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Cover for G02799.pdf
From amazzi to amazi: it’s not a water problem (PLA 61)
… more participative, grassroots, information-based approach centred on Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS). The authors describe the effects of the … on multiple relationships within and between communities, community leaders and the sponsoring NGO. Participatory Learning and …
Publication, 01 November 2010
A man sprays disinfectant onto a person's hands
How Dhaka's urban poor are dealing with COVID-19
… – through text messages from a close-knit network of around 150 community reporters. The streets of Dhaka, usually bustling with life … acts of mutual aid have been a lifeline for those hit hardest.    Community-level responses Organised community-level responses to the … of a health emergency.”  Drawing on their local knowledge, they have led efforts to organise communities to protect themselves and to ensure …
Insight, 01 July 2020
The Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many informal settlements are built on steep slopes, exposing them to landslides (Photo: Outdoor Life, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Can one billion people in informal settlements be protected from climate change?
… the systems fundamental to adapting to climate change. Learning from community organisations For city governments, addressing these issues is … these community-driven upgradings . Community organisations have led many of these initiatives over the last 20 years. They include many by federations of …
Insight, 06 March 2018
A man walking in a flooded street
Transitioning to a better global ‘new normal’
Insight, 22 April 2020
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Gender Issues and Slum/Shack Dweller Federations
… by women. This paper documents the emergence of the first women-led slum dweller Federation, Mahila Milan, which was established in … (SDI) Federations change social relations both within and beyond the community and offer a gendered response to poverty. …
Publication, 01 February 2011
Delegates at CBA12 in Malawi gather around a table and write on a document
CBA13: galvanising locally-based adaptation in a crunch year for climate action
Insight, 22 January 2019
The Nairobi Declaration will be taken to this year's UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP21) by Fatima Mohamed Hussein, on behalf of the Kenyan government, the conference hosts (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Global leaders must not neglect the world's poor and vulnerable
… As the 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA9) closes in Nairobi, … Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Huq added: "Participant-led initiatives like CBA9 show the level of initiative that is taking place …
News, 30 April 2015
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Sustainability index of rural water services: Burkina Faso and Niger
… this phase of the GWI programme, GWI in West Africa was a consortium led by the International Institute for Environment and Development …
Publication, 01 August 2014
A group of people holding a tree seedling
Harnessing the power of bees to benefit forest and people
… in countries across the world were getting involved... The Loitokitok Community Forest Association (LCFA) has been active since 2005, with … and survey instances of illegal logging. Cases are reported to the Community Forest Association, which works with Kenya Forest Service … the project is developing!  Supporting beekeeping in Uganda : IIED led a project in Uganda that aimed to develop 'pro-poor' tourism income …
Insight, 26 March 2020
Community-led mapping in the informal settlement of Mathare in Nairobi, Kenya, helps to record and reflect local people's needs and priorities (Photo: Sohel Ahmed)
Q&A: Why do we need a philosophy for better evidence?
Article, 14 March 2017