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The Green Economy Coalition

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

Smallholders in Kenya pack flowers for the UK market. IIED and partners are looking at how to develop fair and sustainable trade and economic development (Photo: IIED)

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IIED to host Twitter chat on how to move to economies that are green and fair

Article

IIED at ministerial green economy conference

A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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Why social inclusion matters for green growth

An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

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Towards an inclusive blue economy

Publications

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Managing the environmental and social risks of hydropower: private and public roles

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Informality and inclusive green growth

G04050

Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda

17358IIED

Increasing private sector involvement and investment in forestry in Nepal

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Clean and inclusive? Recycling e-waste in China and India

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Aid and business for sustainable development. Emerging lessons from effective aid-business partnerships for sustainable development

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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)

Highs and lows of the transition to an inclusive green economy

Blog, Mar 2017

Smallholders in Kenya pack flowers for the UK market. IIED and partners are looking at how to develop fair and sustainable trade and economic development (Photo: IIED)

IIED to host Twitter chat on how to move to economies that are green and fair

News, Mar 2017

IIED at ministerial green economy conference

Article, Mar 2017

A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional Mongolian tent (Photo: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Why social inclusion matters for green growth

Blog, Aug 2016

An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Towards an inclusive blue economy

Blog, Jun 2016

Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda

Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda

Publication, May 2016

An image of a new report on Pro-poor, inclusive green growth: experience and a new agenda report. usivity and poverty reduction is critical to sustainable green growth according to the report (Photo: GGGI)

Inclusivity and poverty reduction critical to sustainable green growth

Press release, May 2016

Chris at his roadside food stall. His day starts at 4pm and lasts until 10pm (Photo: Sven Torfinn/Panos. Pictures for IIED and Hivos)

Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies

Blog, Mar 2016

Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Green grows the informal economy

Blog, Mar 2016

Hội An, Vietnam: in many towns in the developing world, street vendors constitute a significant share of total employment in the informal economy (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Green economy must work for street vendors as well as Wall Street

Press release, Feb 2016

A welder uses home-made equpiment in Kenya, where the Jua Kali (informal economy) thrives and can solve any problem (Photo: Erik (HASH) Hersman, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Lessons from the informal sector

Blog, Feb 2016

The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Does green growth miss the majority?

Blog, Feb 2016