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A row of houses called Garden Road Colony, Karachi, Pakistan.
Study reveals roots of urban land issues that limit development
… development include colonial legacies, modern day politics and financial speculation, all of which can fuel conflict over land, and … down." The study aimed to identify why Karachi – which is Pakistan’s financial capital – has not achieved its potential. It found that part of the …
News, 26 March 2013
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
… dweller federations these groups form.  Why the international financial framework is flawed… What we need is an international financial framework that supports such community organisations and … (Muungano wa Wanavijiji). It has provided project loans and grant capital worth US$1.7 million in recent years to savings groups, in …
Insight, 04 September 2018
Sewing on the street in Djibouti. The informal sector still plays an important role in most of the LDCs (Photo: Charles Roffey, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five obstacles facing Least Developed Countries
… There was strong emphasis on LDCs building capacity to mobilise financial resources locally. Tax reform – including the ability of the … made sufficient investment in building their human and institutional capital have been able to withstand temporary economic shocks.  So, yes … unfavourable trade regimes, the divergence between pledged financial assistance and monies actually delivered, and token technology …
Insight, 29 June 2016
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… previous boom and bust cycles over the last 200 years, the recent financial crisis could herald capitalism's terminal decline. The seeds …
Insight, 11 February 2016
An image of Mohammad Sayedul Haque, the Bangladesh Minister of Fisheries and Livestock alongside a table around which sit participants from Bangladesh, Myanmar and India as they discuss sustainable hilsa fishery management (Photo: Essam Yassin Mohammed/IIED)
Scientists call for international collaboration to safeguard hilsa fish stocks
… have published a synthesis report summarising the findings .  Financial sustainability One of the study's recommendations was to set … of the 'Hilsa Conservation Trust Fund' was key to ensure the financial sustainability of the scheme. He called on all partners to work earnestly to secure seed capital for the trust fund.  On another development, the chairman of …
News, 06 May 2016
Top blogs of 2018
Best of 2018: blogs
… their blog, Lorenzo Cotula and Celine Tan warned that the legal and financial implications of PPPs should be carefully considered.  As … listening to them? 7 Making the link between the SDGs and natural capital accounting January:   Natural capital accounting (NCA) is a way of assessing income and costs …
Article, 27 December 2018
Local community-based funds can help farmers in climate-sensitive areas to diversify. Mercyline Atieno got a loan for her poultry business in Kenya (Photo: T.Muchaba/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Now is the time to ensure GCF finance reaches the local level
… the least developed countries to channel funding through their own financial mechanisms and enable them to mobilise domestic budgets and private sector capital behind climate action.    Encouraging mentoring by international …
Insight, 03 April 2017
a young man walks along an irrigation channel
Jobs, nature and the Green New Deal: lessons from the global South
… give citizens hope of a better life have been around since the global financial crisis of 2008. In recent times they have spread rapidly since … can offer multiple improvements in local ecosystems and natural capital, carbon sequestration and local biodiversity conservation.  …
Insight, 30 January 2020
Wetlands are one of the most under-valued ecosystems. Japan's wetlands provide a habitat for many species of fauna and flora (Photo: Tanaka Juuyoh, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Want to convince politicians why they should protect the environment? Talk like an economist
… production systems at the cost of mangrove restoration does not make financial or economic sense. Valuation studies make it easier to persuade politicians why they should consider natural capital as an asset and invest in its productive capacity. Some … here's the trick. Imagine if our balance sheets had entries beyond financial inflows and outflows. Imagine there were a couple more columns …
Insight, 15 April 2015
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… in access to consumer finance to buy equipment and provide start-up capital for SME businesses, and sharing knowledge and building skill …
Insight, 21 September 2017