For many organisations, campaigning is a new type of activity and few have had the opportunity to...

Why include men in gender equality and anti-poverty work? What works with men in practice? What i...

This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries and the major deve...

Students of humanitarian action - academics and practitioners alike - will find this volume a ric...

Development and Cities focuses on the political, social and economic viability of new or alternat...

The book addresses conflict-related themes from a range of perspectives, and paints an informativ...

This text is an introduction to the provision of health care in emergencies. It provides the info...

Forests throughout India and the local communities whose livelihoods depend on them, are under th...

Marriage is now acknowledged as an institution of key relevance to development policy, practice, ...

This book takes a look at the key challenges of HIV and AIDS from a gender perspective, and descr...

Improving the Safety of Civilians is an innovative tool which strengthens the capacity of humanit...

This book provides a new approach to assessing and responding to situations of food scarcity and ...

The urgency of now is essential reading for development, international politics, economics, and b...

This handbook is a resource which draws together lessons from successful campaigns in many parts ...

Disabled people are marginalized in every country of the world both North and South. By probing t...

In recent years advocacy work has come under increasing criticism. NGOs are challenged on the gro...

The Andes describes how the Andean people, in order to survive, are turning to their old traditio...

Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning explores the tools and approaches used by different o...

In the face of extreme weather events, desertification and a rise in the sea levels, governments ...

The book shows that while gender inequalities in society generally, and particularly within the e...

With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in October 2000, civil and political rights are f...

What are the differences between women's and men's experiences of health, sickness and health car...

As the number of people affected by disasters has risen, so have the expectations placed on human...

This study looks briefly at the agriculture and trade policies of South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesi...

In many countries in Africa and Asia, rotating savings and credit associations underpin much of t...

Gender-based violence affects every society in the world, and represents a significant impediment...

Explains how and why women are disadvantaged not only by social and economic structures but also ...

This book examines the situation of women with various types of disability, in the Middle Eastern...

This working paper maps the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico an...

Intended for readers without any formal accountancy training, this book explains in clear and sim...

This book presents a vision of a transformational education which would promote social change, en...

Maggie Black gives a wide-ranging, sometimes critical, account of Oxfam's first 50 years. In doin...

Change and upheaval are a way of life for millions of women and men throughout the world; the art...

This book shows how women are finding ways to influence national and international trade policy a...

This report is a contribution to the debates among the wider business community, governments, civ...

This approach to gender training in development encompasses work on gender awareness-raising and ...

Once known as 'The Pearl of Africa', Uganda has, over the last 50 years, suffered the notoriety o...

This book looks at co-operation for development: between North, South, and East; women's organiza...

This book concentrates on gender issues in military and civil strife, and examines the effects of...

'Aid thus becomes a means by which unequal relationships of power are maintained and patronage is...

Written for both livestock specialists and for development workers who have not been formally tra...

Contributors discuss some key challenges in achieving gender equality in education, give examples...

This book examines the operations of trafficking and other kinds of 'modern-day' slavery, from a ...

In this work, the author examines the case of the Rondonia Natural Resource Management Project (P...

This accessible report, with illustrations and many visual aids, outlines the extent of the crisi...

The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief. Volume 2

This outstanding series provides concise and lively introductions to countries such as El Salvado...

Social Survey Methods is a readable guide to selecting and implementing an appropriate, affordabl...