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This paper is based on the findings of research commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) into gender training in some UK-based development organisations. This paper gives […] View resource Discussion paper Building Sustainable Peace: Conflict, conciliation, and civil society in Northern Ghana 01/01/1999 1 documents 69 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview Intense fighting in the Northern Region of Ghana in 1994 and 1995 led to the loss of 15,000 lives and the displacement of 200,000 people. A Formal peace treaty, negotiated by the government, ended the fighting but did not address the underlying causes of the conflict, which were a complex mix of economic, political, and […] View resource Discussion paper Post-War Reconstruction in Central America: Lessons from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua 01/01/1999 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Civil society Conflict Disasters Overview This study originated as a proposal to reflect on the experience of Oxfam GB ‘ in Central America during the 1980s, both to contribute to its ‘institutional memory’ of working in situations of armed conflict, and to trace the relationship between its previous and current work in the region. Oxfam’s wider interest coincided with that […] View resource Discussion paper Health and Livelihoods in Rural Angola: A participatory research project 01/01/1998 1 documents 71 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Health promotion Health systems Livelihoods Participation Overview Planners developing basic social services, especially in communities suffering the consequences of conflict, have to respond to a wide range of needs but lack the information necessary for effective planning. This paper is an account of an Oxfam research project in Angola which had a dual aim: to find out more about how rural communities […] View resource Discussion paper The International Dimensions of Work: Some implications for the UK 01/01/1998 1 documents 70 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Fair trade Livelihoods Social protection Overview Globalisation, or the expansion of international trade and investment experienced since the early 1980s, has brought gains to some countries and groups of workers, while marginalising and excluding others. This paper argues that some of the causes of and the solutions to the UK’s recent employment problems lie at the international level. Such problems as […] View resource Discussion paper The IMF, the World Bank, and Economic Policy in Bosnia 01/01/1998 1 documents 78 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Debt Finance World Bank and IMF Overview This paper considers the role of the IMF and the World Bank in economic policy-making in post-war Bosnia, after the signing of the Dayton Agreement. The author reviews the political economic and social constraints on policy, the relations between the international financial institutions and the authorities in the region, assesses Bosnia’s debt situation, and the […] View resource Discussion paper Acceptability and Use of Cereal-Based Foods in Refugee Camps: Case-studies from Nepal, Ethiopia, and Tanzania 01/01/1998 1 documents 136 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Disasters Food security Refugees and IDPs Overview The fortification of cereal-based food rations is increasingly accepted to be the most effective way of preventing micronutrient deficiencies in large refugee camps. Little is known, however, about the degree to which such foods are acceptable to refugees, or how they actually use them. These factors are important in considering how and when the foods […] View resource Discussion paper Sanitation in Emergency Situations: Proceedings of an international workshop, held in Oxford, December 1995 01/01/1996 1 documents 52 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Conflict Development methods Disasters Humanitarian practice Water and sanitation Overview In December 1995 an international workshop was held in Oxford to consider the technical and organisational problems of sanitation in emergency situations and share experience of good practice. Papers were presented on a variety of topics, and delegates also met in small working groups to discuss specific issues arising from these papers. View resource Discussion paper Pastoral Livelihoods in Danger: Cattle disease, drought, and wildlife conservation in Mursiland, south-western Ethiopia 01/01/1995 1 documents 51 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Agriculture Livelihoods Pastoralism Overview This report is the outcome of a field study carried out with cattle herders in northern Mursiland, Ethiopia, on behalf of Oxfam GB. Its immediate purpose was to seek the views of local herd-owners on how the pastoral economy could be strengthened, without external intervention, in a remote area prone to cattle disease and drought. […] View resource Discussion paper Women’s Rights and Development: Vision and strategy for the twenty-first century 01/01/1995 1 documents 48 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Overview This book in the Oxfam Discussion Paper series records the proceedings of a seminar held in Oxford which brought together women’s rights and development specialists and researchers from academic institutions. The seminar was intended to provide an opportunity for creative discussion of policy priorities for the next decade. Papers were presented by Swasti Mitter, Sara […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know