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Fishing the ocean
From coastal waters to the remote high seas: rethinking the blue economy to be inclusive, sustainable, fair and for everyone
Long readFisheries, Sustainable markets

Housing finance remains a major obstacle to home ownership in countries such as Malawi, especially among low-income earners.

PublicationUrban

For decades, the response by the international community to mass movements of people fleeing war or political persecution has been to provide humanitarian assistance in camps.

PublicationUrban

As Hawassa’s population expands rapidly to accommodate thousands of new workers in the Industrial Park - a vast Special Economic Zone run by the Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation - demand for shelter is acute.

PublicationUrban

In recent times, firms operating in the extractive industry sectors are increasingly resorting to project finance in place of more conventional methods for financing their operations, such as equity and conventional commercial corporate

PublicationEconomics

In recent times, firms operating in the extractive industry sectors are increasingly resorting to project finance in place of more conventional methods for financing their operations, such as equity and conventional commercial corporate

PublicationGovernance

In recent times, firms operating in the extractive industry sectors are increasingly resorting to project finance in place of more conventional methods for financing their operations, such as equity and conventional commercial corporate

PublicationGovernance
Bester Glandson was lent land and taught to grow soy and groundnuts with support from the National Smallholder Farmers' Association of Malawi (NASFAM) (Photo: Olivier Girard/EIF, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Smallholder farmers have long had difficulties getting a fair price for their produce. A recent IIED webinar discussed how linking farmers to commodity exchanges and an ‘incentive-based’ contract farming (IBCF) approach can help improve farmer-buyer relations and establish more transparent trading arrangements

BlogFood and agriculture, Law
House under construction. In Harare, construction and infrastructure works were carried out by the community, while city authorities and Dialogue on Shelter provided technical support and some machinery. (Photo: Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)

The Gungano Fund provides loans to low income urban households that cannot access other financial services. The fund aims to develop a scalable and replicable housing finance model and partner with central and local government to upgrade informal settlements

ArticleClimate change, Economics
An image of villagers in a remote village in northern Bangladesh proudly displaying their first solar panel, purchased with a micro loan. Bangladesh aspires to be one of the world's largest solar providers (Photo: ILO in Asia and the Pacific, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

The Least Developed Countries need a new way of thinking if they are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, says Saleemul Huq

ArticleGovernance, Policy and planning

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