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Garment workers in Bangladesh - increasing automation threatens low-cost manufacturing jobs in developing countries (Photo: NYU Stern BHR, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Automation, the changing world of work, and sustainable development
… But when looking at the implications for poorer people in poorer countries , much is uncertain. The demand for human labour is clearly … have been important for expanding opportunities for women in developing countries, so the impact on gender equality could turn … a year through the scheme as a right. And, increasingly, many local governments around the world are experimenting with paying farmers or …
Insight, 17 August 2017
Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Data that supports local development
… each region (for instance for sub-Saharan Africa) or for groups of countries (least developed countries). These aggregate statistics can be … the SDGs (and the Paris Agreement) in urban areas fall to local governments.   It does not serve them to know the national or even the … toilets. Or better maintenance of public housing and open spaces. Or developing a local police system that listens to and serves them and …
Insight, 22 September 2016
September 2015: on the eve of the United Nations summit to agree the 2030 Agenda, a film introducing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is projected onto the UN headquarters building (Photo: UN Photo/Cia Pak)
Effective evaluation for the Sustainable Development Goals
… review processes "will require enhanced capacity-building support for developing countries, including the strengthening of national data systems and … involvement in follow-up and review processes will help national governments select the most relevant indicators, inform their decisions …
Project, 21 October 2017
Black grouse fight in Vaala, Finland. The country is committed to protecting biodiversity under its implementation of the sustainable development goals (Photo: Markus Varesvuo/NPL/Barcroft)
Will the UK be left behind on sustainable development?
… to a good start ". Yet there is considerable unevenness, with some countries and areas making striking progress and others, less so. The … on poverty and human development. All countries, rich and poor, need to act. The MDGs were implemented mainly through resource transfers from …
Insight, 25 July 2016
New tool helps communities from Outer Hebrides to Southern Africa to adapt to climate change
News, 10 August 2022
Aerial view of an arid landscape. A group of people walk.
IIED at 50: be prepared to engage with young activists
… – which is a widespread but biased policy view, not only in our governments but in international development rhetoric – to seeing them … also to work around the same perspective. There is a strong activism developing in the region: local communities, civil society acting as … stands to write off all the efforts of governments – not only in the countries where you have the crisis – Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, …
Article, 29 November 2021
Farmers carry bottled water to pour on a field of onion crops
Introduction to our work on climate-resilient development
Article, 17 December 2012
Man next to a pile of dried crops of maize.
New guide for linking sovereign debt to climate and nature action
Insight, 02 November 2021
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
Article, 25 January 2017
Two men pushing a boat filled with mangrove seedlings
Finding solutions in nature for climate change
Insight, 29 May 2020