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The aim was to explore the similarities and differences between microfinance experiences in various countries, and the extent to which lessons from successful microfinance schemes in the South could be relevant […] View resource Discussion paper Gender Issues in Health Projects and Programmes: Report from AGRA East Meeting, 15-19 November 1993, The Philippines 01/01/1999 1 documents 30 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health promotion Health systems HIV and AIDS Sexual and reproductive health and rights SRHR Overview This paper sets out some of the major gender issues arising from considerations of health and health care provision. It draws on the experience of participants in a workshop in The Philippines organised by Oxfam staff with the help of two consultants, one of whom subsequently wrote this paper. View resource Discussion paper Post-War Reconstruction in Central America: Lessons from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua 01/01/1999 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview This study originated as a proposal to reflect on the experience of Oxfam GB ‘ in Central America during the 1980s, both to contribute to its ‘institutional memory’ of working in situations of armed conflict, and to trace the relationship between its previous and current work in the region. Oxfam’s wider interest coincided with that […] View resource Discussion paper Building Sustainable Peace: Conflict, conciliation, and civil society in Northern Ghana 01/01/1999 1 documents 69 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview Intense fighting in the Northern Region of Ghana in 1994 and 1995 led to the loss of 15,000 lives and the displacement of 200,000 people. A Formal peace treaty, negotiated by the government, ended the fighting but did not address the underlying causes of the conflict, which were a complex mix of economic, political, and […] View resource Discussion paper Gender Training for Development Policy Implementers 01/01/1999 1 documents 38 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Gender training Training Overview The failure of many projects to address gender inequalities has led development organisations to provide gender training courses for staff, as a strategy for addressing the problem. This paper is based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) into gender training in some UK-based development organisations. This paper gives […] View resource Discussion paper A Bibliographical Survey of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations 01/01/1999 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Finance Microfinance Overview In many countries in Africa and Asia, rotating savings and credit associations (ROSCAs) underpin much of the economy. This survey covers the wide range of literature on these associations. View resource Discussion paper Development in Conflict: The Gender Dimension 01/01/1999 1 documents 106 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Gender mainstreaming Protection Overview This report arose out of a workshop held in Thailand in February 1993. The participants were drawn from Oxfam (UK and Ireland) staff in Asia and the Middle East, and from the Gender and Development Unit, and from other sister organisations in the region. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share experience and […] View resource Discussion paper Health and Livelihoods in Rural Angola: A participatory research project 01/01/1998 1 documents 71 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health promotion Health systems Livelihoods Participation Overview Planners developing basic social services, especially in communities suffering the consequences of conflict, have to respond to a wide range of needs but lack the information necessary for effective planning. This paper is an account of an Oxfam research project in Angola which had a dual aim: to find out more about how rural communities […] View resource Discussion paper The IMF, the World Bank, and Economic Policy in Bosnia 01/01/1998 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Debt Finance World Bank and IMF Overview This paper considers the role of the IMF and the World Bank in economic policy-making in post-war Bosnia, after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. The author reviews the political economic and social constraints on policy, the relations between the international financial institutions and the authorities in the region, assesses Bosnia’s debt situation, and the […] View resource Book From Conflict to Peace in a Changing World: Social reconstruction in times of transition 01/01/1998 4 documents 146 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Humanitarian practice Protection Overview This Working Paper reproduces articles and essays which first appeared in the quarterly journal Development in Practice. The first part features contributions from scholars, agency representatives, practitioners, and policy-makers on the ethical and legal dimensions of humanitarian endeavour. The second part comprises a collection of original essays which were commissioned from some of the practitioners […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know