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Woman collects water for irrigation in Selingue, Mali. Photo: Khanh Tran-Thanh
Ensuring water is equitably allocated and governed
… of central Mali, 35% of pumps are broken. The root cause is the water community's failure to plan for the maintenance of the infrastructure in … sustainable if handpumps continue to fail in such large numbers. IIED led a regional consortium under the Global Water Initiative from 2007-12 … considerations when analysing more efficient and equitable water management for irrigation. For example, who has access to such land and …
Project, 05 August 2013
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?
Insight, 19 June 2018
The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Does green growth miss the majority?
… such as the World Bank and the OECD (PDF)  is that a more resource-efficient model of development will help the poorest by … always detrimental to the environment? How have the greening efforts led by governments, authorities or international institutions impacted … stories of change. Consider, for example, the Zabaleen – a Christian community who migrated to the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, in the 1940s. …
Insight, 18 February 2016
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 2 Towards a meaningful evaluation for project staff and villagers
Publication, 01 January 1997
Women walking along Sélingué dam in Mali, June 2014 (Photo: Lucile Robinson/GWI West Africa)
ECOWAS encourages states to learn from returns on investment of large dams in West Africa
… and economic experts from the 15 states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet in Ouagadougou, Burkina … returns from agricultural and hydropower components Recent research led by GWI West Africa on the Bagré dam in Burkina Faso and the … Natural resource management …
News, 25 March 2015
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
Article, 27 December 2013
A discussion on protected area governance in a stakeholder workshop with a community on the edge of Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda (Image: Francesca Brooker/IIED)
Q&A: How can we achieve 'fairer conservation'?
… with newly-established conservation areas (eg indigenous peoples' and community-conserved territories and areas), there is much less evidence … confirmed by practical experience, indicates that equity in natural resource management and conservation (but not necessarily in other … on the results, these have much more credibility than an externally led, 'expert' assessment The assessment process builds stakeholder …
Article, 27 February 2018
Vietnam's Cuu Long Delta Rice Research Institute is working on developing rice strains that are more tolerant to heat, increased salinity and longer periods under water (Photos: V. Meadu/CCAFS)
New publication studies climate finance at national level
News, 20 March 2015
Justice in the forests: a series of short films
… has such devastating environmental impacts. It presents the case for community managed forests as a possible solution to charcoal production … remaining areas of protected forest left in the country. This rare resource has been at the centre of a battle between the government of … allow local people to gain substantial benefits from the forest has led to a proliferation of unauthorised chainsaw operators, who now …
Article, 15 April 2011
Artisanal and small-scale miners in Madagascar show the dynamic nature of the sector (Photo: Fitsum Weldegiorgis/IIED)
Talking sustainable development in the troubled world of ASM
… Development Goals (SDGs) – if people-centred planning and responsible management are put at the heart of it. Putting pressure on the mining … diseases. Strong local groups and institutions can help to build the community cohesion and resilience that is essential to implement … The dialogue methodologies are now being used in Madagascar by a GIZ-led programme, and additional dialogues and global knowledge transfer …
Insight, 25 October 2016