Poverty | International Institute for Environment and Development

A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.

Case study

Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Blog

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

An expanse of water next to a bank of soil

Blog

Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery

A man lines up six bright water bottles under a series of outside taps

Blog

Definitions matter – part two

An aerial view of Nairobi, with slums in the foreground alongside green space

Project

Tomorrow’s cities: reducing disaster risk for the poor

A mask-wearing man stands behind a food stall

Project

A framework for a transformative urban recovery

Urban poverty

How IIED is working to reduce urban poverty and to change misleading views about urbanisation. More in this collection

Langrug informal settlement, South Africa, May 2014 (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

Project

Introduction to urban poverty

Aerial view of Villa 20, Buenos Aires

Project

Transforming cities, transforming lives

Geographic patterns are seen out the window of an airplane traveling between Mwanza and Dar Es Salam, Tanzania on March 20, 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)

Long read

Connecting cities to basins

Latest publications

Scaling up community-led COVID-19 responses: five key lessons

Climate change, migration and vulnerability to trafficking

Education and learning for inclusive development

Poverty-centred local adaptation in Mozambique

Acquiring housing – understanding outcomes, improving choices and “leaving no one behind”

Deepening knowledge of MGNREGS’ contribution to climate resilience: a study of Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh

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A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.

Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India

Case study, Jun 2022

Two women wearing face masks are sitting at a table covered in boxes and bags of vegetables. Together they are preparing food.

Reframing the pandemic: COVID-19 relief by community networks tackles roots of poverty

Blog, May 2022

Three women holding a sack of rice between them.

Seeking cheaper, better quality rice: the cooperative rice distribution project in Jakarta

Blog, May 2022

An aerial view of Nairobi, with slums in the foreground alongside green space

Tomorrow’s cities: reducing disaster risk for the poor

Project, Feb 2022

A man lines up six bright water bottles under a series of outside taps

Definitions matter – part two

Blog, Dec 2021

A small brick building with two steps leading to a corrugated iron door houses a pit latrine.

The case for sewers

Blog, Nov 2021

Screengrab of a videocall with eight people in a meeting room and five more online participants

Digital tools amplify the voice of women in Peruvian communities

Blog, Nov 2021

Informal housing and tall buildings behind.

Definitions matter – part one

Blog, Nov 2021

One women holds a tree while another digs into the soil with a shovel, surrounded by green trees and foliage

New thought-provoking blog series scrutinises dominant approaches to resolving the nature and climate crises

News, Oct 2021

Aerial view of a slum.

Can we reduce urban poverty and inequality and achieve net zero cities?

Blog, Oct 2021

Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.

Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs

Blog, Oct 2021

Pick-up van packed with people and suitcases.

Climate-induced migration and vulnerability to modern slavery

Project, Sep 2021