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Our new interactive visualisation plots countries’ incomes per capita against their levels of urbanisation
Let's see what the BRICS teach us about urbanisation and economic growth
… is the second of two recent cities-focused data visuals from IIED's Human Settlements Group . The previous one illustrated the scale and …
Insight, 16 September 2014
Informal settlements lining the railway tracks in Mumbai (Photo: gloogun, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ward diaries: crucial evidence for planning in Mumbai's slums
… was drawn from conversations with David Satterthwaite from IIED's Human Settlements research group in September 2016. …
Insight, 28 November 2016
The slogan on a woman T-shirt in Kitwe, Zambia - emblazoned with 'Addressing water and sanitation challenges through city-wide partnerships' - highlights the community-led approach (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Local funds allow informal-settlement residents to shape development
… Diana Mitlin ([email protected]) is principal researcher in the Human Settlements research group at IIED. The 'Show me the money! …
Insight, 01 November 2016
Group of people sitting on the floor, discussing research in Kibera
Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda – Lessons on Understanding Risk and Building Resilience
… (Habitat III) that aims to set the narrative for development in human settlements for the next 10-20 years. The New Urban Agenda, …
Insight, 20 October 2016
Old Indonesia coins. In Indonesia, like the UK, the income of the poorest 40 per cent has to grow at twice the rate of the national average if the income gap is to stay the same (Photo: Anis Eka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How serious are the SDGs about tackling inequality?
… Colenbrander ([email protected]) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group ; Andrew Norton …
Insight, 04 October 2016
Urban-rural linkages have been 'beefed up' in the latest draft of the UN's Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
OWG 'zero draft' is a huge step forward: now let's get practical
… of the SDGs 'zero draft' for issues such as energy, forests, human settlements and marine resources. On 7 July 2014, IRF2015 will be …
Insight, 20 June 2014
Three generations of Syrian refugees queuing at a registration point on the Syria/Lebanon border. The United Nations says 4.8 million people have fled the conflict in Syria (Photo: UNHCR/ M. Hofer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: Conflict, climate and migration in Syria – did the media get it right?
… at the Climate and Migration Coalition , an alliance of refugee, human rights, and migration rights organisations.  Randall argued that …
Event, 03 October 2016
The Multidimensional Poverty Index only has one indicator to assess housing quality – whether floors are made of dirt, sand or dung. So these houses in Manila would not be classified as sub-standard (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Another underestimate of urban poverty
… ([email protected])  is a senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group. For more detail on the scale of urban poverty …
Insight, 18 June 2014
People need at least US$50 to survive for a month in Hanoi. This is twice the official urban poverty line (Photo via Commons Wikimedia/Google licence)
If we don't count the poor, the poor don't count
… poverty lines. David Satterthwaite is senior fellow in IIED's Human Settlements Group ([email protected])  Download the …
Insight, 12 June 2014
Malawi's statistics mask struggle to meet UN goal for water and sanitation in urban areas
… be met in Africa,” says David Satterthwaite, senior fellow in IIED’s Human Settlements Programme. “ Download the report  “Water and …
News, 13 August 2009