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Research into local culture: Implications for participatory development

01/03/1993

4 pages long

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This paper examines the importance of culture and participation in development efforts. In this regard, it looks at the problems which have arisen as the result of those receiving aid, being regarded as objects rather than subjects with their own culture and behavioural patterns. The paper looks at why research into culture is important, and […]

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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

01/02/1993

6 pages long

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Women in environmental disasters: the 1991 cyclone in Bangladesh

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The author is a female relief worker who has seen first-hand how women are more vulnerable than men to natural disasters, and in their aftermath. She explores why women are more likely to die in environmental disasters, and why emergency relief aid often fails to benefit women. Begum makes recommendations for ensuring that women’s needs […]

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Book

Introducing Oxfam

01/01/1993

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English

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Introducing Oxfam is a brief introduction to the work of one of the UK’s best known overseas aid charities. Founded in 1942, Oxfam continues its work in relief and development today, in over 70 countries. Introducing Oxfam describes Oxfam’s history, charity status, overseas work, fundraising, shops, education and information work, and how Oxfam relates to […]

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Discussion paper

Famine, Needs-Assessment and Survival Strategies in Africa

01/01/1993

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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Food security

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In recent years, increasing attention is being given to the existence of a variety of ‘survival strategies’ which enable communities facing situations of famine or food shortage to survive the crisis. These strategies are cited as an explanation of why predicted famines failed to materialise, in terms of increased mortality, despite inadequate relief efforts on […]

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The role of Salvadorian NGOs in post-war reconstruction

01/05/1992

11 pages long

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The Peace Agreement signed recently between the Government and FMLN guerrillas in El Salvador marks the end of a decade of civil war. As both sides of the conflict and the international donor community begin to add up the financial costs of reconstruction, the human, social and psychological costs are carried mainly by the poor […]

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Sustainability in NGO relief and development work: Further thoughts from Mozambique

01/03/1992

10 pages long

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Mozambique during the 1980s and 1990s has provided a challenging context for non-governmental organisations seeking to collaborate with its government in national development. One British NGO, Save the Children Fund, has set out to work in partnership with the government on a range of programmes at central level and in Zambezia province. Longer-term and emergency […]

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Food aid, scarce resources, and difficult decisions

01/03/1992

8 pages long

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This article attempts to address the requirements of a methodology for evaluating food aid. It is an extension of an article by Fitzpatrick and Storey, which appeared in a recent issue of Development in Practice (Vol. 1, No. 3). The evaluation of food aid policies is considered from the perspective of a policy maker in […]

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Book

Food Scarcity and Famine: Assessment and response

01/01/1992

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

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Where people are suffering from food scarcity or famine, the obvious response seems to be food aid. This may indeed be necessary, but handing out food may not be the best solution, and other actions could be equally urgent, such as public health or income-support measures. Food Scarcity and Famine provides a new approach to […]

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Relief and rehabilitation work in Mozambique: Institutional capacity and NGO executional strategies

01/11/1991

11 pages long

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The nature of the Mozambique ’emergencies and its institutional context pose a significant challenge to NGO aid strategies, as these organisations seek to reconcile objectives of short-term effectiveness and accountability with goals of long-term capacity-building and sustainability. The increasing emphasis on the former within the Zambezia Province Emergency Programme may be prejudicing the government’s capacity […]

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Book

Central America Options for the Poor

01/01/1990

1 documents

63 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam has worked alongside poor people in Central America for more than 25 years, through wars, earthquakes and revolutions. In up-to-date and readable form, this book presents the background to the current social and political crises in the region. Oxfam projects are described in detail. Ordinary people tell their own stories: of life in refugee […]

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