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Urban Poor Funds; development by the people for the people
… Greenfield development, upgrading and other strategies to support home ownership. The paper briefly outlines some of the major problems …
Publication, 01 July 2008
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… Most can answer easily: not being able to afford enough food, a safe home, clean drinking water, health care and other basic needs. The …
Insight, 13 June 2017
Children stand on a dirt road in a village in Burkina Faso.
Global land rush: Contract transparency is crucial, but not enough
… Agriculture Organisation’s Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests call for … disclosure is a legal requirement . Legislation in the investors’ home countries can help too. In the United States, the Dodd-Frank Act of …
Insight, 17 April 2013
Pakistan: floods and after
… (where it exists) and NGOs and professional organisations. For home construction and restoration, it is necessary that building …
Insight, 01 September 2010
Closing sacks of sorted plastic for recycling at the Banvari Compound at Dharavi.Credit Meena Kadri. Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en_GB
Work and shelter – two struggles, one reality
… Visibility is key : When the urban poor are invisible (whether at home or at work), they will not be aware of the many others facing … Hundreds of millions of urban dwellers have no toilet in their home. Perhaps as many as a billion people work in the informal economy. …
Insight, 09 December 2013
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IIED responds to UK election outcome
… a series of tax breaks for fossil fuel companies. By tackling this at home, the UK will be taken more seriously by world leaders when calling …
News, 08 May 2015
Raipur in Central India is developing into a major urban centre, but the infrastructure in the city's expanding informal settlements is poor (Photo: India Water Portal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Addressing the needs of vulnerable groups in urban areas
… in access to land for housing and credit…. Water piped into each home that is safe, sufficient, regular and affordable, and good quality …
Insight, 26 April 2017
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… Women Lawyers Association  to increase women's participation in land governance. it is important to move towards a system where we believe …
Article, 28 December 2016
Rural welders use mini-grid electricity to generate income (Photo: Energy Change Lab)
Power that changes lives: three lessons from a rural energy champion
Insight, 19 September 2018
Women washing laundry at Sélingué dam, Mali, the second largest provider of energy for the country (Photo: Alioune Ba/Global Water Initiative)
Three big financial shifts put spotlight on social and environmental impacts of large dams — again
… and environmental safeguards. China has boosted dam construction at home and increased finance for dams in Africa, Asia and Latin America, …
News, 06 May 2014