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Case study

Oxfam in Ghana: Improved fiscal governance through active citizenship

19/03/2019

3 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

In Ghana, citizen engagement is central to improving the government’s transparency and accountability. To get young citizens to engage in influencing policy change, the key to success has been music and culture. Through conversations online and offline, including with Ghanaian musicians and celebrities, youth are informed and encouraged to vote in a government that would […]

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Evaluation report

Mobilising Progressive Domestic Resources for Quality Public Services: Final project evaluation report

08/08/2018

2 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents the findings of the final evaluation of the project ‘Mobilising Progressive Domestic Resources for Quality Public Services’, a three-and-a-half-year project funded by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland and implemented in Kenya and Vietnam. The project’s objective was to help make the fiscal systems in Kenya and Vietnam more progressive and […]

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Evaluation report

Mobilising Progressive Domestic Resources for Quality Public Services in Kenya and Vietnam: Completion report 2015-2018

07/08/2018

3 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam sees fiscal justice as central to the fight against extreme economic inequality. Evidence shows that government policies on taxation and public spending can be among the best tools for tackling inequality if they are used to create an economic system that redistributes resources and power towards those who are most excluded and marginalized. Oxfam […]

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Briefing note

Space to be Heard: Mobilizing the power of people to reshape civic space

25/07/2018

3 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The space for people to speak out, organize and take action against poverty, inequality and injustice is shrinking on a global scale. People in many countries around the world face serious restrictions and repression when exercising their basic rights. This includes citizens who raise their voices against corruption and political dysfunction, organizations that save lives […]

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Research report

The Cost of Justice: Exploratory assessment on women’s access to justice in Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Yemen

04/06/2018

2 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Overview

Women in the Middle East and North Africa region face challenges in their attempts to seek and get justice. Despite some promising legal awareness initiatives, mostly led by civil society, women’s knowledge of their rights and family law is limited. They lack social capital and the financial means to claim their rights, and the systems […]

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Evaluation report

Women’s empowerment in Tunisia: Impact evaluation of the project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ in Tunisia

01/05/2018

6 documents

50 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2016/17, selected for review under the women’s empowerment thematic area. The evaluation took place in November 2016 in Tunisia, and intended to evaluate the success of the ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ project in increasing women’s empowerment. The project ‘AMAL: Supporting Women’s Transformative Leadership’ […]

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Education resource

Teaching Controversial Issues: A guide for teachers

29/04/2018

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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Young people frequently face making decisions about a wide range of issues on which there are many different views. Issues like sexuality, religion, bullying, and war can provoke strong, varied and often contradictory responses. This revised and updated version of Oxfam’s popular guide recognises the seismic shifts in social and political contexts in recent years. […]

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Evaluation report

Influencing Policy and Civic Space: A meta-review of Oxfam’s Policy Influence, Citizen Voice and Good Governance Effectiveness Reviews

20/04/2018

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Oxfam’s Effectiveness Reviews evaluate the impact of the organization’s projects on the lives of those they are intended to help. This meta-review uses Qualitative Comparative Analysis to summarize the results of 24 Effectiveness Reviews carried out under the theme of Citizen Voice, Policy Influence and Good Governance between 2011 and 2017.

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Guidelines and toolkits

A Guide to Gender-Responsive Budgeting

28/02/2018

10 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

A gender-responsive budget is a budget that works for everyone (women and men, girls and boys) by ensuring gender-equitable distribution of resources and by contributing to equal opportunities for all. Gender-responsive budgeting is essential both for gender justice and for fiscal justice. It involves analysing government budgets for their effect on genders and the norms […]

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Evaluation report

Governance in Ethiopia: Impact evaluation of the African Climate Change and Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project

09/02/2018

2 documents

90 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This report presents the findings of the impact evaluation of the project ‘African Climate Change and Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) in Ethiopia (phase 2)’, which ran from 1 November 2011 to 31 December 2016 as part of the Oxfam GB’s global CHASE Programme Partnership Arrangement (PPA4) portfolio. The project aimed to enhance governance systems and climate […]

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