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A heap of steel balls in a lorry
Why procurement should be the "next frontier" in transparency for mining
… for mining – and oil and gas for that matter as well. It’s not all about tax In most cases, procurement is the single largest payment … was the basis of my recent discussion on mining local procurement at IIED . As shown in the World Gold Council diagram, in 2013 71% of all …
Insight, 01 July 2019
Three angles on 'green growth'
… launched its Green Growth Strategy ; aid agencies are talking about how to support green growth in poor countries; and academic and … facilitated by the Green Economy Coalition , which is housed at IIED, reveals that some of the most interesting thinking about changing the purpose and quality of growth is now coming from the …
Insight, 30 June 2011
CLACC Fellows gather in Durban, South Africa
Capacity Strengthening in Least Developed Countries for Adaptation to Climate Change (CLACC)
… Programmes of Action (NAPA) process with these institutions. What is IIED doing? IIED conceived the CLACC programme 2003, in recognition of the low … generated a number of videos: Dago Tshering interviewed CLACC fellows about their work on adaptation to climate change for least developed …
Project, 05 September 2008
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Sharing the load: Public and private sector roles in financing pro-poor energy access
… countries. Yet governments and donors still have much to learn about working with business, while low-income markets are unfamiliar and …
Publication, 01 August 2014
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
Insight, 16 February 2015
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Making the invisible visible: generating data on ‘slums’ at local, city and global scales
… The largest and most detailed set of data about what are termed ‘slums’ or ‘informal settlements’ has been built …
Publication, 01 December 2015
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The cost of compensation: Transaction and administration costs of hilsa fish management in Bangladesh
… provides 450,000 fishers with their main livelihood and accounts for about 1 per cent of Bangladesh’s gross domestic~product (GDP). Under its …
Publication, 01 October 2014
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Economic incentives for sustainable hilsa fish management in Bangladesh: An analysis of the legal and institutional framework
… have improved since the programme was introduced; but concerns remain about fishers’ socioeconomic conditions and the long-term sustainability …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Cover for 14625IIED.pdf
Ten steps to biodiversity mainstreaming
… How do you go about getting biodiversity needs integrated into the development …
Publication, 01 October 2013
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Making communication count: a Strategic Communications Framework
… individual products such as books and briefings rather than thinking about the end goal and what impact we need to achieve. We need to be strategic in how we think about communications. Experience suggests that a …
Publication, 01 June 2011