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Annual report 2007/08
… Human settlements Supporting slum dwellers’ savings plans:  community savings schemes and initiatives can improve life dramatically for the urban poor. IIED began … developing countries. Cultivating a just global food system:  an IIED-led consortium of researchers and development practitioners unearthed …
Page, 23 December 2008
Pakistan's Sarhad Rural Support programme deals with constant uncertainty and disruptive events. Here goods are delivered to flood victims in Chitral (Photo: Gul Hamaad Farooqui, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What can Southern NGOs teach us about disruptive change?
… donors and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to community-based groups in the global South, respond to these changes – … at the strategic implications of disruption and its drivers (see for example the ' Riding the Wave' report , ' Tomorrow's World (PDF) … into 2016 with a focus on peer-to-peer Southern NGO learning led by these insights. We'll also be reflecting more closely on what …
Insight, 26 January 2016
IIED researchers in Uganda: "IIED works with small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs), municipal governments, pastoral communities, representatives of urban poor federations, smallholder farming groups, and other poorly represented interests" (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Reflections on my time as IIED director
… of £5m, the organisation had been losing influence and position for some years. From today's vantage point, summer 2003 seems a very … development communications. Generating ideas at the cutting edge of sustainable development debates , and making sure we thought through the … of climate change for work across all our programmes. Saleemul Huq led this process, making the case for why climate change matters hugely …
Insight, 05 March 2015
An area of forest in Tanzania, where REDD+ activities have included the support of community land use planning and the provision of alternative livelihoods (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
Tackling deforestation as part of climate action
Insight, 17 December 2015
A group of women in a forest smile as they hold out handfuls of coffee beans
Producer agency and voice in certification schemes
… At the same time, perceived issues with ‘third party’ schemes have led to a number of companies moving away from such schemes. A recent … has been challenging. Buyers are reluctant to include a minimum price for producers which reflects the true costs of production. In SPP, … it will be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals . Additional resources: Watch a recording …
Insight, 26 March 2021
Hundreds of power-tillers from China lie unused in Ethiopia. They can be used to plow, power a water-pump, and generate electricity, but low sales were thought to be caused by a lack of technical information, showing how China's role in African agriculture must be researched (Photo: IFPRI-IMAGES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
Insight, 06 April 2016
The Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India) Trust offers savings, loans and micro credit schemes (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)
People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
… and a shared sense of belonging to that place. So, how do you bring a community together in a slum where people aren’t allowed to ‘belong’ … facing the community. The first problem was piles of garbage which led to high numbers of mosquitoes. One Saturday he encouraged the … and active Federation, but also critical to take pro-poor development initiatives to scale.” These organisations prove that the urban poor can …
Insight, 17 October 2011
A Chinese journalist interviews fellow journalists in Kenya (Photo: YiDe Media)
China-Africa relations: Fresh perspectives from Chinese journalists on environmental challenges
… to educate Chinese consumers "Ivory is a sign of wealth for Chinese consumers, thus the societal opinion matters," one … whose conservation was made possible through civil society movements led by Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai — one of the journalists praised … generating evidence and informing policymakers, we believe that our initiatives to make Chinese voices from the field heard and to raise …
Insight, 02 May 2014
With nations lagging, cities take lead in adapting to climate change
Insight, 06 June 2011
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129 8 Scaling-up Community Efforts to Reach the MDGs - An Assessment of Experience from the Equator Prize
… Document begins: 129 8 Scaling-up Community Efforts to Reach the MDGs ­ An Assessment of Experience from … of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as a guiding framework for development assistance, considerations of the role to be played by … scaled-up. The reality is, however, that these discussions have not led to an improved understanding of what it means to `scale-up', and the …
Publication, 01 January 1970