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Participants in IIED's 2015 Communications Learning Week join in a session on audience mapping (Photo: Kate Wilson/IIED)
Effective policy influence with a four-point plan
Insight, 20 May 2015
Street scene of small shops and a rickshaw in a city in South India.
BRICS urbanisation provides lessons for economic growth and social equity
… will have a big impact on economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability," says Gordon McGranahan of the … in the global economy. About 40 per cent of Russia’s cities are based on a single industry, and a single employer dominates in about a …
News, 05 December 2012
While one of the objectives of the 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification is to strengthen the visibility of the drylands on the international environmental agenda, much more is needed (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Celebrating the drylands
Insight, 17 June 2014
Public protests against new dams in Patagonia. RIMISP's study shows the need for public consultation on major infrastructure projects (Photo: Glenn Switkes/International Rivers, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Learning the lessons from Chile's energy transformation
… as their main source of fuel for heating and cooking, increasing the environmental costs. The rapid extension of energy infrastructure … regional and local priorities, as well as the economic, social and environmental dimensions of energy policies and investments. Lessons for … to shape national polices. The current draft targets for energy are based on renewable energy use as a share of the total consumption. That …
Insight, 23 March 2015
Cecil the lion, who was controversially hunted and killed last week, is pictured in 2014. But a ban on trophy hunting may not save lions and have unintended consequences (Photo: Vince O'Sullivan, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
IIED's best of 2015: blogs
… In her guest blog Rosie Cooney, chair of the IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy,  argued against a ban, saying … and mitigation, and previews the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA). The main challenge is whether to distinguish …
Article, 22 December 2015
Busy commuter traffic
What drives the world’s changing urban geographies?
… about the very large economic, technological, social, political, environmental and demographic changes that have underpinned or … enterprises (no drivers in autonomous cars).  Some mobile phone-based services are accessible to low-income groups – for instance for … and producing digital maps and data needed to plan upgrading.  Community surveys and monitoring are now helping to identify families …
Insight, 23 April 2020
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
Article, 23 December 2020
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan
Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?
… civil society (including smallholder farmers and farmer cooperatives, community organisations and non-governmental organisations at all … sessions. For example, Sonali Bisht from the Institute of Himalayan Environmental Research and Education in India, presented the … an SDG for sustainable food systems. It seems like the research community still has a long way to go before ‘sustainable food systems’ …
Insight, 07 November 2012
With food and climate change, policymakers risk betting on the wrong horse
News, 31 October 2011
Cover for G00418.pdf
Associations of Small & Medium Forest Enterprises (SMFEs)
Publication, 01 January 1970