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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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Overview

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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Overview

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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Research report

Finance for a Fruitful Future: Dutch aid for agriculture 2005-2015

30/06/2017

1 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Dutch oofficial development assistance (ODA) for agriculture has been on the rise in the last five years. However, it remains unclear whether Dutch ODA expenditures on agriculture are reaching female smallholder farmers. Empowering smallholders, especially women, is a proven solution for reducing hunger and poverty. This is particularly true of the rural poor, who are the […]

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Evaluation report

Governance in Tajikistan: Evaluation of the women smallholder farmer advocacy campaign

28/06/2017

2 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2015/16, randomly selected for review under the good governance thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out in May 2016. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the GROW campaign in Tajikistan. In an effort […]

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Evaluation report

Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance: Phase 2 Synthesis Evaluation, final report

23/06/2017

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

ACCRA, which began implementing its programme in Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia in 2009, works with national and local governments and civil society groups in the countries where its programmes are implemented to tackle complex climate change issues and work towards increasing community adaptive capacities, transforming governance systems and achieving climate justice. This evaluation of phase […]

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Briefing note

The AIIB’s Energy Opportunity: How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s energy lending can chart a new path of sustainable development

15/06/2017

2 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will be a major new funder of infrastructure in developing Asia, where demand for power is growing faster than any other region in the world. Done right, its energy lending could promote an inclusive and sustainable Asian energy transition. This report sets out a vision for an AIIB […]

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Case study

Enhancing the Evidence Base for Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in Badin, Pakistan

23/05/2017

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In Pakistan, thousands of people are affected by the impacts of climate change. District Badin (Sindh) is one of the most vulnerable areas, where coastal communities are affected by sea intrusion which has damaged natural resources and productive assets, such as water resources, cultivable land and associated livelihood opportunities. Insufficient investment in district annual development […]

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Media briefing

A Climate in Crisis: How climate change is making drought and humanitarian disaster worse in East Africa

27/04/2017

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Nearly eleven million people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia are dangerously hungry and in need of humanitarian assistance. The worst drought-affected areas in Somalia are on the brink of famine. There is growing scientific analysis suggesting that the impacts of current and recent droughts in East Africa are likely to have been aggravated by climate […]

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