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Malawi's statistics mask struggle to meet UN goal for water and sanitation in urban areas
… remain woefully inadequate in the informal settlements that are home to around 60 percent of Malawi’s urban population, despite …
News, 13 August 2009
A house on stilts, surrounded by flood water
Politics at play at the UN climate talks? The LDCs don’t have time for games
Insight, 04 December 2019
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Fishing rights on the floodplains of Gwendégué, Winye country, central western Burkina Faso
… Gwendégué is home to a series of communities settled in the south-eastern part of …
Publication, 01 January 2004
People stand on a sea-wall with a road and look out at the ocean.
8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
Insight, 20 June 2013
The 2011 monsoon season brought unusually heavy rains and severe floods to many south-east Asian countries. Thailand was worst affected, with large parts of the Thai capital Bangkok under water (Photo: Chrisgel Ryan Cruz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis
Insight, 02 November 2011
A man buying fresh fruit at a market stall.
How COVID-19 is impacting and changing East Africa’s agri-food systems
Article, 07 August 2020
A view of Shanghai's tall buildings
Cities’ development trajectories
… list of cities showing where regular supplies of water piped into the home are needed has much more potential to generate action than … urgent action is taken, these deficits will grow, overwhelmed by poor governance and rapid population growth. This is evident in many of the …
Insight, 16 June 2020
Community Forestry in the Democratic Republic of Congo
… The DRC, home to the second biggest continuous area of rainforest in the world … established, and helped to catalyse a national dialogue on forest governance relating to community forestry. The institute also …
Project, 09 September 2010
Group of people sitting on the floor, discussing research in Kibera
Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda – Lessons on Understanding Risk and Building Resilience
… a matatu, boda or Uber into the heart of Kibera to get from work to home, or bring supplies to their businesses. The Kenyan government along …
Insight, 20 October 2016
A Congolese vendor sells handkerchiefs on the pavement in central Kampala. Congolese refugees dispersed throughout the city often lack the social and economic support networks necessary to find work or to start a business (Photo: William Monteith/IIED)
Refugee livelihoods in Ugandan cities: mind the gap between policy and practice
… Jordan and Lebanon remain in the top three, providing a temporary home to more than 4.5 million refugees from the Syrian conflict. … While a Somali refugee working as a cosmetics vendor in Kisenyi takes home an average USh 400,000 (£90) a month, an IDP in the Acholi Quarters …
Insight, 22 March 2017