The Building Resilience in Eastern Indonesia project was a three-year initiative that aimed to su... more The Building Resilience in Eastern Indonesia project was a three-year initiative that aimed to substantially reduce disaster-related loss, including human life and the social, economic, and environmental assets which the communities it targeted depend on. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in March/April 2012 in three districts in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Province
Pakistan’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme sought to reduce lo... more Pakistan’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme sought to reduce loss of life, and asset and promote livelihood resilience in times of extreme natural disasters such as flooding. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2011 on the work carried out under this programme by two of Oxfam’s partner organisations in Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.
The activities of two separate projects in Ethiopia's Somali region were covered by this revi... more The activities of two separate projects in Ethiopia's Somali region were covered by this review. One was the third phase of the cross-border 'Regional Drought Decision' programme, which focused on building the capacity of community-based disaster risk management committees, as well as the construction of water storage facilities and the setting up of some pilot pastoralist field schools (PFSs). The second project, the Somali Region Drought Recovery and Preparedness Project, was launched following the severe drought of 2008/09, and involved rehabilitating communal rangeland, restocking herds for female-headed households, training of community animal-health workers, a livestock vaccination campaign, a public-health campaign, and latrine construction. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in November 2012
Through the North Karamoja Development Project and other complementary initiatives, Oxfam directl... more Through the North Karamoja Development Project and other complementary initiatives, Oxfam directly supported 10 women’s groups in Kotido and Kaabong districts of Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region from 2007 to 2011. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in August 2011 used to assess the effectiveness of this support.
This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/K0DZA8This study contains baseline data t... more This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/K0DZA8This study contains baseline data that was collected in the Ethiopia site for the Drydev project.
This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/8H9AZEThe study aimed at providing useful... more This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/8H9AZEThe study aimed at providing useful information for understanding initial status of households in Solwezi District Zambia. The assessment reviewed farmers basic characteristics, farmer sources of income, land ownership, asset ownership and agricultural production of soya beans, Solwezi beans and Village chicken. The three value chains of interest were pre-selected based on agreed upon criteria combined by the project team after extensive consultation with community understandings and preferences.
The current paradigm of agricultural research and extension in support of rural development in Su... more The current paradigm of agricultural research and extension in support of rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is to disseminate improved technologies designed to increase the generally low crop yields per hectare on individual farms. Using data from a baseline survey (n = 7,539) from a large rural development programme implemented in five countries in SSA, we calculate the increases in yield per hectare required to significantly contribute to poverty alleviation for households managing such farms. We estimate the gap between current crop productivity and the productivity required to reach a poverty line of $1.90 per capita per day adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). We find this gap to be very large, both in percentage and absolute terms. Median additional gross crop productivity required to reach this poverty threshold was: $324/ha/year (254% increase) in Mali; $1,359/ha/year (1,157% increase) in Niger; $4,989/ha/year (665% increase) in Ethiopia; $1,742/ha/year (8...
An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in th... more An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in the forest sector. Collectively, these ‘levers’ cover a diverse range of approaches, at a variety of scales and are governed by many different stakeholders. It is important for decision-makers to understand which levers might be most useful in achieving poverty alleviation. This chapter seeks to answer the question: which forest management policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been effective at alleviating poverty? We studied 21 different rights-based, regulatory, market and supply chain, and forest and tree management levers for which we could identify a plausible theory of change of how implementation of that lever might alleviate poverty. For every lever we: define and describe the lever; describe the logic or theory of change by which the lever might plausibly be expected to alleviate poverty; summarise the available evidence showing how the lever has alleviated povert...
Abstract An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemen... more Abstract An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in the forest sector. Collectively, these ‘levers’ cover a diverse range of approaches, at a variety of scales and are governed by many different stakeholders. It is important for decision-makers to understand which levers might be most useful in achieving poverty alleviation. This paper seeks to answer the question: which forest management policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been effective at alleviating poverty? We studied 21 different rights-based, regulatory, market and supply chain, and forest and tree management levers for which we could identify a plausible theory of change of how implementation of that lever might alleviate poverty. For every lever we: define and describe the lever; describe the logic or theory of change by which the lever might plausibly be expected to alleviate poverty; summarize the available evidence showing how the lever has alleviated poverty; and discuss the variables that explain heterogeneity in outcomes. Overall, we found limited evidence of these levers being associated with reducing poverty (i.e. moving people out of poverty). Some of the strongest evidence for poverty reduction came from ecotourism, community forest management, agroforestry and, to a lesser extent, payments for ecosystem services (PES). However, we found substantial, varied and context-dependent evidence of several levers being associated with mitigating poverty (i.e. by improving well-being). A multitude of cases showing positive outcomes for poverty mitigation came from community forest management, forest producer organisations, small and medium forest enterprises, PES, and tree crop contract production. A combination of more rigorous and long-term research designs, along with examinations of the cost-effectiveness of different levers, would go a long way to contributing to the design of effective interventions for poverty alleviation.
