that those who had to leave Hatay after the earthquake tried to continue the rituals in their hometowns or only came to Hatay during ritual times and participated in this […]