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Mumbai's Dharavi settlement has a thriving informal economy. The government's redevelopment schemes have been hit by controversy and stalled for more than a decade (Photo: Jon Hurd, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The SDGs don't adequately spell out cities' role in implementation
… set out the how and by whom – and with what funding and support.    David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow at IIED and visiting professor … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 12 October 2015
A daily savings book: local savings groups collect small payments from slum dwellers which can be leveraged to support slum upgrading projects (Photo: SDI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Transforming aid for urban areas
… David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 04 September 2018
Cover for G00527.pdf
Human Settlements at the World Urban Forum, Vancouver 2006
… the 1976 UN-Habitat Conference to the 2006 World Urban Forum.' by David Satterthwaite, as well as information on our work, our partners, the … David Satterthwaite …
Publication, 01 June 2006
There is often very little data available about people living in informal settlements such as these along the riverfront in Ahmedabad in India (Photo: Emmanuel Dyan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Is urban development too complicated for us?
… David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 17 May 2018
Cover for 11500IIED.pdf
Barbara Ward and the Origins of Sustainable Development
… and then a life peer (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth). In this book, David Satterthwaite describes her life and her works, especially the main … personal recollections about Barbara Ward from Maurice Strong, David Runnalls, Sartaj Aziz and Sir Richard Jolly. … David Satterthwaite …
Publication, 01 December 2006
Cover for G04186.pdf
Urban ARK 8: The possibilities and limitations of community-based disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation; findings across the city studies
… David Satterthwaite …
Publication, 01 November 2017
There is no government-provided water connection in the Shivaji Nagar slum area of Raipur. Under UN definitions, a household has "improved provision" for water even if it only has access to a public tap or standpipe. (Photo: indiawaterportal.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
… and lot more rigour in monitoring the achievement of the MDGs. Dr David Satterthwaite is the senior fellow in the Human Settlements Group at the … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 03 December 2013
Street scene, Karachi, Pakistan. Photo by Fareena Chanda
Can we change the goals of development without changing the implementers?
… mistakes of the MDGs.  This blog was first posted on www.IRF2015.org. David Satterthwaite is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group. … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 09 July 2014
Cover for 20611XCover.pdf
Cities for children: An overview of relevant issues
… David Satterthwaite …
Publication, 01 June 2021
Houses teeter on the edge of a river in Indonesia.
Beyond the Millennium Development Goals
… these points now, could lead to a future that everyone wants. A book David Satterthwaite co-authored with Diana Mitlin, acting head of IIED’s Human … David Satterthwaite …
Insight, 01 August 2012