Oxfam
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Microfinance and Poverty Reduction
The provision of credit and other financial services has become increasingly seen as the answer to the problems facing poor people. Microfinance interventions have the capacity to increase incomes, contribute to individual and household security, and change social relations for the better. However,...
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Mesure de l'impact et redevabilite en situation de secours d'urgence
Quelle diffrence faisons-nous? Comment le savon-nous? Le Guide Suffisamment Bon aide les agents de terrain occup pondre ; ces questions. Il offre un ensemble de lignes directrices fondamentales sur la facedilon d'ecirctre redevable vis a vis des populations locales et de mesurer l'impact du programm...
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Men's Involvement in Gender and Development Policy and Practice
In what sectors and contexts should work on gender and development involve men as beneficiaries? What are the issues confronting men who work in development projects that are committed to promoting gender equality? These questions were addressed by contributors to a seminar hosted by Oxfam GB, with...
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Men and Masculinity
A collection of articles by development practitioners and theorists, which considers the implications of male gender identities on the rights of both women and men, and on gender-equitable development. Gender studies have often concentrated on the woman's role in the family, community and society. M...
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Men, Masculinities and Poverty in the UK
Rising suicides among young men; educational underachievement among boys; male detachment from the labour market - in the UK statistics such as these are regularily used to support the argument that men are in crisis. But overall trends still show that women are the majority of those living in pover...
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Measuring Poverty in Nigeria
There is no shortage of written materials about the nature and prevalence of poverty in Nigeria, but they are not all easily accessible by civil-society groups. Measuring Poverty in Nigeria was commissioned by Oxfam GB to support the development of its new programme of poverty-alleviation work in a...
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Manual de Formacao em Genero da Oxfam
This comprehensive approach to gender training in development encompasses work on gender awareness-raising and gender analysis at the individual, community and global level. An important reference source for development agency trainers and academics. This is a large, comprehensive manual that acknow...
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Managing Yourself and Others
The modules in the Pick-up-and-Go packs provide a structured learning system for geographically dispersed NGO staff which enables basic training to be delivered where and when learners most need it. The materials are designed for use by facilitators who have presentation and management skills but no...
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Impact Assessment for Development Agencies
Considering the process of impact assessment, this book shows how and why it needs to be integrated into all stages of development programmes - from planning to evaluation. Its basic premise is that impact assessment should not refer to the immediate outputs of a project or programme but to any last...
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Impact Measurement and Accountability in Emergencies
What difference are we making? How do we know? The Good Enough Guide helps busy field workers to address these questions. It offers a set of basic guidelines on how to be accountable to local people and measure programme impact in emergency situations and contains a variety of tools on needs assessm...