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Book

How Change Happens: A summary

02/03/2017

4 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

How Change Happens by Duncan Green brings together the latest research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists. Drawing on first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world’s largest social justice NGOs, as well as the author’s 35 years of studying and working on international […]

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 […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Journal article

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

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Overview

Giving small loans to women has become a mainstay in development practitioners’ toolkits. Using data collected for Oxfam America’s Saving for Change (SFC) project, this article argues that repayment of micro-credit cannot be used as a measure of micro-enterprise development per se. Instead, repayment signals the presence of peer pressure, loan sharing and remittance payments […]

Briefing note

Still Waiting For Change: Making the political transition work for women in Yemen

24/09/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women played a key role in Yemen’s 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change. This report draws on research from a series of focus groups with Yemeni women, and calls on the Government of Yemen and the international community to support the humanitarian response, and help ensure women […]

Journal article

Mechanisms and instruments of sustainable development

01/05/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The present study aimed to aid government sector managers in Iran in their understanding of sustainable development mechanisms. Research was undertaken with 338 managers selected randomly from seven government ministries. The findings revealed that the rules and devices of public participation, voluntary environmental certification systems, scientific cooperation, and education were all priorities for moving towards […]

Research report

Legislative Wins, Broken Promises: Gaps in implementation of laws on violence against women and girls

08/03/2017

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls. It presents a comparative analysis of shortfalls between government commitments as laid out in laws, and the realities for survivors of violence as they try to access services […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Accountable Governance and Resilient Development: Thinking and acting for transformative change

01/02/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This iterative learning inquiry was undertaken to help development actors better understand formal and informal accountable governance structures in resilient development including how resilient development programming contributes to transformative and systems-level change. Four emerging themes were identified as part of the research: accountable governance; systems; transformative change; and partnerships. Between them they paint a picture of […]

Journal article

Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

How Change Happens: A summary

02/03/2017

4 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

How Change Happens by Duncan Green brings together the latest research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists. Drawing on first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world’s largest social justice NGOs, as well as the author’s 35 years of studying and working on international […]

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 […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Journal article

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

Keywords

Overview

Giving small loans to women has become a mainstay in development practitioners’ toolkits. Using data collected for Oxfam America’s Saving for Change (SFC) project, this article argues that repayment of micro-credit cannot be used as a measure of micro-enterprise development per se. Instead, repayment signals the presence of peer pressure, loan sharing and remittance payments […]

Briefing note

Still Waiting For Change: Making the political transition work for women in Yemen

24/09/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women played a key role in Yemen’s 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change. This report draws on research from a series of focus groups with Yemeni women, and calls on the Government of Yemen and the international community to support the humanitarian response, and help ensure women […]

Journal article

Mechanisms and instruments of sustainable development

01/05/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The present study aimed to aid government sector managers in Iran in their understanding of sustainable development mechanisms. Research was undertaken with 338 managers selected randomly from seven government ministries. The findings revealed that the rules and devices of public participation, voluntary environmental certification systems, scientific cooperation, and education were all priorities for moving towards […]

Research report

Legislative Wins, Broken Promises: Gaps in implementation of laws on violence against women and girls

08/03/2017

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls. It presents a comparative analysis of shortfalls between government commitments as laid out in laws, and the realities for survivors of violence as they try to access services […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Accountable Governance and Resilient Development: Thinking and acting for transformative change

01/02/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This iterative learning inquiry was undertaken to help development actors better understand formal and informal accountable governance structures in resilient development including how resilient development programming contributes to transformative and systems-level change. Four emerging themes were identified as part of the research: accountable governance; systems; transformative change; and partnerships. Between them they paint a picture of […]

Journal article

Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]

Showing 462 matching results from Policy & Practice

Book

How Change Happens: A summary

02/03/2017

4 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

How Change Happens by Duncan Green brings together the latest research from a range of academic disciplines and the evolving practical understanding of activists. Drawing on first-hand examples from the global experience of Oxfam, one of the world’s largest social justice NGOs, as well as the author’s 35 years of studying and working on international […]

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 […]

Research report

Can Haiti’s Peanut Value Chain Survive US Generosity? Political economy analysis

28/04/2020

2 documents

51 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Research by PAPDA (the Haitian Advocacy Platform for Alternative Development) and Oxfam found that peanut value chain actors in Haiti face a number of serious constraints, including nonexistence of state support; weak organization; use of traditional production methods; and lack of access to irrigation and inputs, including herbicides to control aflatoxin, all in a context […]

Journal article

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

01/07/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Paying back comes first: why repayment means more than business in rural Senegal

Keywords

Overview

Giving small loans to women has become a mainstay in development practitioners’ toolkits. Using data collected for Oxfam America’s Saving for Change (SFC) project, this article argues that repayment of micro-credit cannot be used as a measure of micro-enterprise development per se. Instead, repayment signals the presence of peer pressure, loan sharing and remittance payments […]

Briefing note

Still Waiting For Change: Making the political transition work for women in Yemen

24/09/2012

2 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

Keywords

Overview

Women played a key role in Yemen’s 2011 popular uprising, but almost a year on they are still waiting for change. This report draws on research from a series of focus groups with Yemeni women, and calls on the Government of Yemen and the international community to support the humanitarian response, and help ensure women […]

Journal article

Mechanisms and instruments of sustainable development

01/05/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The present study aimed to aid government sector managers in Iran in their understanding of sustainable development mechanisms. Research was undertaken with 338 managers selected randomly from seven government ministries. The findings revealed that the rules and devices of public participation, voluntary environmental certification systems, scientific cooperation, and education were all priorities for moving towards […]

Research report

Legislative Wins, Broken Promises: Gaps in implementation of laws on violence against women and girls

08/03/2017

4 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This multi-country research report examines the problem of implementation gaps – government failures to fulfill their legislative obligations to address and prevent violence against women and girls. It presents a comparative analysis of shortfalls between government commitments as laid out in laws, and the realities for survivors of violence as they try to access services […]

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 […]

Discussion paper

Accountable Governance and Resilient Development: Thinking and acting for transformative change

01/02/2020

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This iterative learning inquiry was undertaken to help development actors better understand formal and informal accountable governance structures in resilient development including how resilient development programming contributes to transformative and systems-level change. Four emerging themes were identified as part of the research: accountable governance; systems; transformative change; and partnerships. Between them they paint a picture of […]

Journal article

Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]