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A farmer near Bagré dam in Burkina Faso dries paddy rice (Photo: Barbara Adolph/IIED)
Seven papers unpick debates on African agriculture and rural development
… raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. There is general agreement that family farming plays important roles in …
Insight, 15 October 2014
A plantation
Q&A: helping communities protect their land rights
… community capacity to negotiate for and actualise equal, prosperous partnerships with outside investors, among other outcomes. People now …
Article, 27 January 2020
Stakeholders inspect timber as part of the Eighth field dialogue on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF) in Yogyakarta (Jogya), Central Java Province, Indonesia.
Needed: Local farmers and communities to plant trees in Indonesia
… framework of Village Forests (Hutan Desa, HD) and company community partnerships in which communities may gain access to forest resources …
Insight, 22 February 2012
PLA 40 cover
PLA 40: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Empowerment
… are being adopted and adapted in the South.  This issue also contains general items about PLA and  a tribute to Jimmy Mascarenhas, a PLA …
Article, 01 February 2000
Top publications of 2018
IIED's best of 2018: publications
… on these examples. We also recommend action for the UN Secretary-General, the UN Evaluation Group, national governments, international … structured around eight key steps in the project cycle and includes general implementation protocols for EbA in each target ecosystem. It …
Article, 21 December 2018
Children using water pump in Burkina Faso
Global Water Initiative: Burkina Faso
… Sirba sub-basin, which was recognised as valuable by the Directorate-General for Water Resources, we contributed to the revision of the 2004 …
Project, 16 February 2018
Women learning how to install and maintain solar home systems in the rural town of Bogra, northern Bangladesh (Photo: ILO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Five challenges for Least Developed Countries in the post-2015 era
… on some key aspirations that all countries share – without being so general that the impact is lost. Particular stories and messages can be … LDC group as well as telling them to the wider community. Research partnerships, strong communications and committed journalists would play …
Insight, 28 June 2016
A solar lamp lights up a shop.
The private sector’s role in low carbon resilient development
Insight, 20 June 2013
A man stands behind an electricity generator
Energy literacy for all? Cracking the very hard 'soft side' of energy development
… people? Do we know what works? A recent report from Norway's Auditor-General to the parliament on Norway's clean energy aid spending in …
Insight, 22 September 2014
CBA13 networking: IIED senior fellow and director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) Saleemul Huq in conversation with Susan Nanduddu, director of the Uganda-based African Centre for Trade and Development
CBA13: event highlights
… juncture for climate change adaptation. In September the UN Secretary-General will convene a Climate Summit that will challenge governments to …
Article, 04 April 2019