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Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
Insight, 30 September 2021
A leopard in Uganda's Queen Elizabeth National Park. Uganda is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, and wildlife tourism is an important source of income (Photo: David Cook, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Uganda urged to use biodiversity for sustainable development
… conservation of biodiversity in Uganda. In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly declared 22 May as the International Day for Biological …
News, 22 May 2015
People gathering branches
Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
Insight, 12 December 2019
South Africa: Anna with friends and family in front of her new solar water heating system. It is often more cost-effective to provide energy services to poor communities via off-grid sources (Photo: Abri le Roux, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Public and private sectors: delivering energy access for people living in poverty
… opportunities and early-stage investments to develop long-term partnerships.  Sam Duby, founder and chief technical officer, SteamaCo … and water to 10,000 people.  Klaus Rudischhauser, deputy director general at DG for international cooperation and development : the commission's directorate-general for international cooperation and development (DG DEVCO) is …
News, 04 June 2015
Three women and a man sit on a bench.
Women claim their space in land governance
… in Lofa county where Bluyema is located. The programme provided general information about the customary land governance process and …
Insight, 18 November 2021
Government officials and researchers discuss the future of hilsa management on 19 January (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
UK's Darwin Initiative funded project strives to reduce threats to hilsa fish
… rigorous research (see note  2 ). At the request of the director general of the Department of Fisheries Dr Md. Arif Azad, the team …
News, 19 January 2015
EU and US flags
Europe's controversial TTIP treaty: The good, the bad and the unnecessary
… investment treaty or investor-state arbitration. In fact, a survey of general counsels from leading US companies found that many of them …
Insight, 10 July 2014
The cover of Vision 2030 Jamaica
One people, one vision
… Vision 2030 came out of a realisation by the then-Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ)  that the country … resource-constrained country, Jamaica needs strong international partnerships to achieve its objectives. As a result, it takes its global …
Insight, 22 December 2016
Fishermen from Mayadip Island, Bangladesh. IIED will be discussing Bangladesh's work on payments for sustainable fisheries at the EDD15 forum (Photo: Matthew Becker, the Advocacy Project, Creative Commons via Flickr)
IIED at European Development Days 2015
… 4 June A high-level Bangladeshi delegation led by the director general of the Department of Fisheries discussed the use of economic … on the EDD website . Speakers included: Dr Syed Arif Azad, director general, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock of … services for poor groups, including through innovative public-private partnerships.  Find out more about the session on the EDD website …
Event, 03 June 2015
Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
… to better relations with local government that developed into working partnerships to improve conditions. In Africa, this work was supported …
Insight, 22 September 2016