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Woman looking to the front holding a water hose, a solar panel in the background
Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local
… market for decentralised energy systems – particularly in the solar home system (SHS) sector – during this period. But despite this growth, …
Insight, 29 December 2020
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Children in the driver’s seat (PLA 56)
… involved in fitting the research work around their school, home and work responsibilities, the children felt they had gained a huge … and fully recognised children’s participation in decision-making and governance, and have become strongly aware of their right to know and …
Publication, 01 June 2007
A man in Uganda stands by a digger sitting next to a dirt road.
US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability
Insight, 01 May 2013
Mobile phones being sold in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Access to information and new technologies will be key to help delivering transformational change to the world's poorest countries (Photo: ConDev Center, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Painting a new picture of development
News, 17 June 2016
Companies such as SteamaCo are making energy easier to access in remote villages in Kenya by using 'microgrids' (Photo: Sam Duby, SteamaCo)
Feeding into energy access: data-driven funding
… Companies such as Brighterlite  are distributing solar home systems by allowing their users to pay for electricity usage in … investment and either build more microgrids or distribute more small home systems. As the providers almost invariably use a third-party …
Insight, 14 July 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron has helped the UK provide global leadership on addressing climate change. But he has decided to resign after the European Union referendum vote, and there are fears that the UK will become more insular (Photo: Russell Watkins/DFID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten ways the UK can maintain international leadership on climate change
Insight, 01 July 2016
Jockin Arputham, once an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, gives HRH Prince Charles an insight into urban development issues and a tour of Dharavi (Photo: SPARC)
From slum-dwelling carpenter to US$1.25 million prize winner
… an itinerant carpenter who slept outside, and Janata colony was his home. Only when Janata was threatened with eviction, even though its …
Insight, 08 April 2014
We must protect the world in which we live (Photo: Steve Guzzardi, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Best of 2017: blogs
… are monitoring forests - do they get it right? January: Africa is home to 25 per cent of the world's remaining rainforests, but the …
Article, 22 December 2017
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CITY-WIDE UPGRADING Baan Mankong: going to scale with "slum" and squatter upgrading in Thailand
Publication, 01 April 2005
Workshop participants will hear from senior LDC climate negotiator Mamadou Honadia, who headed Burkina Faso's delegation to the 2016 UN climate summit (Image: Matt Wright/IIED)
Building climate negotiation skills for African officials
News, 31 May 2017