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REDAA impact strategy

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Facilitating spaces of association for youth citizenship in India

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Promoting youth participation in urban governance in Nepal

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Making private digital extension services work for Uganda’s smallholders

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The earthquake that hit Nepal and areas of Bangladesh, India and Tibet on has had devastating consequences, with loss of life and destruction (Photo: Udayan Mishra, Creative Commons via Flickr)

IIED responds to Nepal earthquake

News, 27 April 2015

Dr Andrew Norton will take on the role as IIED director from 29 June (Photo: Andrew Norton)

IIED's new director takes on the post-2015 agenda

News, 23 March 2015

ON AIR: a local farmer joins a broadcaster in the studio of KRC.FM (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Radio and text messages keep farmers in the loop in Rwenzori

Insight, 19 March 2015

Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics

Event on 16 March 2015

The Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation secures houses, sanitation and land rights for members. Communication and participation are central to the way it works (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), Creative Commons via Flickr)

Do you have the power to influence your own life?

Insight, 06 March 2015

IIED researchers in Uganda: "IIED works with small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs), municipal governments, pastoral communities, representatives of urban poor federations, smallholder farming groups, and other poorly represented interests" (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Reflections on my time as IIED director

Insight, 05 March 2015

'Imagine Bwindi', by Ugandan musician Richard Kawesa, is expected to reach thousands of people, from local communities living around Bwindi to policymakers (Photo: PCI Media Impact)

'Imagine Bwindi' music video launched on World Wildlife Day

News, 03 March 2015

The data for Chinchiná river basin water accounts will be collected in 2015. Making Colombian decision makers interested in using the data requires focused, relevant communication that responds to their priorities (Photo: Rosalind Goodrich/IIED)

Reminder to self: information supply needs to be driven by demand

Insight, 23 February 2015

The Amaru community, in Peru, do not use any fertiliser on their crops (Image: Adam Kerby)

'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese

News, 16 February 2015

A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches

Insight, 13 February 2015