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Urbanisation and Development in South Africa: Economic Imperatives, Spatial Distortions and Strategic Responses
… industrialisation for cheap migrant labour, but political nervousness about permanent urbanisation. After World War II political …
Publication, 01 October 2012
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Gleanings on governance: Learning from a two year process of forest policy support to ProAgri
… support to Proagri in Mozambique, a great deal has been learned about how to improve forest governance and how to manage the balance of … forest governance. This report outlines a little of what was gleaned about good forest governance from the tactics which attempted to make …
Publication, 01 January 2004
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Poverty lines in Greater Cairo: underestimating and misrepresenting poverty
… This paper engages with the global debate about the meaningfulness, validity and reliability of the poverty-line …
Publication, 01 May 2009
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Investing for sustainable development? A review of investment principles, trends and impacts
… generation of investment principles can be more ambitious and bring about investment that supports, rather than undermines, sustainable …
Publication, 01 July 2011
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Growing Exports: The Brazilian tropical timber industry and international markets
… producers and international buyers provide more practical information about the critical barriers to be overcome. A comparative study from South East Asia is used to draw lessons about what might make exports grow and at what costs to the forest. Will … It aims to provide accurate information, provoke further discussion about what is going on and stimulate a negotiated consensus on the …
Publication, 01 January 2003
Patently obvious: intellectual property rights could support small producers
… and trademarks: a way forward? A new report , published by IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets initiative , explores this question. … methods. Europe’s experience is generally a positive one, but what about developing country producers? Success stories from the south Some … Sustainable Markets Group and Krystyna Swiderska Senior Researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . Find out more Read the briefing: …
Insight, 14 November 2011
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Planning with uncertainty: using scenario planning with African pastoralists
… facilitating scenario planning with communities and wish to know more about it. It describes the process involved and discusses the benefits, …
Publication, 01 July 2009
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Voices from artisanal mining communities in Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
… Friends of the Nation , with support from IIED, is convening a dialogue with people involved in Ghana's artisanal … of staying in the job for a longer period of time. Currently, we have about 80 people who are directly on our payroll. Other people like the … do their own work and sell to us will be affected as well. There are about 200 people who make ends meet here at Dakete Mines. Evans Bonnie, …
Article, 19 January 2016
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Community management of natural resources in Africa: Impacts, experiences and future directions
… development, local empowerment, and conservation. Led by new ideas about the merits of decentralized, collective resource governance …
Publication, 01 September 2009
Climate change winners and losers in Sahel
… to use their land for sesame, Babani — and others — are worried about the fate of millet. “You can’t eat sesame, so let’s not abandon … least for now market prospects are booming. Camilla Toulmin Director, IIED …
Insight, 22 December 2010