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Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

01/03/2001

11 pages long

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Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

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This paper reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of approaches taken by three NGOs in Bangladesh and one NGO based in Bihar in India. All these NGOs consider the provision of microfinance to women to be a major strategy for empowering women. Our reflections in this article draw on a review of the literature on […]

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Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

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HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

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Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

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

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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

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

01/03/2008

11 pages long

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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 […]

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

08/05/2025

10 pages long

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

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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

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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 […]

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Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

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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, […]

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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 […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

01/03/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

This paper reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of approaches taken by three NGOs in Bangladesh and one NGO based in Bihar in India. All these NGOs consider the provision of microfinance to women to be a major strategy for empowering women. Our reflections in this article draw on a review of the literature on […]

Journal article

Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

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 […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

01/03/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Pathways to empowerment? Reflections on microfinance and transformation in gender relations in South Asia

Keywords

Overview

This paper reflects on the strengths and weaknesses of approaches taken by three NGOs in Bangladesh and one NGO based in Bihar in India. All these NGOs consider the provision of microfinance to women to be a major strategy for empowering women. Our reflections in this article draw on a review of the literature on […]

Journal article

Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

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 […]