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New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum

A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)

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If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…

A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?

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)

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Introduction to urban poverty

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)

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Connecting cities to basins

Air balloon photograph of children while mapping Mathare informal settlement, Nairobi.

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Mapping for food safety

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Building resilience to climate change: MGNREGS and climate-induced droughts in Sikkim

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Building resilience to climate change: MGNREGS and drought in Jharkhand

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Building resilience to climate change: MGNREGS, drought and flooding in Odisha

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Building resilience to climate change:MGNREGS and cyclones in Andhra Pradesh

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Refugee economies: lessons from Addis Ababa

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Taking action against wildlife crime in Uganda

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In Mexico City, the Metrobus BRT system carries roughly 250,000 people daily. It cuts workers' travel times and also helps to reduce carbon emissions (Photo: City Clock Magazine, Creative Commons via Flickr)

How Bus Rapid Transit can make housing affordable to low-income households

Blog, Jun 2018

A map shows new walking trails at the edge of the park that have been developed to encourage tourists to explore more of Bwindi and spend money on local products (Photo: Peter Nizette)

If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…

Blog, Oct 2017

A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?

Blog, Jun 2017

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)

Taking a more rigorous approach to evaluation

Article, May 2017

New tools can measure the benefits of ecosystems such as coastal mangrove forests, such as this one in Mexico. Mangroves provide protection from coastal flooding and erosion, as well as nutrition for marine life (Photo: Peyri Herrera, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Action to protect nature and tackle poverty gathers momentum

Blog, Nov 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

Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Can global funds be accountable at the local level?

Blog, Aug 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

Eight development experts, including Oxfam GB's Irene Guijt, were interviewed about reimagining development for the Least Developed Countries (Image: IIED)

How are the LDCs defining a new sustainable development agenda?

News, Jul 2016

Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era

Blog, Jun 2016

Six representatives of developing country governments – Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mozambique, Nepal and the Philippines – shared their experiences of rolling out the sustainable development agenda at the 21st Poverty Environment Partnership meeting (Image: IIED)

Country progress on putting the sustainable development goals into action

Blog, Jun 2016

A mountain gorilla in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (Photo: Francesco Veronesi, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Local economic development through gorilla tourism

Project, May 2016