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Report warns of future food crises in Africa's poorest nations
… adopt an entirely new strategy for the region," says Camilla Toulmin, director of IIED. "This needs to build on the knowledge, skills and …
News, 10 July 2007
A rubber boat carrying around 50 refugees arrives from Bodrum, Turkey to the Greek island of Kos (Photo: Christopher Jahn/IFRC, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
In this war of words, no one is the victor
… future. I hope we take it. Andrew Norton ([email protected]) is director of IIED. …
Insight, 04 September 2015
A road full of congested traffic.
IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)
… Tuesday, 11 February, 2020 Hosted by: UN-Habitat  With David Dodman, director of IIED's Human Settlements research group Displacement in …
Event, 08 February 2020
We have in the past few years made progress on the theories and understanding of social learning approaches. But more research and real-life case studies are needed (Photo: Z Sewunet (ILRI)
Paving the way for social learning in the climate change context
… Making it real: Social learning in practice  (by IIED communications director Liz Carlile ). Taking on the research challenge We have in the …
Insight, 24 March 2014
Community representatives gather together to record their knowledge about dryland resources as part of a participatory mapping process in Isiolo County, Kenya. (Photo: James Pattison/IIED)
Strengthening civil society to support natural resource management
Insight, 29 July 2015
The mountain gorilla is among the endangered species at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which was the focus of a a recent radio show series on conservation efforts (Photo: Dilys Roe/IIED)
Broadcasting to Bwindi
… and conservation. Dr. Panta Kasoma, Jane Goodall Institute-Uganda director and U-PCLG coordinator, suggested that poverty was something …
Insight, 28 July 2015
Learning route participants interact with local communities in Isiolo, Kenya (Photo: Timothy Mwaura/CGIAR)
Seven ways to build resilient local economies in fragile contexts
Insight, 24 August 2016
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
Insight, 18 June 2015
Saleemul Huq, left, discusses 2015's big issues with negotiators and ambassadors from the Least Developed Countries in New York in early April (Photo: Claire Hatfield/IIED)
2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
Insight, 17 April 2015
More than 80 representatives of slum-dwellers federations attended the 9th World Urban Forum in Kuala Lumpur (Photo: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: the World Urban Forum brought together governments and grassroots – what next?
… researcher, Sarah Colenbrander is senior researcher, David Dodman is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group . …
Article, 14 February 2018