The Building Resilience in Eastern Indonesia project was a three-year initiative that aimed to su... more The Building Resilience in Eastern Indonesia project was a three-year initiative that aimed to substantially reduce disaster-related loss, including human life and the social, economic, and environmental assets which the communities it targeted depend on. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in March/April 2012 in three districts in Indonesia's Nusa Tenggara Barat (NTB) Province
Pakistan’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme sought to reduce lo... more Pakistan’s Community-based Disaster Risk Management and Livelihoods Programme sought to reduce loss of life, and asset and promote livelihood resilience in times of extreme natural disasters such as flooding. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in December 2011 on the work carried out under this programme by two of Oxfam’s partner organisations in Muzaffargarh and Rajanpur districts of Pakistan’s Punjab Province.
The activities of two separate projects in Ethiopia's Somali region were covered by this revi... more The activities of two separate projects in Ethiopia's Somali region were covered by this review. One was the third phase of the cross-border 'Regional Drought Decision' programme, which focused on building the capacity of community-based disaster risk management committees, as well as the construction of water storage facilities and the setting up of some pilot pastoralist field schools (PFSs). The second project, the Somali Region Drought Recovery and Preparedness Project, was launched following the severe drought of 2008/09, and involved rehabilitating communal rangeland, restocking herds for female-headed households, training of community animal-health workers, a livestock vaccination campaign, a public-health campaign, and latrine construction. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in November 2012
Through the North Karamoja Development Project and other complementary initiatives, Oxfam directl... more Through the North Karamoja Development Project and other complementary initiatives, Oxfam directly supported 10 women’s groups in Kotido and Kaabong districts of Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region from 2007 to 2011. These full and summary reports document the findings of a quasi-experimental impact evaluation carried out in August 2011 used to assess the effectiveness of this support.
This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/K0DZA8This study contains baseline data t... more This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/K0DZA8This study contains baseline data that was collected in the Ethiopia site for the Drydev project.
This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/8H9AZEThe study aimed at providing useful... more This dataset was moved to: https://doi.org/10.34725/DVN/8H9AZEThe study aimed at providing useful information for understanding initial status of households in Solwezi District Zambia. The assessment reviewed farmers basic characteristics, farmer sources of income, land ownership, asset ownership and agricultural production of soya beans, Solwezi beans and Village chicken. The three value chains of interest were pre-selected based on agreed upon criteria combined by the project team after extensive consultation with community understandings and preferences.
The current paradigm of agricultural research and extension in support of rural development in Su... more The current paradigm of agricultural research and extension in support of rural development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is to disseminate improved technologies designed to increase the generally low crop yields per hectare on individual farms. Using data from a baseline survey (n = 7,539) from a large rural development programme implemented in five countries in SSA, we calculate the increases in yield per hectare required to significantly contribute to poverty alleviation for households managing such farms. We estimate the gap between current crop productivity and the productivity required to reach a poverty line of $1.90 per capita per day adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). We find this gap to be very large, both in percentage and absolute terms. Median additional gross crop productivity required to reach this poverty threshold was: $324/ha/year (254% increase) in Mali; $1,359/ha/year (1,157% increase) in Niger; $4,989/ha/year (665% increase) in Ethiopia; $1,742/ha/year (8...
An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in th... more An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in the forest sector. Collectively, these ‘levers’ cover a diverse range of approaches, at a variety of scales and are governed by many different stakeholders. It is important for decision-makers to understand which levers might be most useful in achieving poverty alleviation. This chapter seeks to answer the question: which forest management policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been effective at alleviating poverty? We studied 21 different rights-based, regulatory, market and supply chain, and forest and tree management levers for which we could identify a plausible theory of change of how implementation of that lever might alleviate poverty. For every lever we: define and describe the lever; describe the logic or theory of change by which the lever might plausibly be expected to alleviate poverty; summarise the available evidence showing how the lever has alleviated povert...
Abstract An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemen... more Abstract An extensive set of policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been implemented in the forest sector. Collectively, these ‘levers’ cover a diverse range of approaches, at a variety of scales and are governed by many different stakeholders. It is important for decision-makers to understand which levers might be most useful in achieving poverty alleviation. This paper seeks to answer the question: which forest management policies, programmes, technologies and strategies have been effective at alleviating poverty? We studied 21 different rights-based, regulatory, market and supply chain, and forest and tree management levers for which we could identify a plausible theory of change of how implementation of that lever might alleviate poverty. For every lever we: define and describe the lever; describe the logic or theory of change by which the lever might plausibly be expected to alleviate poverty; summarize the available evidence showing how the lever has alleviated poverty; and discuss the variables that explain heterogeneity in outcomes. Overall, we found limited evidence of these levers being associated with reducing poverty (i.e. moving people out of poverty). Some of the strongest evidence for poverty reduction came from ecotourism, community forest management, agroforestry and, to a lesser extent, payments for ecosystem services (PES). However, we found substantial, varied and context-dependent evidence of several levers being associated with mitigating poverty (i.e. by improving well-being). A multitude of cases showing positive outcomes for poverty mitigation came from community forest management, forest producer organisations, small and medium forest enterprises, PES, and tree crop contract production. A combination of more rigorous and long-term research designs, along with examinations of the cost-effectiveness of different levers, would go a long way to contributing to the design of effective interventions for poverty alleviation.
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