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Establishing a framework for understanding the causes of low pay among professions traditionally dominated by women 10/11/2017 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Inequality Labour rights Living wage Low pay Poverty in the UK Women's labour rights Overview This discussion paper was commissioned by Oxfam’s UK Programme to understand why certain occupations in the UK labour market, traditionally dominated by women, are low-paid. The paper argues that jobs associated with traditional and outdated notions of ‘women’s role in the home’ extends into the jobs market. This affects attitudes towards remuneration in professions such […] View resource Discussion paper Is IMF Tax Policy Progressive? 10/10/2017 1 documents 44 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords IMF Inequality Taxation Overview The IMF has significant influence on the tax policies of developing countries through advice and conditionality, technical assistance and by setting global standards and analyzing global trends. Its rhetoric has become more progressive in recent years. This paper assesses the IMF’s tax advice to developing countries based on five country case studies (Ghana, Mozambique, Nicaragua, […] View resource Discussion paper From Early Warning to Early Action in Somalia: What can we learn to support early action to mitigate humanitarian crises? 02/10/2017 1 documents 44 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Accountability Disaster response Drought Early action Early warning Humanitarian response Trigger mechanism Overview More than three years after it was initiated in the aftermath of the 2011 famine, the early-warning, early-action trigger mechanism for Somalia remains a work in progress. This paper looks at how the mechanism has functioned during the 2016/7 drought crisis response, uncovers a widespread consensus about the value of the tool, and explores the […] View resource Discussion paper Using Internal Evaluations to Measure Organizational Impact: A meta-analysis of Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects 27/09/2017 2 documents 40 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Effectiveness Reviews Evaluation Evidence-based learning Meta-analysis Organizational impact Women's empowerment Overview This paper presents the results of a meta-analysis examining the overall impact of women’s empowerment projects evaluated as part of Oxfam GB’s Effectiveness Reviews. Results show a positive and significant impact on the Women’s Empowerment Index and mixed results with its individual indicators. We found a statistically significant effect on opinions on women’s economic role […] View resource Discussion paper Oxfam’s Future of Business Initiative: Promoting equitable businesses and fourth sector development 18/09/2017 1 documents 4 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords For-benefit enterprises Fourth sector Fourth Sector Development Initiative FSDI Future of Business Initiative Human economy Inequality Private sector Overview Since the turn of the century, the poorest half of the world’s population has received just 1% of the total increase in global wealth. Meanwhile, half the new wealth has gone to the richest 1%. At present, mainstream business is driving, rather than reversing, this disturbing trend. To help reverse this trend, we need rapid […] View resource Discussion paper Macroeconomic Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment 01/09/2017 1 documents 12 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Education Gender inequality Healthcare Inequality Labour rights Unpaid care Women's economic empowerment Women's rights Overview At its core, the economic empowerment of women – to succeed and advance economically and to make and act on economic decisions – depends on the quantity and quality of paid employment, the provision or absence of public services, the amount of unpaid care work borne by women, as well as coverage or lack thereof […] View resource Discussion paper Trash Talk: Turning waste into work in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp 21/08/2017 2 documents 18 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Cash for work Community engagement Displacement Livelihoods Middle East and North Africa Recycling Refugees Waste Women's economic empowerment Women's rights Za'atari Overview Syrian refugees have the capacity to provide key support for service delivery and the expertise to contribute to the expansion of new productive economic sectors. This paper highlights an innovative approach to solid waste management and income generation, and aims to promote further dialogue on the role that Syrians can play in the Jordanian economy. View resource Discussion paper Applying Feminist Principles to Program Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning 26/07/2017 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Feminist principles Gender mainstreaming MEAL Monitoring, evaluation and learning Overview Oxfam is committed to mainstreaming women’s rights and to transforming unequal gender and power relations. For its programmes, this means that it needs to track its contributions to these changes. This paper aims to share reflections on how to apply feminist principles to monitoring, evaluation, accountability and learning (MEAL) practice. It includes case studies of […] View resource Discussion paper Impact Investing: Who are we serving? A case of mismatch between supply and demand 03/04/2017 1 documents 24 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Impact investment Poverty reduction Private sector Overview Oxfam has several programmes that focus on poverty-reducing enterprises which engage marginalized populations through investment and investment-like approaches. These programmes recognize the need to structure finance differently so that it realizes the full potential of those enterprises to make a sustainable contribution to poverty reduction. The founders of Sumerian Partners have long histories of supporting […] View resource Discussion paper Digital Development: What is the role of international NGOs? ICT for Development programmes and opportunities in the Horn, East and Central Africa 23/02/2017 1 documents 60 pages long Languages: English Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods ICT for development ICT in Programme ICT4D Technology Overview Development is going digital and INGOs like Oxfam have a vital convening role to play. This paper draws on ICT for Development in Oxfam’s programmes in the Horn, East and Central Africa to consider what this role is. In order to realise the opportunities associated with the digital landscape, Oxfam will need to build internal […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Page 17 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know