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Cover image from EITI and sustainable development: Lessons and new challenges for the Caspian region
Study shows how to improve Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
… improve lives and ensure that extractive industries operate in a sustainable, environmentally responsible way. The report focuses on … on public monitoring of community development spending. Prioritise capacity building as an essential part of the EITI agenda, especially for local …
News, 14 March 2013
Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger
Global Water Initiative: Niger
… it is deemed to be in the public interest – as is the case with the building of dams and the development of irrigation schemes. However, … Greater coordination of management efforts was required to ensure sustainable use of the resource. Our aim was therefore to increase … Lamine Abagana ([email protected]), Social Mobilisation and Capacity-Building …
Project, 16 February 2018
Films shot two decades apart reveal environmental recovery and improved livelihoods in Africa
… based on improved traditions to conserve soil and water, local capacity building, tree-planting, work with women’s groups and sustained … the testimonies in the film, and looks at the current challenges of sustainable land management in a situation of changing climate. "Land …
News, 01 October 2010
Cover for G00357.pdf
Forest Governance Learning Group - Malawi, Improving Forest Governance - Improving Rural Livelihoods
Publication, 01 August 2005
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
Cover for G01402.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 4 Farmers as analysts and facilitators in Participatory Rural Appraisal & Planning
… In most development farmers are informants or at best data collectors. They do … on the analysis. This process looses the use of inherent analytical capacity of the farmers. The resultant development process although may … by the local villagers and also does not lead to institution building at the village level. This does not lead to building of an …
Publication, 01 January 1988
Women in Dhaka, Bangladesh queue to get access to a raised tube well; local indicators about access to water are essential for the SDGs (Photo: Development Planning Unit, UCL, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Where are the local indicators for the SDGs?
… With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets agreed, now there is a … and most recommendations are made with little consideration of the capacity to collect data or the cost. But some targets need many … of capacity The SDG recommendations stress the need for capacity building in statistics for national governments – but not for local …
Insight, 09 March 2016
Cover for G00044.pdf
SouthSouthNorth Adaptation Methodology
Publication, 01 January 1970
Kenya: Farmers visit a crop trial site to select the best sorghum varieties for climate resilience. Most climate change adaptation is done day-to-day by farmers, pastoralists, fishers and the urban poor. (Photo: S. Kilungo, CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs must carry us beyond Paris to 2030
… be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, when the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be agreed. The headline act for the first … The agenda is broad, and there is a risk of countries with weak capacity finding both data and policy implications unrealistic and …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Group of participants stand for a picture during the International Forest Connect workshop in Nepal in February 2013.
Forest Connect
… resource and business management that is critical for equitable and sustainable development. Unlike many industrial-scale business models, … business organisations ' and ' Securing the future: managing risk and building resilience of locally controlled forest businesses ' provide … was established in 2007 to address this challenge by building the capacity of a network of supporting agencies – sharing knowledge to …
Project, 12 September 2013