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Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

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Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Case study

ECB Project Case Study: NGOs traditionally compete for funds; what happens when they join forces to raise money together?

30/09/2011

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, following a first phase of the Emergency Capacity Building Project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation accepted a proposal from CARE International, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children, and World Vision International worth $12.3 million for a further five year joint programme. Stepping outside their traditional grant making strategy to […]

Journal article

Shampoo, saris and SIM cards: seeking entrepreneurial futures at the bottom of the pyramid

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

In recent years bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) models have emerged as a popular strategy for offering poor women the opportunity to earn an income by distributing goods and services door-to-door. In this article, we explore one recent example of BoP entrepreneurship: the CARE Bangladesh Rural Sales Program (RSP). The RSP is a partnership between CARE and several […]

Journal article

Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya

01/06/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This paper explores how an ostensibly child-centred system can fail to protect children. In some policy arenas, the Kenyan state is recognised as a leader in Africa for the care and protection of children at risk. Yet a case study of children’s experiences illuminates how, despite adherence to a legislated framework and series of protocols, […]

Research report

Squeezed: Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, Year 1 results

23/05/2013

9 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rise and fall rapidly, though nobody knows by how much or when. So what does the accumulation of food price rises mean for well-being and development in developing countries? And […]

Briefing paper

Universal Health Coverage: Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind

09/10/2013

8 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish

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Overview

Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health. Everyone – rich or poor – should get the health care they need without suffering financial hardship. Unfortunately, some donors and developing country governments are promoting health insurance schemes that exclude the majority of people and l may also reinforce inequality – by prioritizing people who […]

Briefing note

A Dangerous Diversion: Will the IFC’s flagship health PPP bankrupt Lesotho’s Ministry of Health?

07/04/2014

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Overview

The Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital in Lesotho was built under a public–private partnership (PPP), which is the first of its kind in a low-income country and has been described as opening a new era for private sector involvement in healthcare in Africa. Instead, the Ministry of Health in one of the poorest and most unequal […]

Briefing note

Investing for the Few: The IFC’s Health in Africa initiative

10/09/2014

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

The Health in Africa initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is at odds with the World Bank Group’s welcome commitment to universal and equitable health coverage and to shared prosperity. This paper argues that the $1bn initiative, which promotes private sector healthcare delivery, is extremely unlikely to deliver better health outcomes for poor people. […]

Research report

The Impact of Protection Interventions on Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Crises: An evidence synthesis protocol

13/04/2016

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This protocol outlines plans for conducting an evidence synthesis on child protection. This synthesis will ask the overarching research question: What is the impact of protection interventions on unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), during the period of separation, in humanitarian crises in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)? Specifically, the review will examine this via […]

Issue briefing

Underpaid and Undervalued: How inequality defines women’s work in Asia

31/05/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rising economic inequality across Asia is threatening poverty reduction and slowing down the fight against gender inequality. Although the region has experienced economic growth, the bottom 70% have seen their income share fall while the share for the top 10% has increased rapidly. Low wages and a lack of rights at work, particularly for women, […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Case study

ECB Project Case Study: NGOs traditionally compete for funds; what happens when they join forces to raise money together?

30/09/2011

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, following a first phase of the Emergency Capacity Building Project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation accepted a proposal from CARE International, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children, and World Vision International worth $12.3 million for a further five year joint programme. Stepping outside their traditional grant making strategy to […]

Journal article

Shampoo, saris and SIM cards: seeking entrepreneurial futures at the bottom of the pyramid

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In recent years bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) models have emerged as a popular strategy for offering poor women the opportunity to earn an income by distributing goods and services door-to-door. In this article, we explore one recent example of BoP entrepreneurship: the CARE Bangladesh Rural Sales Program (RSP). The RSP is a partnership between CARE and several […]

Journal article

Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya

01/06/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how an ostensibly child-centred system can fail to protect children. In some policy arenas, the Kenyan state is recognised as a leader in Africa for the care and protection of children at risk. Yet a case study of children’s experiences illuminates how, despite adherence to a legislated framework and series of protocols, […]

Research report

Squeezed: Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, Year 1 results

23/05/2013

9 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rise and fall rapidly, though nobody knows by how much or when. So what does the accumulation of food price rises mean for well-being and development in developing countries? And […]

Briefing paper

Universal Health Coverage: Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind

09/10/2013

8 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health. Everyone – rich or poor – should get the health care they need without suffering financial hardship. Unfortunately, some donors and developing country governments are promoting health insurance schemes that exclude the majority of people and l may also reinforce inequality – by prioritizing people who […]

Briefing note

A Dangerous Diversion: Will the IFC’s flagship health PPP bankrupt Lesotho’s Ministry of Health?

