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A cereal shop, a corner shop and a computer, printing and photocopy shop.
Energy, finance and community business – show us the money
… but most developers see their role limited to providing electricity. Building on bright ideas Finance is not the only barrier and emerging … – supports entrepreneurs through entrepreneurship funds, capacity building, and business hubs that provide training and mentoring. This … limited. Relief funds are being promised as part of efforts to ‘build back better’ and herein lies opportunity. Energy providers can be more …
Insight, 18 August 2020
An illustration with a speech bubble: "We're dealing with multiple intertwined crises" with scales and illustrations depicting climate change, COVID-19, rising inequalities and biodiversity loss
A green recovery from COVID-19? Not without climate, nature and development solutions
Insight, 26 November 2020
Comoros, the home of LDC negotiator Fatima Athoumani, has the Indian Ocean as a close neighbour (Photo: David Stanley, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
The sharp learning curve of an LDC negotiator
… has delivered these. In 2016, I participated in a European Capacity Building Initiative (ecbi) workshop. IIED leads the ecbi programme, … me. Each participant took on the role of a country and we negotiated back and forth until a common text was reached. We learnt the official …
Insight, 12 December 2018
Rural landscape with plants growing in the land. People gather in the background
IIED at 50 must be ready to listen and change: Liz Carlile and Tara Shine in conversation
… brought environment and development together – how important was that back in the 1970s?   TS:  Very. If I think back to my first interactions with IIED’s work, it was because of that … leadership role in the way that others get recognised. Again we go back to multilateral processes that are very Northern.  How do we …
Article, 19 August 2021
A view from high up of a city with tower blocks, framed by the sky.
Can global reporting bring about transformation?
… work draws to a close with the publication of the report, we look back and ask: what role will this report play in shifting political … worthwhile. Capturing diverse voices, experience and knowledge Building an equality agenda requires asking difficult questions about …
Insight, 12 October 2022
A group of young people, men and women, walk in line holding protest signs (saying things such as "fight for our future") as part of a march
Stockholm+50: priorities for re-energising global action
Insight, 07 June 2022
An aerial view of a town covered in floodwater.
How can loss and damage finance reach those enduring climate catastrophe?
Insight, 13 September 2022
Three women sit on the floor for a meeting
Responding to COVID-19 in a high-density low-income district in Mumbai
… tenements My name is Selvi. For four years I have lived in Indian Oil building no. 8/C, room no. 304. Most residents of Indian Oil are people … run into the various tenement buildings. We decided to open the building gates at given times, such as 8-11.30 in the morning and 6-8 in … many men who used to stay alone here but now they have gone home, back to their families. The bottom of the tenements at Indian Oil Nagar, …
Insight, 13 May 2020
Rural welders use mini-grid electricity to generate income (Photo: Energy Change Lab)
Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion
… to reap the benefits of the new supply.  Ashura learned how capacity building programmes in Chang’ombe and Dongo are showing villagers how to … is as basic as how to operate a popcorn-making machine Feeding back to the community From the learning journey, Ashura was ready to take what she had learnt from other ‘productive use’ champions back to her community to inspire others to harness the potential of …
Insight, 19 September 2018
Man on a dried beach. Palm trees with roots uncovered.
IIED at 50: making IIED future fit
… : Picking up Anna’s point on climate justice, research has a role in building an inclusive and equitable world. A question IIED might want to … a developing country and being asked to make active contributions to back-to-back meetings, webinars, workshops... We’re adapting new ways of … where you want to go in the future? CG: The work I’m doing at IIED is building on what I did with Liberia – researching ways to address the …
Article, 20 December 2021