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Wind farm outside Adigrat, northern Ethiopia.
Scaling up renewable technologies: incremental or transformational change?
… their commercial viability. In Ethiopia, the only private sector-led component of the SREP is the clean energy- SME Capacity Building and … from the private sector.  Most of the Ethiopian plan is public sector led because the Ethiopian government believes it should invest in a … SREP, the government also sees this predominantly as a public sector-led effort. The proposed Central Renewable Energy Fund (CERF) in Nepal, …
Insight, 08 July 2013
PLA 27: Participation, Policy and Institutionalisation
… the complete issue. Contents Editorial Reflections from farmer-led trials in India T. Barik, R.N. Mohapatra, P.L. Pradhan and B.P. … up or scaling down? Kamal Kar and Sue Phillips Going to scale: community resource appraisal and planning in the Philippines Larry P. Nacionales …
Article, 30 September 1996
Seeds carefully picked from a pile of rotting and old beans in Mali.
Food waste: can grassroots initiatives stop us throwing good food in the bin?
… de Sélingué – a women’s cooperative which prepared food for an IIED-led meeting I attended in Mali. One lady I observed was bent over a … recycling. FareShare redistributes surplus food to a network of community organisations that support vulnerable people. It acts as a … And, at the same time, problems like increased food waste, natural resource scarcity and overflowing landfills soar. But even here, in a …
Insight, 04 June 2013
A community in Bangladesh maps out their local resources and plans for an emergency.
Lessons from Bangladesh for a post-Sandy New York
… but it cannot solve the problem by itself. Investment in human and community knowledge, awareness and capacity is also necessary. Special … advise the city on adaptation for its critical infrastructure. She co-led the Metropolitan East Coast Regional Assessment, sponsored by the … R. Khan is a professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Management (DESM) at North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. …
News, 22 January 2013
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans.
Niger: Tough questions posed by the Kandadji dam development
… in seeds and fertiliser, as well as to pay an annual water management fee to fund the operation of pumps and the maintenance of … examples in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal. The World Bank-led planners of Kandadji Dam have spent millions of dollars on all the …
Insight, 19 April 2013
Supporting Adaptation to Climate Change: What role for Official Development Assistance?
Article, 14 November 2008