Sue Moore explains the use of Research-into-Use and explores what this means for researchers, practitioners and ultimately, those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. ‘We want water, not …
Shaking up the system: Improving the tea industry and workers lives in Malawi
Daniel MorchainOne year into Malawi 2020 Daniel Morchain looks how some of the stakeholders are working with the tea labourers central to the project to ensure that the tea industry in …
Using micro-hydro power for irrigation and energy in Nepal
OxfamLEARNING: Could micro-hydro power bring sustainable energy to remote villages around the world? Public Health Engineer Anjil Adhikari explains how Oxfam has been involved in bringing electricity to a village …
Big food is improving but a transformation is needed
Erinch SahanOPINION: With the release of the latest Behind the Brands report, Erinch Sahan takes us through how the ‘Big 10’ food and beverage companies have progressed on their social and environmental …
El Salvador: the struggle to survive El Niño
Elizabeth StevensThe global El Niño weather phenomenon is being exacerbated by climate change. The UN’s humanitarian agency predicts that in 2016 over 60 million people around the world will be affected …
What we’ve learned about vulnerability assessments and how to do them
Daniel MorchainHow can a development intervention achieve positive change for all, especially the poorest and most marginalised? Conducting a vulnerability risk assessment, using our new guide, would be a good start. …
Delicious, disgusting, dangerous – how global eating habits are changing
John MagrathThere’s a food revolution going on all over the world and the young are at the forefront of it; but how much are they the leaders? And how much are …
Delicious, disgusting, dangerous: how global eating habits are changing
John MagrathThere’s a food revolution going on all over the world and the young are at the forefront of it; but how much are they the leaders? And how much are …
Gender and Development talks resilience
Caroline SweetmanHow are men and women affected differently by shocks and stresses, and how can a women’s rights approach be applied? Caroline Sweetman, Editor of the Gender & Development journal, introduces …
Success is not just measured by GDP
OxfamGood jobs, wellbeing, health, the environment and fairness could be the best indicators of national success, according to the New Economics Foundation (NEF). Bethany Farr, Team Coordinator for our UK …