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Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation Report: Nepal – Pavitra Vegetable Seed Cooperative Project

20/05/2014

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This impact evaluation analyses the findings and lessons emerging from the Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme’s (EDP) work with Pavitra enterprise in Nepal. EDP is designed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder producers and promote positive gender outcomes, by supporting the development of viable commercial enterprises, typically owned and run by the smallholder farmers themselves. In […]

Journal article

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

31/07/2015

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

Keywords

Overview

This paper highlights the key role of discriminatory social institutions – formal and informal laws, social norms, and practices – as the underlying drivers of gender inequality. Using the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) from the OECD Development Centre, this paper assesses the cost of gender-based discrimination in social institutions for economic and human […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Showing 124 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation Report: Nepal – Pavitra Vegetable Seed Cooperative Project

20/05/2014

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This impact evaluation analyses the findings and lessons emerging from the Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme’s (EDP) work with Pavitra enterprise in Nepal. EDP is designed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder producers and promote positive gender outcomes, by supporting the development of viable commercial enterprises, typically owned and run by the smallholder farmers themselves. In […]

Journal article

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

31/07/2015

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

Keywords

Overview

This paper highlights the key role of discriminatory social institutions – formal and informal laws, social norms, and practices – as the underlying drivers of gender inequality. Using the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) from the OECD Development Centre, this paper assesses the cost of gender-based discrimination in social institutions for economic and human […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]

Showing 124 matching results from Policy & Practice

Briefing note

National Food Security Act 2013: Moving from exclusion to inclusion

14/04/2016

1 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

India has one of the lowest per capita daily supply of calories, protein and fat, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One of the biggest contradictions of contemporary India is the unconscionably high rates of child malnutrition and the largest number of hungry people in the world, even as it emerged […]

Research report

Cash Cropping and Care: How cash crop development is changing gender relations and unpaid care work in Oromia, Ethiopia

07/12/2017

1 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world and prone to both natural and man-made disasters. More than three-quarters of the population live in rural areas and depend on agriculture. Women are particularly vulnerable, lacking access to and control over land and other resources, and facing harmful social norms. Oxfam has worked in […]

Research report

Exploring the Need for Gender-Equitable Fiscal Policies for a Human Economy: Evidence from Uganda and Zimbabwe

08/03/2018

2 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Fiscal policy can be a powerful tool for governments to help achieve a ‘human economy’, if these policies are designed to address gender inequalities and the gender biases in current macroeconomic thinking. This report uses the case of one element of fiscal policy – public spending – to demonstrate how such policy design could help […]

Research report

Measuring Unpaid Care Work in Household Surveys

06/06/2018

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Caring for people and domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning and fetching water, is essential for personal wellbeing and survival. But across the world, care work is overwhelmingly done by women, which restricts their opportunities for education, employment, political engagement and leisure. This research case study discusses the successes and challenges of the time use […]

Briefing paper

Unlocking Sustainable Development in Africa by Addressing Unpaid Care and Domestic Work

03/02/2020

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Across Africa, ambitions to achieve inclusive and sustainable development are being undermined by inadequate investment in the care economy. Women and girls are providing millions of hours of unpaid care and domestic work (UCDW) – a provision which props up the economy and underpins society, yet remains under-recognized, undervalued and under-invested in. While inattention to […]

Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Mobile technologies have the potential to be an important tool for development. Mobile technology can support development initiatives in diverse ways – for example in information sharing and communication, capacity building, or campaigning and advocacy. This report describes how Oxfam has successfully adopted SMS messaging initiatives in order to promote rights awareness and secure livelihoods […]

Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation Report: Nepal – Pavitra Vegetable Seed Cooperative Project

20/05/2014

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This impact evaluation analyses the findings and lessons emerging from the Oxfam Enterprise Development Programme’s (EDP) work with Pavitra enterprise in Nepal. EDP is designed to improve the livelihoods of smallholder producers and promote positive gender outcomes, by supporting the development of viable commercial enterprises, typically owned and run by the smallholder farmers themselves. In […]

Journal article

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

31/07/2015

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring the drivers of gender inequality and their impact on development: the role of discriminatory social institutions

Keywords

Overview

This paper highlights the key role of discriminatory social institutions – formal and informal laws, social norms, and practices – as the underlying drivers of gender inequality. Using the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) from the OECD Development Centre, this paper assesses the cost of gender-based discrimination in social institutions for economic and human […]

Case study

Community-led Value Chain Development for Gender Justice and Pro-poor Wealth Creation: A case from Rwanda

01/03/2014

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This case study covers the work of Bureau d’Appui aux Initiatives Rurales (BAIR) in Rwanda. The project aims to contribute to sustainable pro-poor wealth creation and value chain upgrading through the empowerment of women and men from the poorest and most vulnerable households, as well as the establishment of equitable participatory processes for economic decision-making […]

Research report

How Decent is Decent Work? Using SenseMaker to understand workers’ experiences

31/05/2018

1 documents

32 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Decent work for all is a shared global concern. It is enshrined in Sustainable Development Goal 8, ‘to achieve full and productive employment, and decent work, for all women and men by 2030’. Countless initiatives by companies, governments, CSOs and global aid agencies are dedicated to making this happen. These efforts are labelled as ‘decent […]