07/04/2014

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital in Lesotho was built under a public–private partnership (PPP), which is the first of its kind in a low-income country and has been described as opening a new era for private sector involvement in healthcare in Africa. Instead, the Ministry of Health in one of the poorest and most unequal […]

Briefing note

Investing for the Few: The IFC’s Health in Africa initiative

10/09/2014

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Health in Africa initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is at odds with the World Bank Group’s welcome commitment to universal and equitable health coverage and to shared prosperity. This paper argues that the $1bn initiative, which promotes private sector healthcare delivery, is extremely unlikely to deliver better health outcomes for poor people. […]

Research report

The Impact of Protection Interventions on Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Crises: An evidence synthesis protocol

13/04/2016

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This protocol outlines plans for conducting an evidence synthesis on child protection. This synthesis will ask the overarching research question: What is the impact of protection interventions on unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), during the period of separation, in humanitarian crises in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)? Specifically, the review will examine this via […]

Issue briefing

Underpaid and Undervalued: How inequality defines women’s work in Asia

31/05/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rising economic inequality across Asia is threatening poverty reduction and slowing down the fight against gender inequality. Although the region has experienced economic growth, the bottom 70% have seen their income share fall while the share for the top 10% has increased rapidly. Low wages and a lack of rights at work, particularly for women, […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

01/07/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Caring for people with HIV: state policies and their dependence on women’s unpaid work

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the issue of women providing unpaid care for family members living with HIV in South Africa and Zimbabwe. State policies rely on women providing home-based care, in the context of failing health systems. This has the effect of impoverishing women, and reinforcing gender stereotypes. Recommendations will be given on how to make […]

Case study

ECB Project Case Study: NGOs traditionally compete for funds; what happens when they join forces to raise money together?

30/09/2011

3 documents

10 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In 2008, following a first phase of the Emergency Capacity Building Project, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation accepted a proposal from CARE International, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, Oxfam, Save the Children, and World Vision International worth $12.3 million for a further five year joint programme. Stepping outside their traditional grant making strategy to […]

Journal article

Shampoo, saris and SIM cards: seeking entrepreneurial futures at the bottom of the pyramid

23/03/2012

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In recent years bottom-of-the-pyramid (BoP) models have emerged as a popular strategy for offering poor women the opportunity to earn an income by distributing goods and services door-to-door. In this article, we explore one recent example of BoP entrepreneurship: the CARE Bangladesh Rural Sales Program (RSP). The RSP is a partnership between CARE and several […]

Journal article

Following the law, but losing the spirit of child protection in Kenya

01/06/2012

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores how an ostensibly child-centred system can fail to protect children. In some policy arenas, the Kenyan state is recognised as a leader in Africa for the care and protection of children at risk. Yet a case study of children’s experiences illuminates how, despite adherence to a legislated framework and series of protocols, […]

Research report

Squeezed: Life in a Time of Food Price Volatility, Year 1 results

23/05/2013

9 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Half a decade after the price spike of 2007-2008, food price volatility has become the new norm: people have come to expect food prices to rise and fall rapidly, though nobody knows by how much or when. So what does the accumulation of food price rises mean for well-being and development in developing countries? And […]

Briefing paper

Universal Health Coverage: Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind

09/10/2013

8 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Japanese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Universal Health Coverage is about the right to health. Everyone – rich or poor – should get the health care they need without suffering financial hardship. Unfortunately, some donors and developing country governments are promoting health insurance schemes that exclude the majority of people and l may also reinforce inequality – by prioritizing people who […]

Briefing note

A Dangerous Diversion: Will the IFC’s flagship health PPP bankrupt Lesotho’s Ministry of Health?

07/04/2014

3 documents

28 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Queen ‘Mamohato Memorial Hospital in Lesotho was built under a public–private partnership (PPP), which is the first of its kind in a low-income country and has been described as opening a new era for private sector involvement in healthcare in Africa. Instead, the Ministry of Health in one of the poorest and most unequal […]

Briefing note

Investing for the Few: The IFC’s Health in Africa initiative

10/09/2014

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Health in Africa initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is at odds with the World Bank Group’s welcome commitment to universal and equitable health coverage and to shared prosperity. This paper argues that the $1bn initiative, which promotes private sector healthcare delivery, is extremely unlikely to deliver better health outcomes for poor people. […]

Research report

The Impact of Protection Interventions on Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Humanitarian Crises: An evidence synthesis protocol

13/04/2016

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This protocol outlines plans for conducting an evidence synthesis on child protection. This synthesis will ask the overarching research question: What is the impact of protection interventions on unaccompanied and separated children (UASC), during the period of separation, in humanitarian crises in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs)? Specifically, the review will examine this via […]

Issue briefing

Underpaid and Undervalued: How inequality defines women’s work in Asia

31/05/2016

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Rising economic inequality across Asia is threatening poverty reduction and slowing down the fight against gender inequality. Although the region has experienced economic growth, the bottom 70% have seen their income share fall while the share for the top 10% has increased rapidly. Low wages and a lack of rights at work, particularly for women, […]