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Evaluation report

Political Advocacy in Colombia: Impact Evaluation of the “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project

18/10/2021

4 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project was implemented by Oxfam in Colombia and a network of partners from 2015-2019. It focused on helping victims and Colombian human rights and peace organisations to strengthen their capacities to demand justice for rights violations and to advocate for a […]

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 […]

Journal article

Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

Journal article

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

08/05/2025

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on the author’s work in research and philanthropy, this essay reflects on the potential of emerging territorial funding mechanisms for promoting equitable and effective direct biodiversity and climate finance outcomes.

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 […]

Journal article

Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

Journal article

Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

5 pages long

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Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

Briefing paper

Contract Disclosure Survey 2018: A review of the contract disclosure policies of 40 oil, gas and mining companies

03/05/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, subsoil oil, gas and mining resources are the property of citizens and are managed on their behalf by governments. The projects that contracts govern typically last longer than most governments. Estimated oil, gas and mineral rents totalled $1.7 trillion globally in 2015 – 1.7% of global GDP in that year and more […]

Evaluation report

Policy Influence in England: Evaluation of education and youth

26/03/2015

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation was originally commissioned as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the policy influence thematic area. However, due to the limitations of the evaluation this report provides a light-touch evaluation of the impacts of Oxfam’s work in several schools across London and the South East. The research was carried […]

Journal article

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

08/05/2025

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have the lowest rates of land ownership and workforce participation despite increased educational attainment. Sociocultural norms are often cited as the cause. Using the Theatre of the Oppressed methodology, we conducted action research to address harmful norms around women’s inheritance, mobility, sexual harassment, and control […]

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Evaluation report

Political Advocacy in Colombia: Impact Evaluation of the “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project

18/10/2021

4 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project was implemented by Oxfam in Colombia and a network of partners from 2015-2019. It focused on helping victims and Colombian human rights and peace organisations to strengthen their capacities to demand justice for rights violations and to advocate for a […]

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 […]

Journal article

Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

Journal article

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

08/05/2025

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on the author’s work in research and philanthropy, this essay reflects on the potential of emerging territorial funding mechanisms for promoting equitable and effective direct biodiversity and climate finance outcomes.

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 […]

Journal article

Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

Journal article

Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

Briefing paper

Contract Disclosure Survey 2018: A review of the contract disclosure policies of 40 oil, gas and mining companies

03/05/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, subsoil oil, gas and mining resources are the property of citizens and are managed on their behalf by governments. The projects that contracts govern typically last longer than most governments. Estimated oil, gas and mineral rents totalled $1.7 trillion globally in 2015 – 1.7% of global GDP in that year and more […]

Evaluation report

Policy Influence in England: Evaluation of education and youth

26/03/2015

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation was originally commissioned as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the policy influence thematic area. However, due to the limitations of the evaluation this report provides a light-touch evaluation of the impacts of Oxfam’s work in several schools across London and the South East. The research was carried […]

Journal article

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

08/05/2025

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have the lowest rates of land ownership and workforce participation despite increased educational attainment. Sociocultural norms are often cited as the cause. Using the Theatre of the Oppressed methodology, we conducted action research to address harmful norms around women’s inheritance, mobility, sexual harassment, and control […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Evaluation report

Political Advocacy in Colombia: Impact Evaluation of the “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project

18/10/2021

4 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The “Building peace by securing rights for victims of conflict and violence in Colombia” project was implemented by Oxfam in Colombia and a network of partners from 2015-2019. It focused on helping victims and Colombian human rights and peace organisations to strengthen their capacities to demand justice for rights violations and to advocate for a […]

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 […]

Journal article

Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

Journal article

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

08/05/2025

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring the Potential of Territorial Funds to Achieve Equitable and Inclusive Direct Climate and Biodiversity Finance

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on the author’s work in research and philanthropy, this essay reflects on the potential of emerging territorial funding mechanisms for promoting equitable and effective direct biodiversity and climate finance outcomes.

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 […]

Journal article

Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

Journal article

Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

Briefing paper

Contract Disclosure Survey 2018: A review of the contract disclosure policies of 40 oil, gas and mining companies

03/05/2018

1 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In most countries, subsoil oil, gas and mining resources are the property of citizens and are managed on their behalf by governments. The projects that contracts govern typically last longer than most governments. Estimated oil, gas and mineral rents totalled $1.7 trillion globally in 2015 – 1.7% of global GDP in that year and more […]

Evaluation report

Policy Influence in England: Evaluation of education and youth

26/03/2015

2 documents

88 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation was originally commissioned as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the policy influence thematic area. However, due to the limitations of the evaluation this report provides a light-touch evaluation of the impacts of Oxfam’s work in several schools across London and the South East. The research was carried […]

Journal article

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

08/05/2025

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

She Inherits, She Sells: Community-based theatre to strengthen women’s land rights and entrepreneurship

Keywords

Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have the lowest rates of land ownership and workforce participation despite increased educational attainment. Sociocultural norms are often cited as the cause. Using the Theatre of the Oppressed methodology, we conducted action research to address harmful norms around women’s inheritance, mobility, sexual harassment, and control […]