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28 results found
for: blogs theme poverty
Q&A: Two years on, blog series maintains its focus – in changing and challenging times
… IIED launched the
blog
series ‘The transition to a predominantly urban world’ in January … David Satterthwaite (DS), who curates the series, reflects on the 50
blogs
published to date. He highlights the topics that have really … informal settlement upgrading and rethinking responses to urban
poverty
(with Diana Mitlin). Q: Did any particular themes emerge from …
Article, 09 May 2022
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 … as well as business closures and curfews, all led to rising levels of
poverty
(especially for informal workers). COVID-19 often led to …
Blog, 04 July 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 … … Guntoro Gugun Muhammad … Dian Tri Irawaty … Food and agriculture …
Poverty
… Urban … The transition to a predominantly urban world … …
Blog, 25 May 2022
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 … national and international advocacy organisations that have supported
them
, conceptually as well as logistically, in framing issues through a … also, in Saurabh Arora and Divya Sharma’s words, how ‘ power produces
poverty
’ – so rights strategies cannot just rely on the provision of …
Blog, 26 May 2020
Critical theme: tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption
… , report by Thomas Piketty and Lucas Chancel, 2015 About the Critical
Theme
series IIED set up the 'Critical
Theme
' discussion series to … Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR) and its work on reducing urban
poverty
, and the importance of meaningful stakeholder reporting . … …
Event, 20 April 2016
Leading on nature: can the new Secretary of State deliver bold action on environment and poverty?
… before you count the fact that 100 million more people will be in
poverty
unless we tackle this.” We welcome the new minister’s passion …
poverty
. IIED's institutional strategy for 2019-2024 focuses on these
themes
and we look forward to working with a DFID that has been … inquiry into UK aid for combating climate change. Her recent
blog
describes the key steps we believe DFID could take to strengthen …
Blog, 31 May 2019
Introduction to urban crises and forced displacement
… long-standing work of the Human Settlements research group on urban
poverty
, governance, risk and resilience. It takes our understanding of … partnership with YARID, a refugee-led organisation in Kampala. The
theme
of urban displacement was also explored in the Mogadishu case … and IDPs in urban areas. We have discussed this work in a series of
blogs
and a podcast . The study also aims to bring the voices of …
Article, 23 October 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 … 'follow us' ". The LDCs take climate action seriously. Many of
them
are planning their contributions to the 2015 agreement and doing … others forward, provided this doesn't undermine their efforts toward
poverty
eradication and sustainable development. As the countries that …
Blog, 04 June 2014
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’ … and girls. Due to COVID-19, 47m more women globally will live in
poverty
in 2021. The pandemic led to a profoundly gender-inequitable … hygiene (WASH) . Not only do WASH deficits result in gendered time
poverty
and stymie vital efforts to maintain hygiene during the …
Article, 11 September 2020
Development and Climate Days 2018
… levels, looking ahead to 2020. This year's D&C Days event had the
theme
‘Global ambition. Local action. Climate resilience for … climate risks for communities experiencing multidimensional
poverty
and persistent vulnerabilities. Panellists reflected on what … rise and share lessons for adaptation at the local scale Read a
blog
published on the Braced website Read a story about climate impacts …
Event, 08 December 2018
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