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Relocated street vendors operate in the car park below the alun-alun of the Masjid Raya Mosque in Bandung, but this basement area does not attract many customers and vendors have to breathe in car and motorcycle fumes due to the poor air circulation (Photo: Kemal Jufri/Panos Pictures)
Building trust through dialogue with street-food vendors
… For many vendors, the costs of moving are more than economic. Vendors operating around the large open area (the alun-alun) in front of the … to solve these problems together", says Seterhen 'Saska' Akbar, the chief executive of the NGO Laboratorium Riset Indie, lead partner for …
Insight, 05 November 2015
A man walks past the river Niger in Mopti, Mali.
Bamako baroke – talking politics and drinking tea
… revenge on Tuareg civilians for the rebel Aguel’hoc massacre . Mali’s chief negotiator, Tiébilé Dramé, has demonstrated skill and patience, …
Insight, 12 June 2013
Rainforest logged to make way for palm oil plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Deforestation for agribusiness is destroying habitats and the ecosystems upon which local communities depend (Photo: David Gilbert/RAN, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law and political economy of the global resource squeeze: can action rise to the challenge?
… interview was compiled by  Teresa Corcoran , communications content officer in  IIED's Communications Group . …
Article, 04 March 2019
A proper technological integration would make feasible the implementation of more micro-grids such as this one, pictured, on Chile's border with Bolivia (Photo: Boris Lopicich)
What will speed up the micro-grid revolution?
… is good news for the low-carbon energy transition. Ryan Levinson, chief executive officer of SunFunder, says: "Increasingly, the story is about how cell … rural communities, can be avoided by implementing new approaches to operating and maintaining plants, or even by alerting local suppliers …
Insight, 24 November 2015
Collins Ade (washer, 17)
Voices from artisanal mining communities in Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
… my children the best of education. Philip Carthy (fair trade mine officer, 28) I started mining in primary school. I used to go the site … I come from when I lost my father to chieftaincy disputes. He was an chief until he met his untimely death. My mother was involved in an …
Article, 19 January 2016
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… and ensure an inclusive and sustainable post-COVID recovery. IIED chief economist Paul Steele explains : “By adopting large-scale debt … fairer and more sustainable. IIED communications and advocacy officer Natalie Lartey reflects on the programme in this blog and paper …
Article, 23 December 2020
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… Speakers: Hon. Solly Msimanga (Mayor of Tshwane), Shannon Bouton (chief operating officer, McKinsey Center for Business and Environment); Shewangizaw …
Event, 06 November 2017