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Two woman sit at a radio production desk
Can the impact of COVID-19 unite coalitions of young and old?
… these challenging times. We have also seen a great reaction to the Home School Hub, an initiative of our national broadcaster (RTÉ) to … rooms across the country. My children watched with interest a report about how, during the pandemic, young students in Sierra Leone – using … in the World Health Organization, the European Union and other forums about broader impacts on the elderly, such as exclusion from regular …
Insight, 21 July 2020
A Coca-Cola sign outside a small town in Benin. Bloomberg’s new health initiative will support cities to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks, but this isn't the biggest health challenge facing low-income urban residents (Photo: Lorena Pajares, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Bloomberg and public health: did he get it right?
… of public health : piped water and good quality toilets in each home, functioning drains, paved roads and paths and household waste … needed to understand health priorities and develop health plans. What about a US$5 million fund to support these health initiatives?  … is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements research group and visiting professor at the Development Planning Unit, …
Insight, 07 June 2017
People installing solar panels in a field
Accelerating energy access with aggregation
… of being left behind by established approaches. Estimates suggest about half the people gaining electricity access between 2016 and 2030 … just ten energy companies soaked up 84% of investments for solar home systems; another ten secured 77% of all funding available for … funds are development finance institutes (DFIs): FMO, Norfund, CDC Group and OPIC. DFIs have been investing concessional finance into …
Article, 13 November 2019
From left, musicians Wesa Kawesa, Drake and Myko Ouma learn about issues in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Photo: Wesa Kawesa)
Composing songs for conservation - our journey to Bwindi the Impenetrable
… Buhoma – and by the time we arrived, night had fallen and the whole group was exhausted. Our beds for the night were in tents pitched on the edge of the forest, home to the mountain gorillas we wanted to protect. The trip had been … his film crew) to Bwindi and provide inspiration for a song and video about great ape conservation and poverty alleviation – one of a range of …
Insight, 05 January 2015
2010/11 annual report: online extra
… groups have helped build awareness of key issues, improve tactics for governance work, influence policy in countries and communities, and … "The network also provides a critical platform for broader impact at home. Through it, I am working to build a new consensus in Central America about how governments can best support smallholders. Part of that …
Page, 19 October 2011
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
… Organised by the Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group , IIED, and the ESRC's STEPS Centre , the event discussed the … to open up a new political space and have a radical conversation about what transformation required. Andrew Norton from IIED asked what … to the need to change the development paradigm. The SDGs must not be about the sustainability of business as usual. How many farmers know …
News, 17 June 2016
Residents of an informal settlement in Pune, India, discuss the results of a survey and how best to upgrade their homes and settlement, guided by Mahila Milan, a grassroots network formed by savings groups of women slum and pavement dwellers (Photo: SPARC)
Wanted: Urban data revolution for post 2015 sustainable development goals
… agencies continue to overlook this fact? I've written before about the way the list of indicators suggested for the post-2015 … of the national or urban population lacks water piped to their home does not help in addressing needs when there is no detail as to … Data can empower both sets of actors to make strategic decisions about what to do. One of the most profound forms of exclusion for …
Insight, 16 April 2014
David Satterthwaite speaking at TEDxHamburg
TEDx Talk: A small change to aid, a big impact on urban poverty
… images of poor communities, they rarely consult to those communities about the aid they will provide. Nor are the projects they fund …
News, 15 July 2013
Children at an informal school in the Kibera area of Nairobi. Providing free education is one way to reduce urban poverty (Photo: Christy Gillmore, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why are the main means by which urban dwellers avoid hunger ignored?
… of this actually involve dialogue with the hungry local populations about their own priorities? Wrong assumptions Many recommendations by … (preferably water piped into their homes and toilets in each home - saves money as water is cheaper than from vendors or kiosks, … (which cuts risks of accidental fires and increases the scope for home-based income-earning opportunities) improving public transport (can …
Insight, 05 October 2011
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
… researcher Sam Greene reminds: "There's an opportunity not to talk about what we have to have less of [to deal with climate change] but how … should the rapid spread of COVID-19 continue. 18 March 2020 | Climate Home – Anna Schulz, IIED’s head of global climate law policy and governance, warns the virus could delay the start of least developed …
Article, 14 April 2020