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Reimagining refugee futures: cities, not camps? Make Change Happen podcast episode 6
… Dajani, researcher, both working in IIED’s Human Settlements research group ; they are joined by Kevin Johnstone, researcher in our Shaping Sustainable Markets research group .  The episode also features contributions from …
Article, 19 June 2020
Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
… nutrition, water and sanitation. Pathway 2: create resilient job markets Tackle informality in labour markets by recognising informal workers as part of the formal economy. … and increase their resilience to future shocks. This will require sustainable and resource-efficient operations (such as the Better Cotton …
Insight, 30 September 2021
Place forests under local control to increase incomes and sustainability
… in place, and under the right conditions, almost any individual or group can build a successful forest enterprise. "A first step is to … rights, the ability to build their own organizations and access to markets and technology can be a highly effective way of raising incomes …
News, 07 September 2012
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Policies for Agricultural Sustainability in Northern Thailand
… high priority to cope with this economic crisis.For the first time, sustainable agriculture has been included in the 8th National Social and Economic Development Plan (1997-2001). Sustainable agriculture is expected to be the major thrust of … used for case studies to represent and highlight characteristics of sustainable agriculture in the region. In northern Thailand, rice …
Publication, 01 January 2001
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… As part of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, IIED forest team leader Duncan … strengthen their capacities to run forest-based businesses and access markets and finance. NP: How do you define ‘inclusive finance’ and why … finance within its entire programme. Its Natural Resources research group has helped FAO, IUCN and Agricord design a financing mechanism to …
Article, 12 March 2019
The road from Lomié in Southeast Cameroon (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Cameroon's real indomitable lions are in the forest
… the IIED-led project CoNGOs (NGOs collaborating for equitable and sustainable community livelihoods in Congo Basin Forests) . The project … constraint: these communities are a very long way from high-end markets found in bustling urban centres such as Yaounde. Despite the … ) is principal researcher in  IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 20 March 2017
New approach to debt could raise over US$400 billion for climate and nature projects in developing countries
… $51bn for climate and nature. The remaining 17 countries in the group could raise $172.2bn in new debt issuances, of which $45.3bn could …
News, 14 July 2022
Employees work deep within a tunnel at the Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village in Geita District, Tanzania in March 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on artisanal and small-scale mining
… Sustainable markets …
Project, 24 June 2015
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Bangladesh jatka marine conservation programme
… biodiversity, but as it is funded through a national Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme, which aims to reduce food insecurity … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2018
Does the development community focus too strongly on smallholders? (Credit: Flickr/United Nations Photo)
Fast track out of poverty: farm labour or smallholder?
… wisdom and provoke debate on the issues and dilemmas of making markets work for small-scale farmers. On all counts, the latest seminar … Some argued that supporting smallholders offers the safest route to sustainable rural economic development. “In the end you are much safer … access to land.” But if the participants were divided about which group to target, they all agreed that for development efforts to …
Insight, 02 June 2011