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PLA Notes 37 February 2000 2 Trading places, trading ideas': Review of the second Dare-to-Share Fair' on participatory development
… conference hall at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, home to the Netherlands The first Dare To Share Fair was held in 1995 … Agency DGIS, found itself in the German town of Eschborn, the home transformed. Based in The Hague, The base of the German Agency for …
Publication, 01 February 2000
People paddle in dugout canoes past a forest in Cameroon.
African land solutions: making the resource blessing a reality
… Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) , reported that Africa is home to seven out of the ten fastest growing economies in the world, yet simultaneously home to six out of the ten most unequal societies in the world. This … of partners and collaborators to realise the vision of strong land governance in Africa. Now, when African governments realise they need …
Insight, 01 November 2012
Surveying residents in low-income housing in Vijinapura, India. Receiving accurate data about slums can help local authorities plan solutions (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Co-producing urban innovation from the bottom up
News, 24 October 2016
In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
Insight, 21 September 2015
Adapting to climate change in Bangladesh
Insight, 30 March 2011
A man and woman sat down cooking with a charcoal cookstove.
Calibrating cooking to affect deforestation and violence against women in displaced settings
… domestic violence too, often being blamed for long stays away from home or not providing cooked meals at times expected by men. What did …
Project, 21 September 2020
Flooding in Fiji. Fiji's prime minister has said the his nation is in "a fight for survival" as climate change brings almost constant cyclones (Photo: TC Evans/Fijian Government)
The Talanoa dialogue: sharing stories in Bonn to inspire ambitious climate action
Insight, 02 May 2018
Investigating land tenure issues among cocoa farmers in the Brong Ahafo and Western Region of Ghana (Photo: Emily Polack/IIED)
Large land deals: Complex financial flows create routes for accountability
… negotiated and agreed upon Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests . "Pressure points … deals. It may involve processes in the host state, in the investor's home country and in third countries that may be connected to the …
News, 24 March 2014
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The role of parliamentarians in strengthening the climate change agenda: Scotland report
Publication, 01 September 2010
Campaigners celebrate the UK becoming the first G7 country to enshrine in law the UN-agreed target of spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on oversea aid (Photo: UNA-UK via Google licence)
Cameron can assure a lasting legacy
Insight, 07 June 2015