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Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

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Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Briefing paper

Health Insurance in Low Income Countries: Where is the evidence that it works?

07/05/2008

4 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Some donors and governments propose that health insurance mechanisms can close health financing gaps and benefit poor people. Although beneficial for the people able to join, this method of financing health care has so far been unable to sufficiently fill financing gaps in health systems and improve access to quality health care for the poor. […]

Journal article

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

31/08/2022

27 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the dynamics and implications of gendered austerity in Ecuador in the context of the fiscal consolidation framework recommended in the country's International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme, through three channels. First, that of the public health sector and the experiences of women public health workers. Second, that of unpaid care work and […]

Journal article

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

Keywords

Overview

The pandemic has radically shifted how society is organised, with increased work from home, home-schooling, and intensification of online presence, all with specific (un)intended implications on paid and unpaid care work. These implications, like those of other crises, are gendered and manifest along sex, age, disability, ethnicity/race, migration status, religion, social class, and the intersections […]

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Privacy Policy Last updated: 24 Aug 2020 Introduction and general terms Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) promises to take great care with your personal data. We commit to protecting any personal information we obtain about you, whether you are a financial supporter, shopper, volunteer, partner or campaigner. This Privacy Policy sets out how and why we […]

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Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

23/03/2021

18 pages long

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Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

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This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. […]

Journal article

‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

18/09/2025

30 pages long

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‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

Keywords

Overview

Across countries and contexts, girls face structural barriers to their political engagement and leadership. This cross-sectional mixed-methods study investigated the moderating role of gender in factors shaping youths’ political engagement in India. Data from 602 high school and college-aged youth (68.9 per cent girls, mean age = 17) from 27 cities in India revealed significant gender disparities. […]

Briefing paper

Sick Development: How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm and should be stopped

29/06/2023

6 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Development finance institutions owned by European governments and the World Bank Group are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on expensive for-profit hospitals in the Global South that block patients from getting care, or bankrupt them, with some even imprisoning patients who cannot afford their bills. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Briefing paper

Health Insurance in Low Income Countries: Where is the evidence that it works?

07/05/2008

4 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Some donors and governments propose that health insurance mechanisms can close health financing gaps and benefit poor people. Although beneficial for the people able to join, this method of financing health care has so far been unable to sufficiently fill financing gaps in health systems and improve access to quality health care for the poor. […]

Journal article

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

31/08/2022

27 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the dynamics and implications of gendered austerity in Ecuador in the context of the fiscal consolidation framework recommended in the country's International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme, through three channels. First, that of the public health sector and the experiences of women public health workers. Second, that of unpaid care work and […]

Journal article

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

Keywords

Overview

The pandemic has radically shifted how society is organised, with increased work from home, home-schooling, and intensification of online presence, all with specific (un)intended implications on paid and unpaid care work. These implications, like those of other crises, are gendered and manifest along sex, age, disability, ethnicity/race, migration status, religion, social class, and the intersections […]

Webpage

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Last updated: 24 Aug 2020 Introduction and general terms Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) promises to take great care with your personal data. We commit to protecting any personal information we obtain about you, whether you are a financial supporter, shopper, volunteer, partner or campaigner. This Privacy Policy sets out how and why we […]

Journal article

Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

23/03/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

Keywords

Overview

This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. […]

Journal article

‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

18/09/2025

30 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

Keywords

Overview

Across countries and contexts, girls face structural barriers to their political engagement and leadership. This cross-sectional mixed-methods study investigated the moderating role of gender in factors shaping youths’ political engagement in India. Data from 602 high school and college-aged youth (68.9 per cent girls, mean age = 17) from 27 cities in India revealed significant gender disparities. […]

Briefing paper

Sick Development: How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm and should be stopped

29/06/2023

6 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Development finance institutions owned by European governments and the World Bank Group are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on expensive for-profit hospitals in the Global South that block patients from getting care, or bankrupt them, with some even imprisoning patients who cannot afford their bills. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Case study

Oxfam in Kenya: Fiscal justice for women and girls

22/10/2020

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Through its work on the Fiscal Accountability for Inequality Reduction (FAIR) programme, Oxfam in Kenya aims to influence decision makers to take action on progressive taxation and budgeting processes. It aims to equip citizens and civil society organizations with the knowledge and skills to feed into public finance management processes, including monitoring of spending and […]

Journal article

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

20/03/2014

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Rebirth, empowerment, and youth leading social change: non-formal education in Honduras

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on a non-formal educational approach implemented in Honduras by CARE Honduras. The project sought to address the gendered barriers to education, in a way that would be community-owned, holistic in its scope of analysis and action, and sustainable beyond CARE’s support. The central elements of the model included the provision of community-led […]

Briefing paper

Health Insurance in Low Income Countries: Where is the evidence that it works?

07/05/2008

4 documents

29 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Some donors and governments propose that health insurance mechanisms can close health financing gaps and benefit poor people. Although beneficial for the people able to join, this method of financing health care has so far been unable to sufficiently fill financing gaps in health systems and improve access to quality health care for the poor. […]

Journal article

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

31/08/2022

27 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gendered austerity and embodied debt in Ecuador: channels through which women absorb and resist the shocks of public budget cuts

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the dynamics and implications of gendered austerity in Ecuador in the context of the fiscal consolidation framework recommended in the country's International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan programme, through three channels. First, that of the public health sector and the experiences of women public health workers. Second, that of unpaid care work and […]

Journal article

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

31/08/2022

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Better stories for a gender equal and fairer social recovery from outbreaks: learnings from the RESISTIRÉ project

Keywords

Overview

The pandemic has radically shifted how society is organised, with increased work from home, home-schooling, and intensification of online presence, all with specific (un)intended implications on paid and unpaid care work. These implications, like those of other crises, are gendered and manifest along sex, age, disability, ethnicity/race, migration status, religion, social class, and the intersections […]

Webpage

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Last updated: 24 Aug 2020 Introduction and general terms Oxfam Great Britain (OGB) promises to take great care with your personal data. We commit to protecting any personal information we obtain about you, whether you are a financial supporter, shopper, volunteer, partner or campaigner. This Privacy Policy sets out how and why we […]

Journal article

Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

23/03/2021

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Exploring gender, health, and intersectionality in informal settlements in Freetown

Keywords

Overview

This paper applies an intersectional lens to health in informal urban settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone. We explored how intersecting social characteristics including gender, age, wealth, occupation, and tenant status influence health and well-being outcomes. We found that hazardous environmental conditions, poor waste disposal, and waste burning contribute to health problems at a neighbourhood level. […]

Journal article

‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

18/09/2025

30 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘We aren’t even allowed to dream of a future in politics’: gender disparities in Indian youth political interest, engagement, and aspirations

Keywords

Overview

Across countries and contexts, girls face structural barriers to their political engagement and leadership. This cross-sectional mixed-methods study investigated the moderating role of gender in factors shaping youths’ political engagement in India. Data from 602 high school and college-aged youth (68.9 per cent girls, mean age = 17) from 27 cities in India revealed significant gender disparities. […]

Briefing paper

Sick Development: How rich-country government and World Bank funding to for-profit private hospitals causes harm and should be stopped

29/06/2023

6 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Development finance institutions owned by European governments and the World Bank Group are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on expensive for-profit hospitals in the Global South that block patients from getting care, or bankrupt them, with some even imprisoning patients who cannot afford their bills. At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, some of […]