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In urban and rural communities across the world, low income families lack the shelter and services they need to live with dignity, security, health and prosperity (Photo: IIED)
References: how can decentralised finance drive sustainable development?
… during 2014 and 2015 .  Notes: Jorge E. Hardoy founded IIED's Human Settlements Group in 1977 and also founded IIED-America Latina in …
Article, 08 July 2015
A group of young women protestors with placards, one reading "Your profits can't buy another planet"
Ten reasons why we have to rewrite the sustainability rule book, and now
Insight, 08 December 2019
Cover for G01629.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Participatory environmental valuation of forest resources in the Aberdares, Kenya
Publication, 01 January 1996
Cover for X136IIED.pdf
Towards a Sustainable Paper Cycle
… record events and cultural information. They also play a key role in human health, in the form of food packaging, medical dressings and …
Publication, 01 January 1996
Shack dwellers from the eThekwini municipality protesting in Durban (Photo: Slum/Shack Dwellers International)
2008 Barbara Ward Lecture: Lindiwe Sisulu on managing relationships between the state and the urban poor
… variety of ministerial posts. She is currently serving as minister of human settlements. She has published extensively on the subjects of …
Event, 15 July 2008
An artisanal fisherman in rural Bangladesh
Buy me an ocean: why we need payments for coastal and marine environments
… Human beings have lived off the bounty of the oceans for thousands of …
Insight, 07 June 2012
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 …
News, 26 October 2016
Many crops today are grown in monocultures like this soybean field (Photo: via Pixabay)
We need to safeguard biodiversity and promote diverse diets
… underpins diverse, nutritious diets – which are essential to human health. However, global shifts in food production and dietary …
Insight, 22 May 2018
A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)
Show me the money!
Insight, 18 October 2016
Happy Mondays — saving the planet one day at a time
… of this feed production competes directly with food production for human consumption for land and resources, and typically could be …
Insight, 17 February 2010