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Children and local governance in urban areas
… David Satterthwaite …
Publication, 01 October 2021
A new sanitation block being constructed in Kibera settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Most of Kibera's residents don't have access to electricity or running water (Photo: Sustainable Sanitation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Finance for whom and for what?
… and what has been done so far – or is likely to be done by 2030. David Satterthwaite ( david.satterthwaite@iied.org ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 31 March 2015
Surveying residents in the settlement of Tank Mohalla, Bangalore, India (Photo: CSTEPIN, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local democracy as a substitute for data (and rather a good substitute too)
… instance mobile phones. But you cannot eat data. Or a mobile phone. David Satterthwaite ( david.satterthwaite@iied.org) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 16 January 2015
A Coca-Cola sign outside a small town in Benin. Bloomberg’s new health initiative will support cities to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, but this isn't the biggest health challenge facing low-income urban residents (Photo: Lorena Pajares, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bloomberg and public health: did he get it right?
… And as the Sustainable Development Goals say, "leave no-one behind".  David Satterthwaite (david.satterthwaite@iied.org) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 07 June 2017
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… is our duty to hope." More on Barbara Ward: www.iied.org/BarbaraWard David Satterthwaite (David.Satterthwaite@iied.org) is a senior fellow at IIED and visiting … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 27 May 2014
People need at least US$50 to survive for a month in Hanoi. This is twice the official urban poverty line (Photo via Commons Wikimedia/Google licence)
If we don't count the poor, the poor don't count
… be able to count the poor, and that means redrawing poverty lines. David Satterthwaite is senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group (david.satterthwaite@iied.org)  Download the research papers: Poverty … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 12 June 2014
Informal housing with open sewer
Broadening the understanding and measurement of urban poverty
… David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 05 May 2021
Women selling spices in the street
Getting attention to a much-neglected health agenda: occupational health and safety
… David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 27 April 2021
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
Insight, 06 November 2014
Around a billion urban dwellers live in informal settlements such as these. Without far more effective policies, their population could rise to 2 billion by 2030 (Photo: Mark Edwards)
Ten essentials for the New Urban Agenda in one page
… from the private sector and widen opportunities for young people. David Satterthwaite  ( david.satterthwaite@iied.org ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 19 July 2016