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Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement

Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development

Informal settlements like this one in Jakarta often lack clean water supplies, waste collection or decent housing. There is an urgent need for investment in basic services and infrastructure (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

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Are impact investors missing a trick by overlooking local communities?

A stretch of the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang, China. The region could be transformed by the Belt and Road Initiative (Photo: Marc van der Chijs, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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China's outward public investment – good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

Community leaders in the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia planning with staff from the Namibia Housing Action Group (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

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Financial inequalities; defining our age

A migrant bamboo farmer harvests bamboo shoots in Tianlin County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. The UN PAGE conference was told China is reskilling one million workers from forestry into other industries (Photo: Nick Hogarth/CIFOR, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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Highs and lows of the transition to an inclusive green economy

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Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka

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Win–win in Belize: incubating community businesses that protect forests

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Ecosystems, Poverty Alleviation and Conditional Transfers. Module 1: Context

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Ecosystems, Poverty Alleviation and Conditional Transfers. Module 1: Key insights

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Ecosystems, Poverty Alleviation and Conditional Transfers. Module 2: Experiences

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Ecosystems, Poverty Alleviation and Conditional Transfers. Module 3: Sustainable finance

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The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?

Blog, Dec 2018

An image from the fiscal tools animation, that was screened at the Blue Economy Conference in Nairobi (Image: IIED/Nice and Serious)

IIED animation: using fiscal policy tools to create a sustainable future for ocean and people

News, Nov 2018

House under construction. In Harare, construction and infrastructure works were carried out by the community, while city authorities and Dialogue on Shelter provided technical support and some machinery. (Photo: Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Delivering climate finance at the local level: the Gungano Urban Poor Fund

Case study, Nov 2018

O Fundo Luzia Dorothy do Espírito Santo ajuda mulheres a aumentar sua independência econômica (Foto: Fundo Dema)The Luzia Dorothy do Espirto Santo Fund helps women increase their economic independence (Photo: Dema Fund)

Delivering climate finance at the local level: the Dema Fund

Case study, Nov 2018

Men fishing on the beach in Unawatuna, Sri Lanka

Webinar: No hidden catch: mainstreaming small-scale fisheries in national accounts

News, Nov 2018

Professor Rashid Sumaila addresses interested marine specialists from research institutes, the private sector and international organisations at Fish Night 5 (Photo: Zaiza Khan/IIED)

Fish Night 5: How subsidies are not always beneficial equally to fish and people

Event, Nov 2018

Women work in a knitwear factory

The future of work, technological change and global inequality

Blog, Nov 2018

Women gather together to break up the Babacu palm nuts they have collected (Photo: JcPietro, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)

Delivering climate finance at the local level: the Babacu Fund

Case study, Nov 2018

Nairobi in Kenya is one of many fast-growing cities across Africa (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya, Creative Commons via Flickr)

African cities can raise more money. Kenya and South Africa offer useful lessons

Blog, Oct 2018

Elephants roam the plain in Kenya

Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka

Project, Oct 2018

A Kiribati fisherman throws a net

Fish Night 5: Can subsidies work for fish and for people?

News, Sep 2018

This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?

Blog, Jun 2018