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Making private digital extension services work for Uganda’s smallholders

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20:20 vision

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The first 10 years (1971-81)

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Race and racism audit recommendations 2024/25 update

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Safeguarding policy

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Youth-led civic media for urban governance

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Engaging young people from informal settlements in housing and urban governance

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Trustees' report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025

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Civic Media Labs in São Paulo and Lagos: lessons and methods from and for housing movements

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Communicating locally-led nature restoration: themes and insights

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The IIED communications team discuss audience personas as part of the Communications Learning Programme held with partners in February (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Three steps for reaching the right audiences in an information-saturated world

Insight, 27 March 2014

We have in the past few years made progress on the theories and understanding of social learning approaches. But more research and real-life case studies are needed (Photo: Z Sewunet (ILRI)

Paving the way for social learning in the climate change context

Insight, 24 March 2014

IIED founder Barbara Ward has been honoured with a stamp in the Royal Mail's Remarkable Lives series

Royal Mail honours IIED founder Barbara Ward's 'remarkable life' with new stamp

News, 24 March 2014

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Making the business case for biodiversity — in an instant

Insight, 10 March 2014

IIED is pleased to announce its new strategy for the period 2014-2019

IIED launches new five-year strategy

News, 07 March 2014

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Communications learning week (February 2014): highlights

Article, 13 February 2014

Rosebell Kagumire was among the delegates at the conference discussing the post-2015 development framework: priorities for the least developed countries, in late January (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Media missing from UN drive to engage millions on post-2015 development agenda

Insight, 04 February 2014

A new UNESCO publication will support African journalists to tackle climate change issues (Photo credit: Internews / Brice Rimbaud)

Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists

News, 16 January 2014

Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.

12 Christmas crackers from IIED

Article, 27 December 2013

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Making it real: social learning in practice

Insight, 09 December 2013