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Surveys of the priorities of the private sector often ignore vital informal economies, such as this one in Hanoi (Photo: Bill Vorley/IIED)
Shaking up the private sector
… Ahead of the event, PWC released the findings of a survey asking about their list of top priorities. At the top were fears about global security, over-regulation, cyber-threat, and … party. They need to pull their weight. Mick Blowfield (mick.blowfield@iied.org) is director of IIED's Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 22 January 2016
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Introduction to an inclusive blue economy
… and that the ocean is protected for future generations. What is IIED doing? Our primary aim is the development of cost-effective policy … included in our  Action for an ocean for all  long read. Key projects IIED and our partners have been tackling these issues through several … Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to participate effectively in talks about a new international treaty on the high seas Exploring how …
Article, 27 November 2019
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India’s Mahatma Gandhi Guaranteed Employment programme
… a key example for payments for ecosystem services (PES) to learn about successful combinations of social and environmental objectives to … related case studies, please visit the ‘Publications’ section of the IIED project linked at the bottom of this page. …
Publication, 01 March 2018
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… and practice communities to reflect on what is new and distinctive about this finance, what is needed research-wise, as well as the ways in … This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David Satterthwaite, examining different aspects of … of how such finance relates to multiple fields of enquiry about urban ecologies, economies and governance. With thanks to Giuseppe …
Insight, 25 April 2022
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
Insight, 23 October 2017
An IIED workshop in September 2016 that focused on conceptualising 'better evidence' (Photo: Celie Manuel/IIED)
Generating better evidence for sustainable development research and evaluation
… may be threatened by insufficient investment and disagreement about what that evidence should look like. Within IIED we are asking ourselves whether and how we can use the experiential … and Has a high level of validity and reliability, and is transparent about its own methodological basis. A group of IIED researchers and …
Project, 24 March 2017
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National Workshop on Biodiversity and Enviromental Governance : Safeguarding ecosystems for human well-being
… gap in their implementation. Participants raised serious concerns about the rapid industrialisation process and the impacts this is having … IIED …
Publication, 01 December 2006
A market takes place in the village of Tiogo next to the Tiogo Forest in Burkina Faso. With much of the food and hand crafts on sale from the forest, the community is dependent on the conservation of the forest to maintain their livelihoods (Photo: CIF Action, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards a fairer future for conservation
… of high conservation importance to national and global-level concerns about watershed protection, biodiversity and climate change. There are … every day, but are they fair? Across all walks of life, concern about unfairness and inequality is growing, as clearly indicated in the … strong rhetoric and policies, and implementation on the ground. IIED is committed to shaping a fairer future . Both for reasons of …
Insight, 05 September 2016
Women smallholders replanting rice in the irrigated area around the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Water and land rights – hand-in-hand for sustainable development
… from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and partners from Mali and Senegal. 'Water for development', the … in December. As a result, many of the sessions and workshops were about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and how to ensure water … every level. No national without local This means that we cannot talk about national development without talking about local development, and …
Insight, 25 September 2015
Our successful animation was devised to popularise the Sustainable Development Goals. But that doesn't mean we didn't make mistakes (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
Global goals, global audience – how well did we score?
… channel  – that we created three months ago to raise awareness about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential of the … to use an animation reflected a significantly different approach for IIED. Rather than highlighting specific areas of our own expertise or … by a child actor in Cairo. And of course we thought carefully about the backing music before we chose Soar Beyond the Clouds, by Chris …
Insight, 18 September 2015