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IIED's three-and-a-half minute film to communicate the ambitions and universal reach of the SDGs had been viewed almost 20,000 times by February 2017 (Image: IIED/Hands Up)
IIED's work on the post-2015 agenda
… targets and indicators into the post-2015 development framework.  Our Human Settlements research group is addressing the challenge of making cities resilient in the face …
Article, 27 February 2017
Lebanon is hosting one million Syrian refugees, and around half of them are children. Most families live in makeshift shelters; some rent half-built apartments, sharing with two or three families (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Coping with forced displacement: lessons from cities
… Archer ( [email protected] ) is a senior researcher in IIED's  Human Settlements research group,  and leads IIED’s work on cities and climate change . Further …
Insight, 11 May 2017
People walking on agricultural land
Envisioning a better future for The Gambia
Insight, 19 July 2021
The capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, is one of the world's largest cities. It is surrounded by rivers and lies only a few metres above sea level. The urban poor living in flood-prone areas are most threatened by climate change (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
The IPCC and an urbanising planet
… of its population lives in poor quality housing in informal settlements lacking piped water, storm and surface drains, all-weather … and local civil society .   There is a draft SDG to "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable" but it is … ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group , and   was a coordinating lead author (with Aromar Revi) on the …
Insight, 06 November 2014
The Mahila Housing SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India) Trust offers savings, loans and micro credit schemes (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International, Creative Commons via Flickr)
People power: the urban poor are now a force to be reckoned with
… International did this in the most unlikely way: by singing with a group of children. Arputham has been living with uncertainty all his … – The Federation of the Urban Poor has 40,000 savers in about 700 settlements throughout all of the country’s 9 provinces. Shack Dwellers … from the International Institute for Environment and Development's Human Settlement's group encouraged the Department for International …
Insight, 17 October 2011
A new sanitation block being constructed in Kibera settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Most of Kibera's residents don't have access to electricity or running water (Photo: Sustainable Sanitation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Finance for whom and for what?
… is left behind". Ensure gender equality, promote and protect all human rights, including the right to development... And all this in the … number lacking safe, regular water); the billion living in informal settlements – most of whom lack good quality sanitation, healthcare and … ) is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group and leads the team on urban poverty and local organisations. …
Insight, 31 March 2015
Head and shoulders images
Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… became principal consultant for the International Development Limited group and contributed to the boards of several international NGOs.  From … ‘Our Common Future’ and developed world class research programmes on human settlements, energy, forestry and environmental economics.    A former …
Insight, 16 October 2019
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… needs. In the international arena, Roberts is lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fifth … has been engaging with urban issues since the 1970s. Our  Human Settlements research group  works on urban environmental issues at all …
News, 19 July 2016
Residents of Tsandi, a settlement in the Omusati region of northern Namibia, look at the community-led sanitation installation for houses being built by the Shack Dwellers' Federation of Namibia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Namibia's women lead the way in housing development
… of Namibia together with the Namibia Housing Action Group (NHAG), an NGO providing technical advice, were included in the … actions were designed to help the urban poor – upgrading informal settlements, support for community self-help housing, and social housing … Mitlin ([email protected]) is a principal researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 10 September 2015
Ejura Market in Ghana is an important centre for farmers selling their yam crops (Photo: IITA)
Rural urban linkages
… as 'urban' (such as manufacturing and services) taking place in rural settlements. Our work seeks to: Improve our understanding of how … of low-income and vulnerable groups in both urban and rural settlements Support the capacity of local institutions and governments … citizens. This topic is explored in several working papers in our Human Settlements series and especially in two papers: The urban part of …
Project, 29 August 2014