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This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?
… them to collectively access and manage finance – for example through community funding mechanisms Encouraging examples are emerging that … sector sometimes finds itself competing with the public sector initiatives led by the multilateral development banks, who rather than 'crowding … What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable? …
Insight, 19 June 2018
Information and communications technologies for sustainable development
… on the rise in poor countries, but work best when tailored to community needs and ways of working and how ICT projects for development often fail because they are designed as technology-led service provision rather than development-led, people-centred initiatives. ICTs are key strategic tools for improving livelihoods and …
Project, 30 July 2008
Peter DeMarsh, who died in the Ethiopian Airways crash on 10 March 2019 (Photo: Teresa Sarroca)
IIED remembers Peter DeMarsh
… farmers based on his own appreciation, compassion and mutual respect for them – whatever their background. Despite his own humility, he … 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 …
News, 14 March 2019
Drying medicinal plants, the knowledge of which is passed down through generations. In South Asia alone, there are more than 8,000 plant species with known medicinal value (Photo: Bioversity International/B. Sthapit)
Sustaining local food systems and agricultural biodiversity
Project, 15 August 2013
A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)
Show me the money!
… poor work with local government to co-produce solutions. But this community-led action needs finance to support it. Truly transformative development … be effectively channelled to the local level to support grassroots initiatives that respond to local needs. Moreover, this process has …
Insight, 18 October 2016
Delegates at the 4th Session of the Ministerial Monitoring Committee of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in West Africa (Photo: GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS water ministers agree to build fairer dams
… reaffirm their commitment to a shared and common approach to sustainable management of the water resources their populations rely on … now need to be officially adopted by the ECOWAS Council of Ministers for it to be applied to its member states. States will then need to … states, basin organisations and civil society that began in 2009, led by the ECOWAS Water Resources Coordination Unit, with the support of …
News, 16 December 2015
A CCAFS and CIAT participatory photography project in Chiquimula, Guatemala. A framework on how to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches is now available. (Photo: Gian Betancourt/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Paper outlines framework to monitor and evaluate social learning approaches
… there is still a lack of robust evidence on the best methods for bringing about social learning, and in what contexts it contributes … while making methodologies and approaches available to development initiatives. The two-day workshop, organised by IIED, brought together … tailored means Intermediate outcome indicator Engagement has led towards a change in collective understanding of the problem and …
Insight, 13 February 2015
Recovering wildlife populations in Namibia are largely attributed to policies that give local people rights to benefit from wildlife on their land (Photo: Ronald Woan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
There’s justice in the battle for biodiversity 
… of at least 3.2 billion people. Despite the stakes, biodiversity initiatives are failing. Since the 1970s, there has been a 660% increase … aid for local wildlife stewardship really works .  Locally-led action for global gains When aid and development budgets are carefully accounted for, supporting community efforts to tackle ecosystem degradation offers an extremely …
Insight, 28 June 2018
Pits at Bekily sapphire mine in Toliara are on average 18 meters deep (Photo: Andry Rabemanantsoa/GIZ PAGE Madagascar)
Improving governance in Madagascar's artisanal and small-scale mining sector from the ground up
Project, 08 March 2017
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
… The World Conservation Congress was instrumental in defining the path for moving those agreements into action. Congress objectives The congress aimed to: Inspire the international community to take action for nature by demonstrating its critical role … International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples INMIP), which is led by Asociacion ANDES with support from IIED, were shared, in addition …
Event, 01 September 2016