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Teaching Amina to read

01/09/2011

4 pages long

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Teaching Amina to read

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The Government of India has made strides in increasing its education spending and improving access to schools, but there is much left to do. Programmes have concentrated on the expansion of higher education in India. In fact, public spending per student on the tertiary level is over six times what it is on the primary […]

Journal article

Food-price hikes and the situation of farm workers in the Philippines

27/06/2011

8 pages long

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Agricultural wage labourers in the Philippines were especially vulnerable to the food-price increases of 2007–08. Their wages do not cover the costs of food, clothing, and shelter, much less healthcare and their children’s education. Food-price inflation reached 17.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. Farm workers had to spend most of their average […]

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Beating storms and droughts: the Erdenedalai weather network in the Mongolian Gobi

01/02/2012

5 pages long

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Although herders in Mongolia are embracing modernity, their livelihoods remain largely dependent on the weather and resulting grassland conditions. In recent years, natural resource degradation has made livestock production more risky. Severe weather events such as storms, droughts, and extremely harsh winters have been on the increase. Timely and adequate weather forecasts could help herders […]

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Is the doctor on? In search of users for medical software in rural Himalayas

01/04/2012

9 pages long

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The Indian healthcare sector provides ripe ground for development as access to high-quality and timely medical diagnosis remains unrequited among its vast rural populace. With an acute shortage of doctors in rural areas, medical diagnostic software has been created as a surrogate, propelling non-physician workers to step in. For diagnostic software to function effectively, it […]

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‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

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‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

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The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

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Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

14/03/2013

14 pages long

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Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

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The Power to Lead Alliance (PTLA) is a three-year (2008 /2011) project implemented by CARE in six countries: Honduras, Yemen, India, Malawi, Tanzania, and Egypt. PTLA was part of a larger girls’ education programme, focusing on basic education (access and quality), and gender equality. The programme aimed to promote leadership skills among girls aged between […]

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Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

14/03/2013

15 pages long

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Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

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This article is based on a study that was commissioned from the Swedish non-government organisation, Men for Gender Equality, by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The aim of the research was to map stakeholders – including public authorities, research centres, civil society organisations, social partners, and individual experts – working to engage men […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Briefing paper

No Accident: Resilience and the inequality of risk

21/05/2013

6 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

A new international emphasis on building resilience offers real promise to allow the poorest women and men to cope with, and ultimately thrive, in the face of shocks, stresses, and uncertainty. But only if risk is more equally shared globally and across societies – this will require a major shift in our approach to poverty […]

Case study

Social Assistance and Successful Advocacy in Georgia: A social protection case study

09/01/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This case study provides information about Oxfam’s social protection project that began in Georgia in 2005. Oxfam worked with the Association of Young Economists of Georgia (AYEG) to gather information about household poverty levels, and to advocate for change in the government’s social aid system. This system – income support (cash transfers) and free health […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Teaching Amina to read

01/09/2011

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Teaching Amina to read

Keywords

Overview

The Government of India has made strides in increasing its education spending and improving access to schools, but there is much left to do. Programmes have concentrated on the expansion of higher education in India. In fact, public spending per student on the tertiary level is over six times what it is on the primary […]

Journal article

Food-price hikes and the situation of farm workers in the Philippines

27/06/2011

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Agricultural wage labourers in the Philippines were especially vulnerable to the food-price increases of 2007–08. Their wages do not cover the costs of food, clothing, and shelter, much less healthcare and their children’s education. Food-price inflation reached 17.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. Farm workers had to spend most of their average […]

Journal article

Beating storms and droughts: the Erdenedalai weather network in the Mongolian Gobi

01/02/2012

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although herders in Mongolia are embracing modernity, their livelihoods remain largely dependent on the weather and resulting grassland conditions. In recent years, natural resource degradation has made livestock production more risky. Severe weather events such as storms, droughts, and extremely harsh winters have been on the increase. Timely and adequate weather forecasts could help herders […]

Journal article

Is the doctor on? In search of users for medical software in rural Himalayas

01/04/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Indian healthcare sector provides ripe ground for development as access to high-quality and timely medical diagnosis remains unrequited among its vast rural populace. With an acute shortage of doctors in rural areas, medical diagnostic software has been created as a surrogate, propelling non-physician workers to step in. For diagnostic software to function effectively, it […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Journal article

