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Man handing a package to another man. They are all wearing face masks.
Are India’s social protection schemes ‘future fit’?
Insight, 09 October 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 … the support of a local NGO, the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC). The methodologies adopted by Mahila Milan and … (SDI) Federations change social relations both within and beyond the community and offer a gendered response to poverty. …
Publication, 01 February 2011
Women pulling fishing nets through shallow water
Steering gender to the centre of the blue economy
… awareness and promote gender equality in ocean-related research, management and policymaking. But there is still a long way to go. No … in Tanzania, where the expansion of the fish exports trade has led to the promotion of industrial fish processing factories. While … whether talking about fiscal policy and incentive-based management, or natural capital accounting, or impact investment or …
Insight, 06 June 2019
A flooded street in an informal settlement
To stay ahead of climate change, cities need to act now
Insight, 04 June 2019
How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)
It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
… , have developed alternative ways of providing funding based around community savings schemes that pool resources at the community, city and … that have been added to savings to form local funds for community-led upgrading, including the development of housing and basic services. … when investments come from their own community savings groups. Local management enables local groups to identify low-cost ways of making …
Insight, 08 July 2015
An image of an artisanal fisher in Kiribati casting his net into the water; 90 per cent of all fishers are small-scale or artisanal (Photo: Quentin Hanich/WorldFish, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Towards an inclusive blue economy
… chance to dig into the excellent work on oceans and coastal fisheries led by IIED's Essam Yassin Mohammed . What is the 'blue economy'? 'Blue … and leisure industries, all of which are threatened by unsustainable resource use of different kinds, from over-fishing to bad coastal management practices. This adds to the damage being done, for example, …
Insight, 01 June 2016
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… on air pollution. Reporting on road accidents, for example, has often led to concerted action. Similarly, understanding the health impacts of … communities are important.   There are many examples of household and community-level action on risks. For instance, communities have led on … organisations working with government agencies and within local resource constraints. When there is no local risk data Where formal …
Insight, 08 May 2017
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Community-driven development for water and sanitation in urban areas: its contribution to meeting the Millennium Development Goal targets
… Community organizations working with local NGOs have been responsible … These were often supported by loan finance that helped households or community organizations to fund improved provision for water and … of new homes with improved provision. Some of these initiatives led to more effective and much less costly ways to develop the trunk …
Publication, 01 April 2005
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PLA 62: Wagging the dragon's tail: emerging practices in participatory poverty reduction in China
… on case studies from internationally funded projects, including a community-led monitoring and evaluation project – the China Watershed Management Project (CWMP). It also includes other articles on …
Publication, 01 August 2011
Lions on the move in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. While populations of lions have increased by 12% in four countries, including Botswana, studies show a 43% overall decline from 1993-2014 (Photo: Barrett, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
To save Africa's wildlife, conservation needs a radical shake-up
… trade between 2010 and 2016. Most has been invested in protected area management and law enforcement. But the focus on fences, fines and guns has, in many places, led to human rights abuses, restricted people's livelihoods and caused … – lack incentives to do so. To turn things around, wildlife management must become a viable option for them.  If conservation is …
Insight, 03 March 2018