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Briefing paper

Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The dangers of militarized aid in Afghanistan

27/01/2010

3 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Persian

Keywords

Overview

Every half hour, an average of one Afghan woman dies from pregnancy-related complications, another dies of tuberculosis and 14 children die, largely from preventable causes. Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, the humanitarian and development needs in Afghanistan remain acute. Undoubtedly, Afghans have seen some improvements, particularly in the expansion of access to […]

Briefing note

The Time is Now: How world leaders should respond to the food price crisis

03/06/2008

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global food prices are up 83 per cent compared with three years ago. The resulting food price crisis constitutes an unprecedented threat to the livelihoods and well-being of millions of rural and urban households who are net food buyers. Around the world, Oxfam International and many of its partners have seen soaring prices force people […]

Briefing note

The View from the Summit: Gleneagles G8 one year on

09/06/2006

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Japanese

Keywords

Overview

On 31 March 2006 the Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced that from that day on basic health care would be free to everyone. This was made possible partly due to the money saved following the cancellation of Zambia’s $5 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A visit to the clinic for basic medicines, […]

Book

Implementing Multiple Drug Therapy for Leprosy

01/01/1984

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The system of multiple drug therapy for leprosy recommended by the World Health Organisation in 1982 is an extremely effective treatment which, if widely introduced and effectively operated, could result in a dramatic reduction of the incidence and severity of leprosy throughout the world. This book, written in the form of extended answers to a […]

Book

Renewing Our Voice: Code of good practice for NGO’s responding to HIV and AIDS

01/12/2004

4 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Over the last twenty years, there has been a considerable increase in the number and range of NGOs involved in responding to the multiple challenges presented by HIV and AIDS: NGOs undertaking HIV and AIDS work; NGOs integrating HIV and AIDS-specific interventions within other health programming; and NGOs mainstreaming HIV and AIDS within development, human […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Building Trust in Diverse Teams: The toolkit for emergency response

30/11/2007

1 documents

160 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What is trust? Why is it important in emergency-response teams? Humanitarian practitioners identify trust as one of the most important factors in launching timely and effective emergency responses. Building Trust in Diverse Teams can be used throughout the cycle of an emergency response and features a Trust Index, to assess and measure trust within diverse […]

Book

Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The good enough guide

09/02/2007

13 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Bangla, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

What difference are we making? How do we know? The Good Enough Guide helps busy field workers to address these questions. It offers a set of basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations and contains a variety of tools on needs assessment and profiling. Its […]

Guidelines and toolkits

See Both Sides: A practical guide to gender analysis for quality service delivery

11/10/2004

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Published by Oxfam GB’s UK Poverty Programme Gender analysis has been used in international development for many years. It is now widely recognised that a better understanding of the particular needs of women and men makes a significant difference in the fight against poverty and disadvantage. This hands-on guide is designed to help those working […]

Briefing note

Hunger in the Sahel: A permanent emergency? Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian disaster

15/12/2010

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Food security

Overview

In 2010, more than 10 million people were victims of the food crisis in the Sahel. Nearly 500,000 severely malnourished children were taken into care between January and November 2010 in Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso. Most of the livestock herds in the Sahel were decimated. The images and the stories of hunger harked […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The dangers of militarized aid in Afghanistan

27/01/2010

3 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Persian

Keywords

Overview

Every half hour, an average of one Afghan woman dies from pregnancy-related complications, another dies of tuberculosis and 14 children die, largely from preventable causes. Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, the humanitarian and development needs in Afghanistan remain acute. Undoubtedly, Afghans have seen some improvements, particularly in the expansion of access to […]

Briefing note

The Time is Now: How world leaders should respond to the food price crisis

03/06/2008

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global food prices are up 83 per cent compared with three years ago. The resulting food price crisis constitutes an unprecedented threat to the livelihoods and well-being of millions of rural and urban households who are net food buyers. Around the world, Oxfam International and many of its partners have seen soaring prices force people […]

Briefing note

The View from the Summit: Gleneagles G8 one year on

09/06/2006

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Japanese

Keywords

Overview

On 31 March 2006 the Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced that from that day on basic health care would be free to everyone. This was made possible partly due to the money saved following the cancellation of Zambia’s $5 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A visit to the clinic for basic medicines, […]

Book

Implementing Multiple Drug Therapy for Leprosy

01/01/1984

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The system of multiple drug therapy for leprosy recommended by the World Health Organisation in 1982 is an extremely effective treatment which, if widely introduced and effectively operated, could result in a dramatic reduction of the incidence and severity of leprosy throughout the world. This book, written in the form of extended answers to a […]

Book

Renewing Our Voice: Code of good practice for NGO’s responding to HIV and AIDS

01/12/2004

4 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Over the last twenty years, there has been a considerable increase in the number and range of NGOs involved in responding to the multiple challenges presented by HIV and AIDS: NGOs undertaking HIV and AIDS work; NGOs integrating HIV and AIDS-specific interventions within other health programming; and NGOs mainstreaming HIV and AIDS within development, human […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Building Trust in Diverse Teams: The toolkit for emergency response

