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laundry drying outside house in Ghana

Sampling strategies for gendered impact evaluations

Alexia Pretari

August 20th, 2018 Gender, Real Geek

How can evaluators ensure that gendered power dimensions are accounted for in impact evaluations? Alexia Pretari reflects on the relative merits of two approaches. Oxfam’s approach to building resilience involves …

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Effectiveness ReviewsGender AnalysisImpact evaluationMEALSampling strategies
May day marches in La Paz, Bolivia, 2006. Credit: Renato Guimaraes/Oxfam

Findings from a meta-review of influencing initiatives

Ruth Mayne

April 20th, 2018 Active citizenship, Governance, Influencing, Real Geek, Research

Ruth Mayne shares learning from a recent meta-review of Oxfam and partners’ policy influencing, citizen’s voice and governance initiatives around the world.  NB. This blog post deals with the findings …

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Findings from a meta-analysis of women’s empowerment projects

Simone Lombardini

December 19th, 2017 Gender, General, Real Geek, Women's Economic Empowerment

What overall impact are Oxfam’s women’s empowerment projects having? Simone Lombardini and Kristen McCollum attempted to answer this question by conducting a meta-analysis of our effectiveness review evaluations. Here Simone …

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Fieldwork in Zambia. Credit: Milagros Gismondi/Oxfam

What we’ve learnt about sharing real-time data

Simone Lombardini and Emily Tomkys Valteri

November 22nd, 2017 General, ICT4D, Real Geek, Research

At Oxfam we are continually developing our use of digital technology for surveys. Here Simone Lombardini and Emily Tomkys Valteri reflect on lessons learnt from the process of using and …

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Fatimata sits in a classroom in a secondary school in Mali. Credit: Ami Vitale/Oxfam.

Matching by Coarsened Exact Matching?

Marcella Vigneri

June 15th, 2017 General, Real Geek

Marcella Vigneri introduces a new technique for matching data as part of the programme impact evaluation process. REAL GEEK This blog series is aimed at anyone with an interest in …

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A women's group in Cambodia. Credit: Sokunthea Chor/Oxfam America

How do we measure women’s empowerment?

Simone Lombardini

May 25th, 2017 Gender, Real Geek

Empowering women and supporting gender equality is the stated aim of many development projects. Often these projects are asked to monitor and evaluate the extent to which their work is …

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Effectiveness ReviewsMonitoring evaluation and learningWomen's economic empowerment
As part of Oxfam’s cholera response in Juba, South Sudan, teams of public health volunteers have been teaching affected communities about the importance of keeping themselves and their environment clean. May 2014. Kieran Doherty/Oxfam.

How humanitarian effectiveness reviews impact our WASH programming

Oxfam Policy & Practice

May 17th, 2017 Methodology, Research, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

How Oxfam is using monitoring and evaluation to improve programming on water, sanitation and hygiene in Zimbabwe and beyond. By Katie Whitehouse (Global Urban WASH & Markets Advisor, Oxfam) and Parvin …

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Household consumption in Ethiopia

FAQ: How can I measure household income? (Part 2)

Simone Lombardini

February 21st, 2017 ICT4D, Methodology, Real Geek

In the second of a two-part blog on measuring household income, Oxfam GB’s Impact Evaluation Advisers explain their approaches to measuring household wealth. ncreasing household income is the final outcome …

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ConsumptionEffectiveness ReviewsHousehold consumptionHousehold surveyIncomeLiving standards measurementQuestionnaire design
Household consumption in Ethiopia

FAQ- How can I measure household income? (Part 1)

Simone Lombardini

February 14th, 2017 Methodology, Real Geek

In the first of a two-part blog unpacking the above question, Oxfam GB’s Impact Evaluation Advisers explain their approaches to measuring household consumption. In Part 2 next week: strategies for …

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ConsumptionEffectiveness ReviewsHousehold consumptionHousehold surveyIncomeLiving standards measurementQuestionnaire design
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