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Evaluation report

Global Humanitarian Indicator – Synthesis Report

04/07/2013

1 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Humanitarian practice

Overview

In 2011 Oxfam developed a framework of ‘quality indicators’ as an additional means to monitor, evaluate and learn from its programmes, and to enhance accountability to all stakeholders. In order to measure the performance of humanitarian programmes using this indicator, a new tool was developed: the Global Humanitarian Indicator Tool (GHIT). It consists of 12 […]

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Annual report

Oxfam’s DFID General PPA Year Two Annual Review

01/07/2013

1 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is one of Oxfam’s most strategically important partners. The Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) is a major element of Oxfam’s relationship with DFID, providing valuable opportunities for collaboration and engagement, as well as financial support for Oxfam’s work. Oxfam is one of four organisations in the UK which receive […]

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Annual report

Oxfam’s DFID CSH PPA Year Two Annual Review

01/07/2013

1 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is one of Oxfam’s most strategically important partners. The Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA) is a major element of Oxfam’s relationship with DFID, providing valuable opportunities for collaboration and engagement, as well as financial support for Oxfam’s work. Oxfam is one of four organisations in the UK which receive […]

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Policy position

Oxfam’s Role in Humanitarian Action

26/06/2013

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

As humanitarian agencies face enormous challenges in crises such as Syria, and a rapidly changing world, this new policy compendium note sets out Oxfam’s vision of its own role in humanitarian action. Like many international NGOs, its humanitarian work focuses increasingly on supporting the capacity of other organizations and partners – and on building the […]

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Case study

Community based disaster risk reduction in Sri Lanka: A compendium of good practices

01/06/2013

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The compendium presents good practices of the community based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach implemented under a Disaster Preparedness project in the North and East of Sri Lanka, supported by the Disaster Preparedness ECHO (DIPECHO). Learning drawn from the project can be replicated and built into future interventions. The compendium also highlights the post-conflict scenario, […]

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Research report

Walking the Breadline: The scandal of food poverty in 21st-century Britain

30/05/2013

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Although the UK is the seventh richest country in the world, many people struggle to afford even the most essential of goods: food. In this briefing, Church Action on Poverty and Oxfam highlight the rise in food poverty in the UK, where over 500,000 are now thought to be reliant on food parcels. Figures from […]

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Briefing paper

No Accident: Resilience and the inequality of risk

21/05/2013

6 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

A new international emphasis on building resilience offers real promise to allow the poorest women and men to cope with, and ultimately thrive, in the face of shocks, stresses, and uncertainty. But only if risk is more equally shared globally and across societies – this will require a major shift in our approach to poverty […]

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Research report

Putting Progress at Risk? MDG spending in developing countries

16/05/2013

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

A little over two years remain for reaching the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This report is the first ever to track what developing countries are spending on the MDGs. It finds that recent spending increases explain the rapid progress on the MDGs. But the majority of countries are spending much less than they have promised, […]

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Briefing note

Mali: A New Development Contract: What kind of aid is needed to end the crisis?

15/05/2013

2 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

Mali is the third largest producer of gold in Africa and yet one in five Malians still live in extreme poverty. More than 12 months of conflict, insecurity and human rights violations have further weakened communities. The north of the country is now facing its second food crisis in less than two years, with experts […]

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Briefing note

Overtaken By Need: The world’s failure to meet Syria’s humanitarian crisis

30/04/2013

4 documents

10 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The human cost of Syria’s conflict has risen beyond all expectations. There are already more than 1.3 million Syrian refugees in neighbouring countries. Inside Syria itself, 6.8 million people struggle in urgent need of assistance. This briefing describes how, as the numbers grow, the money to help some of those refugees and displaced people is […]

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