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Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)

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

The UN poster showing all 17 sustainable development goals (Image: UN photo)

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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): IIED and the new global agenda on sustainable development

IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment. The institute's strategy for the next two years has been published (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)

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Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years

A volcano can erupt with little warning, and have significant impact on its surrounding environment (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)

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Supporting organisations facing disruptive change

An image of women selling produce in an internally displaced persons camp, near Tawilla in North Darfur. The 'leave no one behind' agenda aims to ensure the poor are included in sustainable development (Photo: UNAMID, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Unpacking what we mean by 'leave no one behind'

September 2015: on the eve of the United Nations summit to agree the 2030 Agenda, a film introducing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN headquarters building (Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak)

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Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals

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Embedding evaluation in national plans and policies to foster transformative development

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Local funds for local development

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Towards more effective humanitarian response in urban areas

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Developing Myanmar’s National Climate Change Policy

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Syrian health workers in Lebanon: supporting an informal workforce in crisis

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Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues

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Understanding disruptive change is vital for Southern civil society organisations, and organisations such as IIED can help partners (Image: IIED)

Mapping the disruptive change ecosystem for Southern CSOs

Blog, Dec 2016

Financiers, decision makers, practitioners and researchers from across the globe gathered to share lessons and their experience in channelling finance to local levels (Image: Matt Wright/IIED)

Money where it matters: how to deliver finance to the local level

Blog, Dec 2016

A water tap in Rwanda. Measuring sustainability of investments in water and sanitation makes more sense than focusing on annual freshwater withdrawal and access to improved water and sanitation (Photo: A'Melody Lee/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Making World Bank aid sustainable

Blog, Oct 2016

Old Indonesia coins. In Indonesia, like the UK, the income of the poorest 40 per cent has to grow at twice the rate of the national average if the income gap is to stay the same (Photo: Anis Eka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

How serious are the SDGs about tackling inequality?

Blog, Oct 2016

Village councils or panchayats have not been involved in India's approach to the SDGs so far (Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific)

Are citizens being left behind by India's approach to the SDGs?

Blog, Sep 2016

Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Data that supports local development

Blog, Sep 2016

Informal food vendors in Mathare, Nairobi. Understanding food consumption and how food systems work is essential to support food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)

Urbanisation, rural-urban transformations and food systems

Project, Aug 2016

A family at the border crossing between Serbia and Croatia. Some 650,000 migrants and refugees travelled through Croatia between September 2015 and January 2016 (Photo: Meabh Smith/Trócaire, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Responding to transit refugees in Croatia

Blog, Aug 2016

As a mountainous country, Bhutan faces particular environmental challenges (Photo: Göran Höglund, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Q&A: A pragmatic approach

Article, Jul 2016

Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)

Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?

Blog, Jul 2016

Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)

Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page

Blog, Jul 2016

Maintaining the solar street lighting in the village of Tinginaput, India. SDG 7 calls for access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all (Photo: UK Department for international Development Creative Commons via Flickr)

Poverty Environment Partnership issues call to action on 2030 Agenda

News, Jul 2016