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Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Lifting the Resource Curse: How poor people can and should benefit from the revenues of extractive industries

24/11/2009

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In countries rich in minerals and hydrocarbons, it is often the case that a small number of private companies benefit from the exploitation of these resources, while public revenues are small or misused and local populations remain poor. The way to fight the ‘curse’ of natural resources is by sharing the benefits fairly between private […]

Case study

Improving Programme Design with Power Analysis Tools: Practical Application of the Power Cube within Oxfam GB Programme Design in Guatemala

30/06/2011

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This short case study illustrates a deliberate use of power analysis using the Power Cube to inform and strengthen programme design, based on a programme to strengthen indigenous young women’s leadership in Guatemala. The context meant that the programme was quite a sensitive one, needing careful assessment of options. The case shows the process that […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing paper

A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar

24/03/2016

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Zambia: Evaluation of the ‘Vote Health for All’ campaign

26/03/2015

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in February 2014. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Vote Health for All’ project in Zambia. The […]

Discussion paper

Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants

25/09/2025

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The guidance document, Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants, produced in partnership with Oxfam America, identifies gender-differentiated impacts of super pollutants by sector – from gender-related exposure, vulnerability, resources, and decision-making capacity. It shows how women and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by these pollutants, facing greater health risks, care burdens, and exclusion from decision-making, […]

Research report

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

14/10/2021

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and worsened the depth of inequality in West Africa. It has pushed millions into poverty. There is no end in sight due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that less than 4% of West Africans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as at September 2021, compared with 52% […]

Journal article

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

Keywords

Overview

This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Lifting the Resource Curse: How poor people can and should benefit from the revenues of extractive industries

24/11/2009

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In countries rich in minerals and hydrocarbons, it is often the case that a small number of private companies benefit from the exploitation of these resources, while public revenues are small or misused and local populations remain poor. The way to fight the ‘curse’ of natural resources is by sharing the benefits fairly between private […]

Case study

Improving Programme Design with Power Analysis Tools: Practical Application of the Power Cube within Oxfam GB Programme Design in Guatemala

30/06/2011

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This short case study illustrates a deliberate use of power analysis using the Power Cube to inform and strengthen programme design, based on a programme to strengthen indigenous young women’s leadership in Guatemala. The context meant that the programme was quite a sensitive one, needing careful assessment of options. The case shows the process that […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing paper

A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar

24/03/2016

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Zambia: Evaluation of the ‘Vote Health for All’ campaign

26/03/2015

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in February 2014. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Vote Health for All’ project in Zambia. The […]

Discussion paper

Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants

25/09/2025

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The guidance document, Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants, produced in partnership with Oxfam America, identifies gender-differentiated impacts of super pollutants by sector – from gender-related exposure, vulnerability, resources, and decision-making capacity. It shows how women and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by these pollutants, facing greater health risks, care burdens, and exclusion from decision-making, […]

Research report

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

14/10/2021

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and worsened the depth of inequality in West Africa. It has pushed millions into poverty. There is no end in sight due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that less than 4% of West Africans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as at September 2021, compared with 52% […]

Journal article

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

Keywords

Overview

This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing paper

Facing Risk: Options and challenges in ensuring that climate/disaster risk finance and insurance deliver for poor people

16/04/2018

4 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Reducing the impacts of disasters on poor people is absolutely vital. Climate/disaster risk financing could play a useful role if it is part of an approach that includes risk reduction, if it strengthens social protection, and if it has real participation from civil society. Insurance, as one component of risk financing, could play a supportive […]

Briefing paper

Lifting the Resource Curse: How poor people can and should benefit from the revenues of extractive industries

24/11/2009

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

In countries rich in minerals and hydrocarbons, it is often the case that a small number of private companies benefit from the exploitation of these resources, while public revenues are small or misused and local populations remain poor. The way to fight the ‘curse’ of natural resources is by sharing the benefits fairly between private […]

Case study

Improving Programme Design with Power Analysis Tools: Practical Application of the Power Cube within Oxfam GB Programme Design in Guatemala

30/06/2011

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This short case study illustrates a deliberate use of power analysis using the Power Cube to inform and strengthen programme design, based on a programme to strengthen indigenous young women’s leadership in Guatemala. The context meant that the programme was quite a sensitive one, needing careful assessment of options. The case shows the process that […]

Book

Gender and the Economic Crisis

10/02/2011

1 documents

178 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The current global economic crisis is expected to lead to millions more people being pushed into extreme poverty. The effects are profoundly different for women and men, and the existing gender inequalities and power imbalances mean that additional problems are falling disproportionately on those who are already structurally disempowered and marginalised. The economic crisis is […]

Briefing paper

A Case for Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Myanmar

24/03/2016

2 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

A country’s budget can be a powerful lever for social transformation. A budget is the tool a government has to help it translate national resources into allocations which meet the needs and aspirations of its population, and set the country on a path to sustainable and equitable development. If a budget does not account for […]

Evaluation report

Citizen Voice in Zambia: Evaluation of the ‘Vote Health for All’ campaign

26/03/2015

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the citizen voice thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in February 2014. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Vote Health for All’ project in Zambia. The […]

Discussion paper

Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants

25/09/2025

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The guidance document, Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants, produced in partnership with Oxfam America, identifies gender-differentiated impacts of super pollutants by sector – from gender-related exposure, vulnerability, resources, and decision-making capacity. It shows how women and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by these pollutants, facing greater health risks, care burdens, and exclusion from decision-making, […]

Research report

The West Africa Inequality Crisis: Fighting austerity and the pandemic

14/10/2021

6 documents

54 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and worsened the depth of inequality in West Africa. It has pushed millions into poverty. There is no end in sight due to the obscene global vaccine inequality, which means that less than 4% of West Africans had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as at September 2021, compared with 52% […]

Journal article

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

01/11/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

The Health Status of Cambodia’s Elderly in a Context of Gendered Violence

Keywords

Overview

This article uses Cambodia’s 2005 Demographic and Health Survey to explore differences in health status and health care access among elderly women and men, in the historical context of gendered violence during the Khmer Rouge regime. Results point to small disadvantages for women in becoming sick and seeking treatment, which are explained by their relatively […]

Guidelines and toolkits

How Can We Bring About Meaningful Change for Women by Investing Differently in Small Enterprises?

15/07/2022

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Oxfam-supported enterprises have generated high impact and demonstrated strong business performance. Now, the shift to make women’s economic empowerment a more central focus and the opportunity to generate more meaningful impact has put us on track to transition towards a new enterprise investment model. In the future, more attention will be paid to the structural […]