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Cover for 10615IIED.pdf
Why is community action needed for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation?
Publication, 01 March 2012
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Gender concerns in debt relief
Publication, 03 December 2021
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Survey Instruments Tool
… IIED and Oxfam have long collaborated with partners, such as the … chains. Oxfam GB, the international consumer goods company Unilever, IIED and the Centre for Value Chain Research at the University of Kent …
Publication, 01 October 2012
Seydou Kassojue, 47, has a garden plot where he grows lettuce close to the Sélingué dam in Mali. The Global Water Initiative has been working with smallholders in the area since 2009 to find out how the dam affects the livelihoods of local farmers and what improvements could be made (Photo: Mike Goldwater/GWI)
Can dams work for local communities alongside national good?
… The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), together with IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of … Koundouno , GWI West Africa/IUCN Jamie Skinner , GWI West Africa/IIED Ibrahima Hathie, IPAR Senegal The speakers will also be available … is funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation and implemented by IIED and IUCN. More information Detailed information on the event in …
News, 18 August 2015
Mitunu, a female of the Mubare gorilla group in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, is one of the few remaining critically endangered mountain gorillas left in the wild. CTPH programs promote health and conservation to save Mitunu and her family (Photo: Ryoma Otsuka)
Are health investments paying off for endangered wildlife?
… the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation (Oxford University) , IIED and national Ugandan partners will evaluate whether and how … the project progresses, watch this space for blogs and interviews as IIED and partners work with CTPH to evaluate and scale up their innovative approach. Francesca Booker (francesca.booker@iied.org) is a researcher with IIED's Natural Resources research group ; …
Insight, 02 March 2017
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Relaciones entre las organizaciones económicas campesinas y las politicas públicas. Boletin No. 1
… primera investigación fue auspiciada, financiada y coordinada por IIED y se concentró en identificar y analizar las políticas públicas más …
Publication, 01 January 2000
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
… theme of the recent Habitat III conference , and was explored in an IIED side event organised with partners. Part of the answer could lie in … considered ongoing work to realise it. Diana Mitlin (diana.mitlin@iied.org) is principal researcher in the Human Settlements research group at IIED. The 'Show me the money! Financial and political strategies to …
Insight, 01 November 2016
An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'
… no one behind to economic and environmental goals.  Our work ahead IIED has initiated a series of roundtable discussions to unpack 'leave … principle can be embedded at local level.  David Dodman (david.dodman@iied.org) is director of IIED's Human Settlements Group . …
Insight, 02 June 2016
A batch of palm oil fruit bunches in Borneo. Demand for palm oil is set to double by 2030. (Photo: Rainforest Action Network)
Reducing forest footprints
Project, 12 September 2013
Delegates at the 20th Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting integrate poverty and environmental issues into the global agenda in Edinburgh in late May (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Putting ourselves out of business – forward planning for the PEP
… 20th Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) meeting , hosted by IIED, and focused on ' Implementing the SDGs for inclusive, … year, and the subject of a recent animation (also available below) by IIED. The summit will be a key feature in a crucial year, which also … a network of networks, where ideas can be exchanged and developed. As IIED's then director Camilla Toulmin concluded, the SDGs may have made …
Insight, 29 June 2015