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Occupy London protestors outside St Paul's Cathedral.
Statistics: The middle tells you nothing about the extremes
… over the last 20-30 years in the country. They show that, including capital gains, the share of national incomes going to the top 1% of … this big shift in distribution over this period, from the rise in the financial sector, the fall in education amongst lower income groups, …
Insight, 24 October 2012
Street in Karachi, Pakistan with overflowing sewage.
The real issue is universal access to affordable basic services
… only serve 5-20% of their population. For example, in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, approximately 60% of the 20 million inhabitants live in …
Insight, 14 August 2012
A meeting of mines
… in which to bring together small-scale miners and globalised mining capital. Scraping a living It is estimated that over 100 million people … mining and garment industries has been the worst hit by the global financial crisis . In better times, however, estimates show that 40 per …
Insight, 20 April 2010
A pick up truck lies mostly submerged under a water in a flooded street.
Five moments from 2012 that could spell change for the planet
Insight, 07 January 2013
Pakistan: floods and after
… but think that by leaving a member in Karachi they will receive some financial support to rebuild their lives in their villages and small towns. A new relationship between the capital of Sindh and the people of its hinterland is in the process of …
Insight, 01 September 2010
An ecosan toilet in Mtandire settlement (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)
Achieving universal sanitation: Sharing the experience of the SDI affiliate in Blantyre, Malawi
… year of this participatory budget will begin in January 2015 for the financial year that begins in July 2015. This year the 23 newly elected … water the potential health risks are considerable. Council investment capital is critical to achieving scale in the improvement works because …
Insight, 27 October 2014
How mobiles stayed massive — talking down the recession
… better placed to weather the downturn than fixed operators, as capital expenditure is a smaller proportion of their cost base and the … are proving most popular. Content that provides information and financial transaction exchange that works over the existing low-speed …
Insight, 26 January 2010
People participating in a workshop.
Development and Climate Days 2020
… of a new global risk landscape where events such as pandemics, financial crashes and synchronised food shocks spread more quickly and … Climate Adaptive Living Facility (LoCAL) manager, United Nations Capital Development Fund While it is widely accepted that climate change …
Event, 02 December 2020
Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… can be contested – they cause pollution and many of the potential financial benefits from the profits never reach people due to low wages, … their businesses competitive by investing in the companies’ human capital, the capacities of their own workers, to improve trading …
Insight, 16 October 2011
Man talking while two others take notes
IIED research and evidence in academia
… that greater scrutiny is warranted for how positive impacts and financial returns are conceived and measured. Featuring IIED's Annabelle … . Cortec Mining Kenya Limited, Cortec (Pty) Limited, and Stirling Capital Limited v. Republic of Kenya   (2019), American Journal of …
Article, 23 September 2020