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Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… Pay , the Revenue Watch Institute , the Africa Mining Vision , and UN human rights and anti-corruption conventions, among others.  These …
Insight, 28 May 2014
Tea pickers in Kenya's Mount Kenya region; smallholder folders in Least Developed Countries would be adversely affected by climate change (Photo: Neil Palmer/CIAT, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Supporting the LDCs on climate change adaptation
… – they are low income, have high economic vulnerability and weak human and institutional capacities. LDCs also lack capacity in …
Insight, 01 September 2015
Community leaders in the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia planning with staff from the Namibia Housing Action Group (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Financial inequalities; defining our age
… Mitlin ( [email protected] ) is principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group . …
Insight, 22 August 2017
A toilet block in Mumbai, India, where people living in different informal settlements experience distinct forms of inadequate sanitation (Photo: Renu Desai)
Sanitation in informal settlements: a networked problem
Insight, 26 August 2015
Top: Sohel Ahmed and colleague prepare to release the balloon; bottom: Some of the photographs taken from the air (Photos: Sohel Ahmed)
Up in the air: Citizen scientists map food dangers in Nairobi
… structures on their toes." Cecilia Tacoli is co-head of the human settlements group at the International Institute for Environment …
Insight, 31 March 2014
The mountain gorilla is among the endangered species at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, which was the focus of a a recent radio show series on conservation efforts (Photo: Dilys Roe/IIED)
Broadcasting to Bwindi
… can be balanced if the government bridges the gap between human needs and conservation. George Owoyesigire from the Ministry of …
Insight, 28 July 2015
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… known that informal economies are closely connected with poverty, human rights violations and environmental degradation. But there is …
Article, 21 July 2015
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
… may exceed what would be available under national law or in regional human rights systems . Such substantial liabilities raise concerns for …
Insight, 07 December 2018
Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
Insight, 18 June 2015
Hippos are poached at Queen Elizabeth National Park for food, to generate income, and for cultural purposes such as to improve fertility (Photo: Tiziana Zoccheddu)
Wildlife crime and poverty: what are the links?
… cause local insecurity. Local people sometimes pay the price, with human injury or even death. What impact do interventions against …
Insight, 13 May 2015