The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief - Softcover

"A valuable reference tool for development practitioners and planners, for policy makers and social analysts, and for teachers and students of development."-Red Cross, Red Crescent Magazine

A copy belongs in every university library, government aid agency, donor organisation, and NGO resource centre. Grassroots Development, 20/1. Even though an Oxfam specific publication, it claims to draw on experiences from the third world as a whole. To that extent, it is an excellent book which any organisation or individual dealing with relief and poverty should have. Africa World Review.

A valuable reference tool for development practitioners and planners, for policy makers and social analysts, and for teachers and students of development."

intelligent and intelligible. Authors incorporate experience from around the globe, while always retaining their focus on 'the people', whose social, political, and economic progress is the raison d etre of Oxfam s programmes. --Mary B. Anderson, President"

..".intelligent and intelligible. Authors incorporate experience from around the globe, while always retaining their focus on 'the people', whose social, political, and economic progress is the raison d'etre of Oxfam's programmes."--Mary B. Anderson, President

-...intelligent and intelligible. Authors incorporate experience from around the globe, while always retaining their focus on 'the people', whose social, political, and economic progress is the raison d'etre of Oxfam's programmes.---Mary B. Anderson, President

The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief, presented in two volumes (slipcased) is the product of the experience of Oxfam GB in its work in over 70 countries around the world. It is the expression of Oxfam's fundamental principles: that all people have the right to an equitable share in the world's resources, and the right to make decisions about their own development. The denial of such rights is at the heart of poverty and suffering. An invaluable work of reference, the Handbook analyzes thinking, policy, and practice in fields as diverse as health, human rights, emergency relief, capacity-building, and agricultural production, and is the only book of its kind to incorporate a gender analysis throughout. Written mainly by Oxfam staff, The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief represents the work of many people around the world who, over the years, have contributed their energies to fighting poverty and injustice.

The Handbook is published in a two-volume set:
Volume One
*Oxfam's approach to development and relief: principles of development and relief work; human rights; environment and development; exploring the context; *Focusing on people: gender; ethnicity, race, and caste; childhood; ageing; disability; *Capacity-building for development: social organisation; institutional development; education and training; planning and evaluation; financial management
Volume Two
*Production: agriculture; fishing; trees and forestry; small-scale industries; *Health and development: approaches to health care; health needs of specific population groups; health-care provision; financing, planning, and evaluating health programmes; *Emergencies and development: emergencies, conflict, and development; assessment, co-ordination, and consultation; health and nutrition; environmental health and physical infrastructure; food security, food aid, and food distribution; Oxfam procedures in emergency relief programmes