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The faces of some of the experts who contributed their thoughts about a green economy (Image: GEC)

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Leading experts set out their vision for a green economy

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Green Economy Coalition

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

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

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

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Photo exhibition highlights varied and vibrant informal economies

The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)

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Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy

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Forest business incubation: the heartbeat of healthy landscape livelihoods

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Automation and inequality: the changing world of work in the global South

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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

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

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Increasing private sector involvement and investment in forestry in Nepal

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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

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

Four examples of informal economic activity (Photos: IIED)

The biggest 'private sector': what place for the informal economy in green and inclusive growth?

News, Jan 2016

Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas

Blog, Dec 2015

The focus of Green Economy Coalition convener Oliver Greenfield is on the SDG targets and indicators, and how that can lead to a green economy (Image: IIED)

Sustainable goals for a sustainable green economy

News, Sep 2015

A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality

Article, Jul 2015

The first photograph taken of Earthrise by Apollo 8 in December 1968. The Apollo Programme to Combat Climate Change proposes large-scale public investment and determined political effort from powerful states to take down carbon energy sources (Photo: NASA/woodleywonderworks, Flickr, via Creative Commons)

What should a no-carbon democracy look like?

Blog, Jul 2015

Animals gather in the shade of a rusting ship near the Aral Sea (Photo: Mark Pitcher)

Are Kazakhstan's plans for a greener future at risk?

Blog, Oct 2014

The transition to green economies across the world was discussed at a Green Economy Coalition meeting in September (Photo: UNEP/Google licence)

Mainstreaming green economies: pitching to people and power

Article, Aug 2014

Schemes such as this provision of a solar panel, provided by Grameen Shaktri, to rural Bangladesh homes are tackling the drivers of poverty and inequality while also greening the economy (Photo: Marufish)

Ten ways to secure social justice in the green economy

News, Apr 2014