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How collective action can influence the direction of a land reform: lessons learned from civil society mobilisation in Senegal
… policy options at some length and depth but spend less time thinking about their strategies for action and influence in this domain, even … How can they engage in constructive dialogue while being vigilant about the risks of manipulation? How can they influence the process and …
Publication, 22 February 2021
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New routes for mainstreaming
… explains why integrating environment with development is not just about putting ‘green’ words in national plans. It presents acheivements and lessons learnt from an IIED project exploring how best to ensure environment is incorporated in …
Publication, 01 December 2010
The Saloum Delta Biosphere Reserve in Senegal (Photo: El Hadji Ballé Seye/UICN-Sénégal)
EBA Evidence and Policy: Senegal
Project, 02 April 2019
Street vendors in Karachi (Photo: Fareena Chandra/IIED)
Urban food security and consumption
… between rural and urban food security will also play their part. What IIED is doing Local priorities Accra's Old Fadama and Nairobi's Mathare … of food insecurity in an informal settlement in Nairobi. Read more about how IIED is working with Muungano wa Wanavijiji , a federation of Kenyan …
Project, 29 August 2014
The Swiss ski resort of Davos, which hosts the World Economic Forum (Photo: swiss-image.ch/Michael Buholzer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The glass is half full: in 2015 we need to demand that our leaders deliver
… This year's Davos agenda is all about crisis, conflict and instability, but is this really what is going … empty, this seems too gloomy. Look beyond the headlines screaming about terrorism and a new cold war, and you can perhaps see that in some … who lack access to improved sources of water." Find out more about IIED chief economist Paul Steele in the video interview below or watch …
Insight, 21 January 2015
Woman holding to mobile phones
Addressing gendered gaps in digital technology for a just and inclusive transition
… are rising and women are increasingly burdened with unpaid care work. IIED’s report on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic also notes that … for a gender just transition  These six actions can help bring about a more inclusive and gender-just economic transition by ensuring …
Insight, 08 March 2023
Outside of a milk bar
MoreMilk – reviewing policy options for the informal dairy trade
… expensive, and a sure way to push them out of business. What is IIED doing? MoreMilk is a research project about a light-touch approach to formalisation that has been or is being … conducted in the three countries, with varying degrees of success. IIED’s role in MoreMilk is to help assess how those policy innovations …
Project, 16 April 2019
A farmer in Bangladesh (Photo: ranakmartin/CIMMYT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Poverty Environment Partnership meeting focuses on Sustainable Development Goals
… roles. This year's PEP meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about the Bangladeshi experience at close hand, as well as learning from … (UNEP) , International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and International Centre for Climate Change and Development … , this year's event will be held at the BRAC conference centre . IIED chief economist Paul Steele said: "This is an important first …
News, 26 February 2016
A group of people gather around a pile of potatoes with mountains as a backdrop
Indigenous Peoples’ food systems hold the key to feeding humanity
… and UN agencies joined a virtual workshop (PDF) – co-hosted by IIED and Kew – to examine the role of Indigenous Peoples’ food systems … wellbeing, and land stewardship. Indigenous Peoples conserve about 80% of the world’s biodiversity and represent most of the world’s … of Indigenous food systems. In Chad, pastoralism contributes about 40% of GDP, in Kenya, COVID-19 is fuelling a revival of …
Insight, 23 October 2020
A woman in a yellow sari and wearing a facemask is standing in a field of crops. She is putting the plants into a bag tied around her waist.
Resilience through flexibility – the story of peri-urban agricultural workers in India
… face further uncertainty. This case study is part of work by IIED and partners exploring responses to occupational, environmental and … do something to sustain oneself” – Premlata Lodhi  Premlata worries about farm work declining in the coming years, as agricultural land is … forms of work is key to this resilience.  They express anxiety about the uncertainty of sustaining agriculture work in the future. But …
Article, 06 June 2022