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Briefing paper

Pathways to Deforestation-Free Food: Developing supply chains free of deforestation and exploitation in the food and beverage sector

07/09/2017

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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Hidden in the food we buy every day, from chocolate to ice cream, are commodities like palm oil and soy that are driving deforestation across the world. From Indonesia to the Peruvian Amazon, vast areas of carbon-rich forest are being cleared to produce these agricultural commodities, contributing to climate change and social conflict. Several food […]

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Research report

Learning from Hindsight: Synthesis report on Oxfam resilience research

30/08/2017

1 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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What can we learn about resilience by examining completed resilience, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation projects? Oxfam conducted three such case studies in Bolivia, Colombia, and Fiji, looking at the conditions required for successful resilient development as well as issues around timing and duration. This synthesis report presents a summary of the three […]

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Research report

‘Disaster is Nature Telling Us how to Live Resiliently’: Indigenous disaster risk reduction, organizing, and spirituality in Tierradentro, Colombia

30/08/2017

1 documents

62 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Seeking to gain knowledge about resilience, this case study considered a 2007-09 Red Cross preparedness project funded by the Disaster Preparedness European Community Humanitarian Office (DIPECHO). The project was implemented around the Nevado del Huila volcano in Colombia, in a largely rural area with a predominantly indigenous population. The findings and analysis point to the importance of listening to […]

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Research report

Addressing Water Shortages: A catalyst for more resilient development in Fiji

30/08/2017

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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This case study draws on fieldwork in two communities in Fiji that participated in the 2002-05 Capacity Building to Enable the Development of Adaptation Measures in Pacific Island Countries (CBDAMPIC) project, one of the first adaptation projects in the Pacific that attempted to work at this community scale to build resilience to the longer-term impacts […]

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Research report

Building Resilience through Iterative Processes: Mainstreaming ancestral knowledge, social movements, and the making of sustainable programming in Bolivia

30/08/2017

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This case study takes a retrospective look at the 2010-11 Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG-ECHO) Small-Scale Disaster Project in La Paz and the context within which it took place. Our research found that absorptive, adaptive, and transformative capacities can be fostered by iterative development processes. It also demonstrated that disaster […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Bolivia: Impact evaluation of supporting communities to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods

21/07/2017

2 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in April 2015 of the ‘Supporting communities in Bolivia to adapt to changing weather patterns and improve their livelihoods’ project. It sought to assess […]

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Case study

Budget Monitoring for Economic Justice in Ghana

10/07/2017

3 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s economic justice programme in Ghana seeks to support smallholder farmers, with a focus on the country’s northern communities and coastal fishing communities in the south, and is based on three core pillars: adaptation, risk reduction and gender equity; value chain and rural enterprise development; and policy framework, budget monitoring and private sector development. This […]

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Case study

DRR and CCA in the Philippines: Promoting women’s participation and leadership

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk reduction (DRR) programme in the Philippines focuses on conflict-prone and climate change-sensitive areas, as well as areas affected by Typhoon Haiyan in Mindanao. The programme aims to help poor women, men and their communities become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. This includes enhancing their […]

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Case study

Resilience-Building and Women’s Leadership in Bangladesh

10/07/2017

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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The REE-CALL programme aims to strengthen community resilience to climate change by fostering economic empowerment and inclusive leadership. The programme targets highly vulnerable people: 225,000 households in 14 of the worst-affected districts of the three most vulnerable agro-ecological regions of the country – Haor, Char and the south-west and south-central coastal regions. The programme recognizes […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Ethiopia and Somaliland: Impact evaluation of the reconstruction project ‘Development of Enabling Conditions for Pastoralist and Agro-Pastoralist Communities’

30/06/2017

2 documents

94 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in November 2015 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Contributing to the Development of Enabling Conditions for Human […]

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