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The World Trade Organization's Doha Development Round was meant to rebalance decades of unfair rules in agriculture and address the needs of developing countries. Instead, the negotiations have betrayed this promise. The WTO’s trade Round has become a 'market access' negotiation, in which developing countries are expected to give disproportionately more...
During the period 25-30 April 2005, a combination of torrential rains and snow melting caused heavy flooding in the Republic of Georgia. The floods caused massive landslides and mudflows that led to the damage and loss of agricultural land; destroyed homes, livestock and water drainage systems; roads and bridges swept away, isolating many communities in mountainous areas. This six-month...
Between 2003 and 2006, Tra Vinh Provincial Women's Union and the Farmers' Association implemented a project supported by Oxfam Great Britain. The aim of the project was to use participatory monitoring and evaluation of poverty policies in order to discover the expectations of poor men and women, and to help them improve their livelihoods. These findings were communicated to People's...
Oxfam GB implementated a three-year community-based rural livelihoods programme in Shahr-I-Buzurg and Yawan Districts of Badakshan province, beginning in 2003. The programme sought to reduce the vulnerability of poor people by integrating livelihoods, health, education, gender and governance. An external, final evaluation was commissioned to assess the impact of the programme and to...
Oxfam is running a rural recovery and food security programme in 40 villages of the districts of Panjao, Waras, Lal o Sarjangal and Ashterlaï in Hazarajat and a community based rural livelihood programme in 40 villages of the districts of Yawan and Shar-e Buzurg in Badakhshan province. Oxfam is also implementing the NSP programme in 5 districts of Daykundi. The Hazarajat and...
The response to floods in the San Julian Municipality, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, helped 3,359 people over six months in 2006. Nine hundred families improved their access to safe water and adequate sanitation in their communities, according to Sphere standards. A further nine hundred families reduced their dependency on food distribution through agricultural technical support and seed...
In May 2004, ADRA Mongolia implemented a thirty-two month project entitled 'Disaster Mitigation and Preparedness in Western Mongolia', with grant funding from Oxfam GB. The project aimed to strengthen the resistance of poor herders and other residents affected by winter disasters in three soums (counties) in Zavkhan Province. This was achieved by improving access to irrigation, hay and...
The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access...
This Education Programme for girls in nomadic areas of Gao, Mali, began in May 2001 with the objective of improving the schooling of girls in this region. This evaluation considers how far the programme has improved education in terms of access, quality and gender balance, and examines how far the programme has contributed to the emergence of a civil society as a force for change in...
The River Basin Programme has worked in Bihar since 1999 and has partnered with various local NGOs over the years. Initially focusing on relief, it has over time moved towards flood preparedness and small-scale mitigation activities. This evaluation report addresses the question of the impact of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) interventions before, during and...
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