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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?

Is it possible for global funds to be accountable to local communities – especially those whose needs the funds should address?
9 August 2016 BlogPoverty, Urban
The Forest Investment Program, an example of an investment fund with simplified funding frameworks, has invested $10 million in a $24 million project with the African Development Bank to restore Ghana's rapidly degrading forests (Photo: Greg Neate, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Six steps to local climate finance

Evidence from community-focused initiatives suggests that climate and development funds can deliver local finance by adopting six key structural changes

6 November 2016 BlogClimate change, Economics
Conversation between a woman with a notebook and a man, with trees in the background

The Nobel and poverty alleviation: "A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure"

Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee and Michael Kremer have won the Nobel Prize in Economics, for their on-the-ground experiments on how best to alleviate poverty. IIED communications director Liz Carlile welcomes this recognition of the role played by research in changing development economics
23 October 2019 BlogCommunication, Economics
A traditional dance festival attracts tourists in Romania's Maramures Nature Park. The park was designed as a multifunctional protected landscape and was zoned to reflect both environmental priorities and economic needs of local people (Photo: Radu Pop/UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Equity, justice and ecosystem services: what do we mean?

Conservation efforts are increasingly supposed to achieve equity – but what does this mean and how can it be assessed? Phil Franks shares some ideas that may help

11 May 2015 BlogNatural resource management
Women living in informal settlements in Harare (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)

Co-production in urban areas: evolving form, enduring presence

How far can ‘co-production’ improve the lives of the one in seven of the global population living in informal settlements without secure tenure or adequate access to services? Authors of the October 2018 issue of Environment and Urbanization tackle this question by analysing the potentials and shortcomings of co-production

24 October 2018 BlogUrban
Participants around a table at D&C Days 2016 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Transparency and accountability in the Paris Agreement: eight questions climate negotiators must tackle

Transparency and downward accountability, arguably key aspects to delivering the Paris Agreement, will be one of four themes explored at this year's Development & Climate Days (D&C Days). Simon Anderson sets out some tough questions and explains how session outcomes will seek to influence the COP23 climate negotiations and beyond

23 October 2017 BlogClimate change
Agriculture is the mainstay of Malawi’s economy and climate change is expected to impact crop yields and food security (Photo: Martijn.Munneke, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Q&A: What’s new about this year’s CBA event?

This year's CBA event takes place from 11-14 June 2018.  We asked the organisers about how this year's gathering will benefit the CBA community of practice

4 May 2018ArticleClimate change
A stretch of the Karakoram Highway in Xinjiang, China. The region could be transformed by the Belt and Road Initiative (Photo: Marc van der Chijs, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

China's outward public investment – good news for the environment and tackling poverty?

It's been a busy six months for China's outward public investment. Paul Steele, IIED's chief economist, reviews what's been happening and whether it's good news for the environment and development

24 October 2017 BlogEconomics
Divisional Adaptation Planning Committees (DAPCs) act as community focal points (Photo: Sam Greene/IIED)

Local climate finance mechanism helping to fund community-prioritised adaptation

County and local governments in the drylands of Kenya, Mali, Senegal and Tanzania have established local-level climate adaptation funds with technical support from IIED and government and non-government organisations. These funds improve their readiness to access and disburse national and global climate finance, supporting community-prioritised investments to build climate resilience
26 November 2015ProjectClimate change, Drylands and pastoralism, Economics

Business models for sustainable development

Market-based activities are now recognised by governments, business and development agencies round the world as potential solutions to major sustainable development challenges – reducing poverty, enhancing livelihoods, protecting ecosystems, tackling climate change, and meeting the Millennium Development Goals.
10 May 2010ArticleEnergy, Food and agriculture, Forests

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