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102. GLC Resolve Award Innovation Profile: Peru
- Publication Date:
- 06-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- In November 2013 Peru's Ministry of Health, in collaboration with other ministries, civil society partners, and youth organizations, launched the Multi-sectoral Plan to Prevent Adolescent Pregnancy. The plan prioritizes the reproductive health and rights of adolescent girls in a national development and public health framework.
- Topic:
- Development, Health, Human Welfare, and Health Care Policy
- Political Geography:
- Peru
103. GLC Resolve Award Innovation Profile: Tanzania
- Publication Date:
- 06-2014
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Through successful collaborations with community groups, national and district level leaders, and NGOs, two innovative programs in Tanzania are employing innovative approaches to reach underserved populations, particularly women in rural areas and adolescent girls.
- Topic:
- Development, Gender Issues, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, and Non-Governmental Organization
- Political Geography:
- Tanzania
104. Equator Principles Reporting: Do Financial Institutions meet their Goals?
- Author:
- Olaf Weber
- Publication Date:
- 08-2014
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Centre for International Governance Innovation
- Abstract:
- The Equator Principles (EP) are a voluntary code of conduct for assessing, managing and reporting environmental and social impacts in project finance. This paper analyses the compliance of the 79 Equator Principles Financial Institutions (EPFI) with the seven mandatory requirements: annual reporting, disclosure of the number of transactions, assessment, risk categories, sector, region and implementation. The three findings from this study are that while all EPFIs required to disclose information do so, at least partially, only about five percent disclose all the information required by the EP guidelines. In addition, the larger the EPFI, with respect to its total assets and membership duration, the higher the reporting quality. In conclusion, further mechanisms are needed to guarantee transparent reporting of environmental and social project finance impacts.
- Topic:
- Environment, Human Welfare, and Reform
- Political Geography:
- Canada
105. Effectiveness Review: Drought Management Initiative: Livestock Component, Kenya
- Publication Date:
- 12-2013
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Under Oxfam Great Britain's (OGB) Global Performance Framework (GPF), samples of sufficiently mature projects are being randomly selected each year and their effectiveness rigorously assessed. The livestock component of the Turkana-Pokot Drought Management Initiative (DMI) was randomly selected for an Effectiveness Review under the adaptation and risk reduction thematic area in the 2012/13 financial year. DMI was a three-year programme implemented by a consortium of NGOs which aimed to mitigate the effects of climatic shocks among pastoralist communities in north-western Kenya. Oxfam GB was responsible for implementing the livestock component of this programme in three of the most remote pastoralist communities in the northern part of Turkana County. The activities carried out included establishing pastoralist field schools (PFSs) in each community, to provide members with training on improving livestock management, drought mitigation, and livelihood diversification. In the same communities, the project supported the establishment of village community banks (VICOBAs), as well as training community animal-health workers (CAHWs) and setting up village land-use planning committees (VLUPCs).
- Topic:
- Agriculture, Climate Change, Development, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, Non-Governmental Organization, and Natural Resources
- Political Geography:
- Kenya and Africa
106. Universal Health Coverage: Why health insurance schemes are leaving the poor behind
- Author:
- Ceri Averill and Anna Marriott
- Publication Date:
- 10-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Described by the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, as 'the most powerful concept that public health has to offer', Universal health coverage (UHC) has risen to the top of the global health agenda. At its core, UHC is about the right to health. Everyone – whether rich or poor – should get the health care they need without suffering financial hardship. For Oxfam, UHC means that everyone has the same financial protection and access to the same range of high quality health services, regardless of their employment status or ability to pay.
- Topic:
- Development, Health, Human Welfare, and Poverty
107. Care in households and communities: Background paper on conceptual issues
- Author:
- Valeria Esquivel
- Publication Date:
- 10-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- Oxfam Publishing
- Abstract:
- Care is a crucial dimension of well-being. People need care throughout their lives in order to survive. Care has long been considered to be the 'natural' responsibility of women, as a result of which the costs of providing care fall disproportionately on women. These costs include forgone opportunities in education, employment and earnings, political participation, and leisure time.
- Topic:
- Development, Gender Issues, Human Rights, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty, and Social Stratification
108. Complaining to the State: Grievance Redress and India's Social Welfare Programs
- Author:
- Nicholas Robinson
- Publication Date:
- 08-2013
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Center for the Advanced Study of India
- Abstract:
- Poor implementation of social welfare programs is a chronic challenge in developing countries such as India. Yet, despite the large number of people affected and the serious consequences of implementation failure, there have been few studies, and even less theorization, of grievance redress in these contexts. Based on fieldwork conducted by the author, this article examines grievance redress for social welfare programs in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. It argues that the idea of accountability regimes, which has been developed in the administrative law literature, provides a more useful framework for understanding grievance redress than commonly invoked alternatives, such as a purely rights-based approach or an ad hoc analysis of the costs and benefits of specific redress mechanisms. While not rejecting either of these alternatives, it claims that an accountability regime approach that focuses on how officials are monitored and controlled through grievances is both more descriptively complete and more likely to generate a wider range of useful policy prescriptions.
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, Human Welfare, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty, and Developing World
- Political Geography:
- South Asia
109. Ethnic Policy in China: Is Reform Inevitable?
- Author:
- James Leibold
- Publication Date:
- 09-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- East-West Center
- Abstract:
- Balancing ethnocultural diversity and dignity with national integration and interethnic cohesion has been a constant challenge for Chinese policymakers. With a sizeable ethnic minority population, China has long been engaged in this delicate balancing act. Despite episodic conflict, it could be argued that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has, especially since the 1976 death of Mao Zedong, done a relatively competent job of containing ethnic tensions.
- Topic:
- Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights, Human Welfare, and Governance
- Political Geography:
- China and Israel
110. Policy and practice requirements for bringing to scale sexual violence services in low resource settings.
- Author:
- N Kilonzo, E Dartnall, and M Obbayi
- Publication Date:
- 04-2013
- Content Type:
- Policy Brief
- Institution:
- The Sexual Violence Research Initiative
- Abstract:
- As many as seven in ten women in the world report experiencing physical and/or sexual violence at some point in their lifetime [1]. The impact of sexual violence on health, productivity, economy and a country's ability to achieve its development goals is well documented [2]. States have a responsibility to enact and enforce laws that protect their citizens from sexual violence. Where protection fails, there is a responsibility to provide survivors with the requisite services to address the physiological, psychological consequences and ensure they receive positive justice outcomes. However, few countries have the policy, legal environments and service infrastructure to respond or influence uptake of health, social and justice related services by survivors of sexual violence [3]. For example, 127 countries still do not have effective laws on marital rape even though it is a crime under international law [4]. Cultural beliefs and societal responses can be major barriers to victims seeking help post assault. A range of sectors are required to deliver services to survivors of sexual violence including health, criminal justice and social services [5, 6]. In many countries around the world, post rape care is often fragmented, of limited scope, coverage and quality, focusing mainly on immediate clinical care with poor medico-legal linkages [3], with limited attention given to mental health needs of survivors and service providers [7, 8]. Follow up and long-term management of sexual and reproductive health including HIV outcomes of survivors is severely lacking.
- Topic:
- Crime, Development, Gender Issues, Health, Human Rights, Human Welfare, and Health Care Policy