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Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… agencies is to green the economy by reorienting markets toward more sustainable economic activities. But this green economy agenda risks … formed by waste pickers across Africa, Asia and Latin America are building partnerships with urban authorities to claim their economic … severe time poverty women face. Currently, most governments lack the capacity to co-design the green economy agenda with informal …
Insight, 07 December 2015
Exploring fair trade timber
Project, 11 June 2008
Africa's water crisis: a quarter of a billion dollars down the drain
News, 20 March 2009
Tidal damage on the small island nation of Kiribati. Small island developing nations, especially the atoll nations of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Jodie Gatfield, AusAID)
Paris Agreement must stand on three pillars
Insight, 01 June 2015
Cover for G01763.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 3 Lessons from community empowerment programme formulation: mission-2 of UNDP, Bangladesh
Publication, 01 January 1998
A busy side street in the settlement of Dharavi
Invisiblising cities: the obsession with national statistics and international comparisons
… applies for water and sanitation data used to monitor progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Monitoring progress on the SDGs has become … data. And to fully utilise such data they need more power, capacity, funding and accountability. Getting this recognised remains a …
Insight, 25 February 2020
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
Article, 01 April 2010
David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… advancing the field of legal empowerment and strengthening people's capacity to exercise and defend their rights, has been working with … works to address those challenges.  The process begins by building a comprehensive inventory of rules that apply to the community. … solicitor and Legal Tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources Les conventions locales, …
Insight, 01 December 2016
Coming in for lunch in the rice fields near Inle Lake, Myanmar. Online databases can provide verified data on land conflicts and help resolve disputes and improve governance (Eric Brochu, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using online technology to empower communities facing land deals
… new tool, highlighted by Sam Szoke-Burke from the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) , is OpenLandContracts.org (OLC) . This … projects featured on the site. There is also a resources section for capacity building and training materials. …
Insight, 04 August 2016
Francisco Sagasti (Photo: CADE Peru via Flickr)
Negotiating a fair future at COP20
Insight, 28 November 2014