Enterprise Development Programme

Oxfam has more than 70 years’ experience working with the world’s poorest people. Time and again these people tell us that what they need – more than anything else – is a stable income so they can provide the basics for their families. The World Bank says the most effective way to reduce extreme poverty […]

This is the 2013 Annual Report of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP). This report marks the final year of the six-year pilot phase of EDP by featuring the independent evaluation that recounts the achievements and lessons of the programme so far. The report includes the profiles from all 16 enterprises that Oxfam is currently supporting in 14 […]

This report presents the key findings and recommendations of an independent evaluation of Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme (EDP). The evaluation was commissioned by Oxfam GB and was conducted by Bridges Ventures in 2013. The report analyses what EDP has achieved relative to its objectives, how cost-effective the programme is, what key lessons are emerging and […]