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What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?
… learned and recommendations for future pandemic preparedness. Common themes Despite clear differences in responses to the pandemic, some similarities were apparent across the focus cities. Five common themes emerged: 1. Informality multiplied COVID-19's impacts in informal … wide-ranging social protection responses The pandemic’s social and economic impacts were felt in myriad ways, making a one-size-fits-all …
Blog, 04 July 2022
Law, economies and justice: a new programme
… first-hand the social and ecological consequences of deepening economic transformations – from large-scale investments in agriculture, … grassroots groups, governments and multilateral agencies. In this blog, I share some of our thoughts on key concepts shaping our work, … opportunities for our work to bridge theory and practice. We tackle themes that cut across procedural justice – who has what say in decision …
Blog, 04 October 2022
Seeking cheaper, better quality rice: the cooperative rice distribution project in Jakarta
… We have published many blogs on civil society’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, writes blog … Satterthwaite . We are now planning a new series of blogs on this theme with the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) . This is the … poor had an especially hard time coping with both the health and economic aspects of the COVID-19 crisis. With lockdowns, curfews and …
Blog, 25 May 2022
Taking stock: community responses to COVID-19 in cities
… pandemic in informal settlements, to counter its devastating social, economic and health impacts. Many are federations of savings groups, … about their COVID-19 experiences.  This is the latest in a  series of blogs and interviews , curated by IIED senior fellow David … global urban change.  To date, 11 blogs have been published on this theme including nine city case studies. Although these show diverse …
Blog, 19 October 2021
Critical theme: tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption
… Green Economy?  website to provide a platform to share ideas on a new economic model to tackle climate change and protect the environment. … , report by Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel, 2015 About the Critical Theme series IIED set up the 'Critical Theme' discussion series to … poverty , and  the importance of meaningful stakeholder reporting . … Economics … Sustainable markets … Critical theme: tackling inequality …
Event, 20 April 2016
COVID-19 and the sites of rights resilience
… that reimagining that relation is emerging as an important theme in debates about the future of the human rights regime post … actors have mobilised human rights to address wide-ranging socio-economic and political issues – from protecting rights in the face of … national and international advocacy organisations that have supported them, conceptually as well as logistically, in framing issues through a …
Blog, 26 May 2020
Climate action: Diplomats' discussions yield four themes for 2014
… their fair share to the global response to climate change. This theme of action by all nations, which ran throughout our discussion last … under the 2015 agreement.  These moves come despite the limited economic capacities of these countries, and their minuscule contribution … 'follow us' ".  The LDCs take climate action seriously. Many of them are planning their contributions to the 2015 agreement and doing …
Blog, 04 June 2014
Displacement and the pandemic
… of a new IIED series that offers forward-looking responses on key themes during the pandemic, drawing on our partners' insights and … how, in contexts of continuous struggle, the smallest of changes in economic or social environments can have compounding effects. This is …
Article, 19 August 2020
Addressing gendered and other inequalities will be central to COVID-19 recovery
… series that brings together forward-looking responses on specific themes in reaction to the coronavirus pandemic, drawing on our partners’ … than women. At the same time, the pandemic’s social and economic impacts have been particularly dire for women and girls. Due to … violence against women; and measures to tackle deep-seated social and economic inequalities. Resources: Below is a selection of online …
Article, 11 September 2020
World Water Week 2016: key resources
… wide range of issues relating to water across the globe. This year's theme is 'Water for Sustainable Growth', with water seen as central to … this year's World Water Week, we have collected a number of related blogs and publications to read and download. Water for all For this … IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group , discussed in her blog for World Water Day  how the United Nations is now promoting the …
Article, 24 August 2016