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

14/03/2013

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

Keywords

Overview

The Power to Lead Alliance (PTLA) is a three-year (2008 /2011) project implemented by CARE in six countries: Honduras, Yemen, India, Malawi, Tanzania, and Egypt. PTLA was part of a larger girls’ education programme, focusing on basic education (access and quality), and gender equality. The programme aimed to promote leadership skills among girls aged between […]

Journal article

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

14/03/2013

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on a study that was commissioned from the Swedish non-government organisation, Men for Gender Equality, by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The aim of the research was to map stakeholders – including public authorities, research centres, civil society organisations, social partners, and individual experts – working to engage men […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Briefing paper

No Accident: Resilience and the inequality of risk

21/05/2013

6 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

A new international emphasis on building resilience offers real promise to allow the poorest women and men to cope with, and ultimately thrive, in the face of shocks, stresses, and uncertainty. But only if risk is more equally shared globally and across societies – this will require a major shift in our approach to poverty […]

Case study

Social Assistance and Successful Advocacy in Georgia: A social protection case study

09/01/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study provides information about Oxfam’s social protection project that began in Georgia in 2005. Oxfam worked with the Association of Young Economists of Georgia (AYEG) to gather information about household poverty levels, and to advocate for change in the government’s social aid system. This system – income support (cash transfers) and free health […]

Showing 431 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Teaching Amina to read

01/09/2011

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Teaching Amina to read

Keywords

Overview

The Government of India has made strides in increasing its education spending and improving access to schools, but there is much left to do. Programmes have concentrated on the expansion of higher education in India. In fact, public spending per student on the tertiary level is over six times what it is on the primary […]

Journal article

Food-price hikes and the situation of farm workers in the Philippines

27/06/2011

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Agricultural wage labourers in the Philippines were especially vulnerable to the food-price increases of 2007–08. Their wages do not cover the costs of food, clothing, and shelter, much less healthcare and their children’s education. Food-price inflation reached 17.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2008. Farm workers had to spend most of their average […]

Journal article

Beating storms and droughts: the Erdenedalai weather network in the Mongolian Gobi

01/02/2012

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although herders in Mongolia are embracing modernity, their livelihoods remain largely dependent on the weather and resulting grassland conditions. In recent years, natural resource degradation has made livestock production more risky. Severe weather events such as storms, droughts, and extremely harsh winters have been on the increase. Timely and adequate weather forecasts could help herders […]

Journal article

Is the doctor on? In search of users for medical software in rural Himalayas

01/04/2012

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Indian healthcare sector provides ripe ground for development as access to high-quality and timely medical diagnosis remains unrequited among its vast rural populace. With an acute shortage of doctors in rural areas, medical diagnostic software has been created as a surrogate, propelling non-physician workers to step in. For diagnostic software to function effectively, it […]

Journal article

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

14/03/2013

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘I can do women’s work’: reflections on engaging men as allies in women’s economic empowerment

Keywords

Overview

The benefits of women’s economic empowerment are well-known and documented in the development literature. Few studies and interventions, however, have explored how men react or can be engaged to enhance such interventions. This article presents an evaluation of a pilot project in Rwanda in collaboration with CARE Rwanda’s Village Savings and Loan (VSL) programme that […]

Journal article

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

14/03/2013

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Where the boys are: engaging young adolescent boys in support of girls’ education and leadership

Keywords

Overview

The Power to Lead Alliance (PTLA) is a three-year (2008 /2011) project implemented by CARE in six countries: Honduras, Yemen, India, Malawi, Tanzania, and Egypt. PTLA was part of a larger girls’ education programme, focusing on basic education (access and quality), and gender equality. The programme aimed to promote leadership skills among girls aged between […]

Journal article

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

14/03/2013

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men’s involvement in gender equality – European perspectives

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on a study that was commissioned from the Swedish non-government organisation, Men for Gender Equality, by the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). The aim of the research was to map stakeholders – including public authorities, research centres, civil society organisations, social partners, and individual experts – working to engage men […]

Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

Briefing paper

No Accident: Resilience and the inequality of risk

21/05/2013

6 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

A new international emphasis on building resilience offers real promise to allow the poorest women and men to cope with, and ultimately thrive, in the face of shocks, stresses, and uncertainty. But only if risk is more equally shared globally and across societies – this will require a major shift in our approach to poverty […]

Case study

Social Assistance and Successful Advocacy in Georgia: A social protection case study

09/01/2012

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study provides information about Oxfam’s social protection project that began in Georgia in 2005. Oxfam worked with the Association of Young Economists of Georgia (AYEG) to gather information about household poverty levels, and to advocate for change in the government’s social aid system. This system – income support (cash transfers) and free health […]