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How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)
It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
… aid. Anna Walnycki ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 08 July 2015
A farm in Uganda. There has recently been much debate about responsible investment in the agricultural sector (Photo: US Aid, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
… instruments set standards relevant to responsible investment – from human rights treaties and labour conventions to international soft-law … do if an investment has failed on its responsibility to respect human rights? More explicit treaty provisions would increase clarity and … and sustainable development) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . This is a lightly revised version of remarks made at the UNCTAD …
Insight, 16 October 2017
The influx of migrants and refugees onto the island of Lesbos was met with an influx of responders from various sectors who often did not effectively collaborate early on in the response (Tyler Jump/International Rescue Committee)
Finding space for dialogue when urban crises hit
… and lessons learnt, as Diane Archer, a senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group, explained: "One of the key points coming out of our research into …
News, 26 October 2016
Physical barriers have been installed around Karachi to protect the city from violent conflict, but their impacts have been publically disruptive and socially divisive (Photo: Noman Ahmed and colleagues)
Barricading Karachi: how private security contributes to dividing the city
… there is a lack of policing Low-income neighbourhoods and informal settlements (often peri-urban) where armed groups have concentrated, and … Donald Brown ( [email protected] ) is a consultant in IIED's Human Settlements Group and PhD candidate at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, …
Insight, 01 December 2015
Asian Coalition for Community Action
Critical theme: Introducing the Asian Coalition for Community Action
… for two years and has a long history of working closely with the  Human Settlements Group . Previous Critical Themes at IIED  have discussed financial …
Event, 02 July 2014
City without limits: keeping pace with the urban poor
… living in the world’s slums, shantytowns and other informal urban settlements. But what is less publicized about the ‘bottom billion’, as … How have you collaborated with IIED? I was a resident fellow with the Human Settlements group at IIED in 2004 for six months. This helped me better understand …
Article, 18 November 2008
In 1992 the United Nations called Mexico City "the most polluted city on the planet". City authorities took radical steps to cut pollution, but Mexico City still has smog and is increasingly vulnerable to climate change (Photo: Fidel Gonzalez, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Should cities invest in climate mitigation?
… the best financial risk-reward ratio. What are the implications for human development goals? While the working paper identified significant …  ( [email protected] )  is a researcher with IIED's Human Settlements Group and one of the authors of Accelerating low-carbon development in …
Insight, 21 September 2015
Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… Dwellers International are leading upgrading projects in informal settlements that reduce the environmental problems that affect the … it. Donald Brown ( [email protected] ) is a consultant in IIED's Human Settlements Group and PhD candidate at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit, …
Insight, 07 December 2015
A field team designing a REDD strategy in Mozambique talk to farmer Nimale Maribu Saidi as part of their research (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
What happened when IIED focused on research quality?
… more sustainable world. David Dodman is a senior researcher in IIED's human settlements group ( [email protected] ) Download Research ethics: Putting our …
Insight, 13 March 2014
A community planning workshop in Cambodia (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Improving housing in Asia – and turning traditional top-down funding on its head
… in 2011 to support community-driven improvements to informal settlements in ways that are relevant at the city scale. It enables the … Mitlin ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group . More resources: Full details of the ACCA programme and its …
Insight, 11 March 2015