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Issue briefing

Wealth: Having it all and wanting more

19/01/2015

5 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a few important economic sectors, including finance and insurance, and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Companies from these sectors spend millions of dollars every year on lobbying to […]

Journal article

How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Book

Development for Health: Selected articles from Development in Practice

01/01/1997

1 documents

114 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The achievement of ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’ has been the declared goal of the international community for almost 20 years. The 1978 Alma Ata Declaration acknowledged that health and well-being depend as much on social justice and community participation as on technical or medical interventions. Yet, with deepening economic disparity within and […]

Journal article

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

01/03/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

Keywords

Overview

Violence against children is a global phenomenon. During humanitarian crises, and armed conflict in particular, the potential for gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation, increases. Children, particularly adolescent girls, are vulnerable. This article traces the impact of an exposé of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers on the wider protection policies and practices of Save the […]

Case study

My Rights, My Voice Georgia Project Overview

12/08/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative three-year global programme which aims to engage marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Viet Nam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Book

Paying for Health: Poverty and structural adjustment in Zimbabwe

01/01/1994

1 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Paying for Health shows how the most vulnerable sections of society carry the burden of structural adjustment when a government adopts the World Bank’s advice to introduce user-fees for health care.

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

Wealth: Having it all and wanting more

19/01/2015

5 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a few important economic sectors, including finance and insurance, and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Companies from these sectors spend millions of dollars every year on lobbying to […]

Journal article

How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Book

Development for Health: Selected articles from Development in Practice

01/01/1997

1 documents

114 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The achievement of ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’ has been the declared goal of the international community for almost 20 years. The 1978 Alma Ata Declaration acknowledged that health and well-being depend as much on social justice and community participation as on technical or medical interventions. Yet, with deepening economic disparity within and […]

Journal article

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

01/03/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

Keywords

Overview

Violence against children is a global phenomenon. During humanitarian crises, and armed conflict in particular, the potential for gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation, increases. Children, particularly adolescent girls, are vulnerable. This article traces the impact of an exposé of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers on the wider protection policies and practices of Save the […]

Case study

My Rights, My Voice Georgia Project Overview

12/08/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative three-year global programme which aims to engage marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Viet Nam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Book

Paying for Health: Poverty and structural adjustment in Zimbabwe

01/01/1994

1 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Paying for Health shows how the most vulnerable sections of society carry the burden of structural adjustment when a government adopts the World Bank’s advice to introduce user-fees for health care.

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 […]

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 […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Issue briefing

Wealth: Having it all and wanting more

19/01/2015

5 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Global wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small wealthy elite. These wealthy individuals have generated and sustained their vast riches through their interests and activities in a few important economic sectors, including finance and insurance, and pharmaceuticals and healthcare. Companies from these sectors spend millions of dollars every year on lobbying to […]

Journal article

How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

Journal article

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

12/02/2025

25 pages long

Free access through journal website

Building Community Resilience: Strategies of Women and Nonbinary-led Grassroots Organisations in New York City

Keywords

Overview

The impacts of climate change are not distributed equally around the globe, but in both the global North and South, they disproportionately affect poor and marginalised communities, exacerbating pre-existing intersectional inequalities. Women and marginalised groups have always been active in resilience-building efforts for the survival of their communities, and often at the forefront of place-based […]

Book

Development for Health: Selected articles from Development in Practice

01/01/1997

1 documents

114 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The achievement of ‘Health for All by the Year 2000’ has been the declared goal of the international community for almost 20 years. The 1978 Alma Ata Declaration acknowledged that health and well-being depend as much on social justice and community participation as on technical or medical interventions. Yet, with deepening economic disparity within and […]

Journal article

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

01/03/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender-based violence against children in emergencies: Save the Children UK’s response

Keywords

Overview

Violence against children is a global phenomenon. During humanitarian crises, and armed conflict in particular, the potential for gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation, increases. Children, particularly adolescent girls, are vulnerable. This article traces the impact of an exposé of sexual abuse by humanitarian workers on the wider protection policies and practices of Save the […]

Case study

My Rights, My Voice Georgia Project Overview

12/08/2013

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

My Rights, My Voice is an innovative three-year global programme which aims to engage marginalised children and youth in their rights to health and education services in eight countries – Afghanistan, Georgia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Tanzania and Viet Nam. Children and young people have huge potential to transform their lives and communities. With the […]

Book

Paying for Health: Poverty and structural adjustment in Zimbabwe

01/01/1994

1 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Paying for Health shows how the most vulnerable sections of society carry the burden of structural adjustment when a government adopts the World Bank’s advice to introduce user-fees for health care.

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 […]

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 […]