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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 […]

Journal article

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

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 […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

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 […]

Showing 463 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Sweating it out: NGO campaigns and trade union empowerment

01/02/2004

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the context of globalisation, transnational social regulation is increasingly the product of NGOs intervening in the sphere of global trade. Drawing on empirical research in SE Asia, the author contends that what matters as much as codes of conduct are spill over effects whose force extends beyond building walls into the broader society of […]

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 […]