30/11/2007

1 documents

160 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What is trust? Why is it important in emergency-response teams? Humanitarian practitioners identify trust as one of the most important factors in launching timely and effective emergency responses. Building Trust in Diverse Teams can be used throughout the cycle of an emergency response and features a Trust Index, to assess and measure trust within diverse […]

Book

Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The good enough guide

09/02/2007

13 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Bangla, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

What difference are we making? How do we know? The Good Enough Guide helps busy field workers to address these questions. It offers a set of basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations and contains a variety of tools on needs assessment and profiling. Its […]

Guidelines and toolkits

See Both Sides: A practical guide to gender analysis for quality service delivery

11/10/2004

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Published by Oxfam GB’s UK Poverty Programme Gender analysis has been used in international development for many years. It is now widely recognised that a better understanding of the particular needs of women and men makes a significant difference in the fight against poverty and disadvantage. This hands-on guide is designed to help those working […]

Briefing note

Hunger in the Sahel: A permanent emergency? Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian disaster

15/12/2010

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Food security

Overview

In 2010, more than 10 million people were victims of the food crisis in the Sahel. Nearly 500,000 severely malnourished children were taken into care between January and November 2010 in Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso. Most of the livestock herds in the Sahel were decimated. The images and the stories of hunger harked […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Showing 436 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Quick Impact, Quick Collapse: The dangers of militarized aid in Afghanistan

27/01/2010

3 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English, French, Persian

Keywords

Overview

Every half hour, an average of one Afghan woman dies from pregnancy-related complications, another dies of tuberculosis and 14 children die, largely from preventable causes. Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, the humanitarian and development needs in Afghanistan remain acute. Undoubtedly, Afghans have seen some improvements, particularly in the expansion of access to […]

Briefing note

The Time is Now: How world leaders should respond to the food price crisis

03/06/2008

3 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global food prices are up 83 per cent compared with three years ago. The resulting food price crisis constitutes an unprecedented threat to the livelihoods and well-being of millions of rural and urban households who are net food buyers. Around the world, Oxfam International and many of its partners have seen soaring prices force people […]

Briefing note

The View from the Summit: Gleneagles G8 one year on

09/06/2006

4 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, French, German, Japanese

Keywords

Overview

On 31 March 2006 the Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa announced that from that day on basic health care would be free to everyone. This was made possible partly due to the money saved following the cancellation of Zambia’s $5 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A visit to the clinic for basic medicines, […]

Book

Implementing Multiple Drug Therapy for Leprosy

01/01/1984

1 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The system of multiple drug therapy for leprosy recommended by the World Health Organisation in 1982 is an extremely effective treatment which, if widely introduced and effectively operated, could result in a dramatic reduction of the incidence and severity of leprosy throughout the world. This book, written in the form of extended answers to a […]

Book

Renewing Our Voice: Code of good practice for NGO’s responding to HIV and AIDS

01/12/2004

4 documents

110 pages long

Languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Over the last twenty years, there has been a considerable increase in the number and range of NGOs involved in responding to the multiple challenges presented by HIV and AIDS: NGOs undertaking HIV and AIDS work; NGOs integrating HIV and AIDS-specific interventions within other health programming; and NGOs mainstreaming HIV and AIDS within development, human […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Building Trust in Diverse Teams: The toolkit for emergency response

30/11/2007

1 documents

160 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What is trust? Why is it important in emergency-response teams? Humanitarian practitioners identify trust as one of the most important factors in launching timely and effective emergency responses. Building Trust in Diverse Teams can be used throughout the cycle of an emergency response and features a Trust Index, to assess and measure trust within diverse […]

Book

Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies: The good enough guide

09/02/2007

13 documents

80 pages long

Languages: Arabic, Bangla, Burmese, Chinese, Dari, English, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Urdu

Keywords

Overview

What difference are we making? How do we know? The Good Enough Guide helps busy field workers to address these questions. It offers a set of basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations and contains a variety of tools on needs assessment and profiling. Its […]

Guidelines and toolkits

See Both Sides: A practical guide to gender analysis for quality service delivery

11/10/2004

1 documents

80 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Published by Oxfam GB’s UK Poverty Programme Gender analysis has been used in international development for many years. It is now widely recognised that a better understanding of the particular needs of women and men makes a significant difference in the fight against poverty and disadvantage. This hands-on guide is designed to help those working […]

Briefing note

Hunger in the Sahel: A permanent emergency? Ensuring the next drought will not cause another humanitarian disaster

15/12/2010

3 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Food security

Overview

In 2010, more than 10 million people were victims of the food crisis in the Sahel. Nearly 500,000 severely malnourished children were taken into care between January and November 2010 in Niger, Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso. Most of the livestock herds in the Sahel were decimated. The images and the stories of hunger harked […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]