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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 8 Investigating local markets using PRA
… women, all of whom were low-level learners. Four of Income generating initiatives in communities the group were totally illiterate, but they … we describe some of the marketing tools `market' was lacking in many community that adapt PRA methods. development initiatives where we work … for their business If it is to succeed, any business must be led by ideas using PRA tools1. This project is part of the `market', and …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Rhinos in the Serengeti National Park. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that poachers killed at least 1,338 rhinos across Africa in 2015 (Photo: Nicholas Maxim, Creative Commons via Flickr)
New report: local people are crucial to combating illegal wildlife trade
… in poaching as a result, and A Wild Foundation case study of a community elephant conservation initiative in Mali where elephants are being protected by youth-led forest brigades (PDF) . The project is recruiting young men into …
News, 03 August 2016
Residents of Tsandi, a settlement in the Omusati region of northern Namibia, look at the community-led sanitation installation for houses being built by the Shack Dwellers' Federation of Namibia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Namibia's women lead the way in housing development
… to help the urban poor – upgrading informal settlements, support for community self-help housing, and social housing for very low-income … their organising capabilities, such as Gobabis and Tsandi. This led to federation women completing 245 houses, between June 2014 and … a new lease of life to activities such as the savings fund and youth initiatives. Although there was no immediate response from the …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… for family forestry and his persuasive leadership capabilities led to him becoming chair of the Canadian Federation of Woodlot Owners … Controlled Forestry’ between financiers and indigenous people, community foresters and family forest smallholders run by The Forest … his constituency, he found common cause with indigenous and community forest rights-holders, and founded what was provocatively …
News, 14 March 2019
Low-cost solar lanterns enable a boy to study at home in the small village of Shidhulai in the Natore District of northwestern Bangladesh (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Universal energy access: combining public and private sector efforts
… , and real-time monitoring technologies are helping private sector initiatives to build low-income markets. Social entrepreneurs and … enterprise? Our report explores some established and emerging donor-led programmes supporting private enterprise, including Infrastructure … and risk guarantees as they mature. Customers may be able to use community savings schemes, or credit-based schemes, possibly with …
Insight, 30 September 2014
Isiolo County, Kenya: dryland areas make up more than 80 per cent of Kenya's land and are home to some four million pastoralists (Photo: James Patison/IIED)
A new approach to climate resilient drylands agriculture
… reflected within its pages. This book provides new and compelling community perspectives that policy-led strategies for the drylands need to adapt if they are to be truly …
News, 27 April 2015
A stallholder measures her produce in a marketplace
Sustainable diets for all 
… Healthy and diverse consumption: working with small businesses and community groups the programme promoted healthy food choices that … and enduring achievement. The skills gained across the programme led to the definition of highly relevant advocacy agendas that resulted … markets and healthy consumption. The programme used multi-actor initiatives to bring people that work in food systems together, and to …
Project, 13 October 2016
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) logo on top of arial photo of Niamey, Niger
Urban ARK work programmes and locations
… traps The ReMapRisk tool and linked action planning workshops has led to five strategic action projects in Karonga and another in Mzuzu, … loss data and social vulnerability. Karonga, Malawi: applied a community-level vulnerability and capacity assessment method to address … with Urban ARK, particularly in Nairobi, to strengthen the community of practice.  Niamey, Niger: research explored resilience …
Article, 26 August 2018
Nepal: space to debate, opportunities to act
… set of circumstances. Years of conflict and widespread civil unrest led to the ending of autocratic rule by the monarchy and the transfer of … is well known internationally (there are around 18,000 organised community groups actively managing forests). The draft amendment would … at this fascinating and challenging time for the forest sector. GFP initiatives are already active in Mozambique, Ghana, Liberia and …
Insight, 24 March 2011
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Independent Research Forum (IRF): supporting change for a sustainable future
… diverse team members somehow managed to quickly develop a sense of community and purpose that allowed them to step away from their own … Contact made with Caribbean negotiators in the Open Working Group led to CANARI being invited to support negotiators from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  This relationship continued beyond the SDGs …
Project, 14 December 2018