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Case study

Mobile Technology Creating Change in Armenia

02/07/2012

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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Evaluation report

Impact Evaluation Report: Nepal – Pavitra Vegetable Seed Cooperative Project

20/05/2014

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57 pages long

Languages: English

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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 […]

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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

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

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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 […]

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Research report

Caring in a changing climate: Centering care work in climate action

23/02/2022

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129 pages long

Languages: English

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The global care crisis is being exacerbated by the global climate emergency, with interlocking impacts that threaten lives and livelihoods in all parts of the world. These impacts are particularly severe among rural livelihoods in low-income countries. Climate change intensifies the work involved in caring for people, animals, plants, and places. It reduces the availability […]

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