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The main international urban cooperation programmes, such as in […] View resource Discussion paper Access to Health and Education Services in Ethiopia: Supply, demand, and government policy 01/01/2001 1 documents 105 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Access to medicines Health systems Water and sanitation Overview This report analyses the findings of an extensive research project conducted by Oxfam in Ethiopia. In the context of Ethiopia’s rising external debt, and the new decentralised system of regional governance, members of four communities, both rural and urban, were interviewed in depth about the problems that they encounter in trying to access basic health […] View resource Journal article The technocratic discourse: technical means to political problems 01/11/2000 6 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview Good governance is currently seen as a means to development with decentralisation acting as one of its main tools. This paper illustrates how development institutions use decentralisation as a technical tool, neglecting its essentially political aspects. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. View resource Journal article Point of Order, Mr Speaker’: African women claiming their space in parliament 01/11/2000 8 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview At the close of the millennium, there is a wave of invigorating air sweeping across the African continent. The refreshing breeze can be felt in the form of women smashing the gendered ‘glass ceiling’ in a bid to overcome the cultural and structural barriers that impede their political careers. In this short article, I examine […] View resource Journal article Towards realistic strategies for women’s political empowerment in Africa 01/11/2000 7 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods GaD Gender and Development Journal Overview Current NGO and development agency strategies to support women’s political empowerment are based on two assumptions: firstly, that women’s increased access to resources, especially education, will lead to their increased representation in political positions; and secondly, that governments are genuinely committed to leading national programmes of action for women’s advancement. Both of these assumptions are […] View resource Briefing paper Millennium Summit: Closing the credibility gap? 25/08/2000 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Overview At the start of the 21st century, the world has the resources to eliminate poverty, and finally deliver the vision of the founders of the UN. Despite the enormous wealth being generated by globalisation, however, we are currently failing in this task. This is not the fault of the UN, but rather, of the governments […] View resource Journal article The World Bank, neo-liberalism, and power: discourse analysis and implications for campaigners 01/08/2000 10 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Finance World Bank and IMF Overview This article examines why the World Bank adopted neo-liberal economic policies. It argues that neo-liberal discourse favoured the interests of key Northern actors, and, more surprisingly, that it also allowed many Southern state actors to maintain or extend their political power. This is because World Bank discourse offers little or no political analysis of the […] View resource Briefing paper Submission to the Government’s White Paper on Globalisation 31/05/2000 1 documents 56 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance Overview Global economic integration poses the greatest development challenge of the 21st Century. The expansion of world markets through increased flows of trade and finance has created unprecedented opportunities for wealth creation, yet the human development gains have been disappointing. The benefits of globalisation have been disproportionately captured by rich countries and powerful transnational companies, while […] View resource Briefing note Immigration and Asylum Debate 12/4/2000 13/04/2000 1 documents 2 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Refugees and IDPs Overview In addition to Oxfam’s long-standing international work in relation to humanitarian protection, we have been developing our work with asylum-seekers and refugees in Britain since the setting up of the UK Poverty Programme in 1995. Oxfam is therefore well placed to comment on asylum issues in relation to the UK as well as internationally. This […] View resource Journal article Put your Money where your Mouth is!’: the need for public investment in women’s organisations 01/03/2000 8 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender mainstreaming Overview If we are to attain gender equality in the twenty-first century, the organisations which carry forward this agenda must be strengthened. This article explores the inadequate funding of women’s organisations by governments and donors, gives examples of their contribution to political processes, and argues that the political rhetoric of supporting women’s organisations must be turned […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 … Page 65 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know