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How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty?
David Satterthwaite
28 March 2013
Does development assistance have a future?
Suzanne Fisher
20 November 2012
Basic service provision shouldn’t just be a money maker
Diana Mitlin
8 October 2012
Latest news
Urbanization: A double-edged sword for women
10 April 2013
Report warns of ways climate change threatens food security of urban poor
28 March 2013
Study reveals roots of urban land issues that limit development
26 March 2013
IIED mourns long-term partner and friend Perween Rahman
14 March 2013
Zimbabwe needs “more urban, more public” climate change strategy
17 January 2013
E-discussion: Urban inequalities in the post-2015 development agenda
8 January 2013
Book challenges policymakers with new portrait of urban poverty
11 December 2012
BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
5 December 2012
Study identifies political leadership as No. 1 issue in managing disaster risk
4 September 2012
What happens when slum dwellers put themselves on the map
1 May 2012
Highlights
Zimbabwe needs “more urban, more public” climate change strategy
Zimbabwe’s climate change strategy should focus on urban communities, give a greater role to civil society participation, and learn lessons from other highly vulnerable nations.
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Book challenges policymakers with new portrait of urban poverty
Governments and aid agencies fail to tackle urban poverty because they fail to understand it, according to a new book.
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BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
Cities across Africa, Asia and Latin America have a wealth of lessons to learn from BRICS nations: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
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Gender and urban change
Gender and urban change
Understanding the nature and scale of urban risk in low- and middle-income countries and its implications for humanitarian preparedness, planning and response
Land ownership, control and contestation in Karachi and implications for low-income housing
Climate change responses in Zimbabwe: local actions and national policy
Projects and articles
Urban Environment: about our work
Urban Poverty
Rural Urban Linkages
Our work in China
Environment and Urbanization April 2011 issue
Making Gender and Generation Matter
'Focus Cities'- Moreno, Argentina
Medio Ambiente y Urbanizacion- Oct 10 issue now online
Pakistan Floods - UK Government response
Pakistan - Floods and after
