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‘Virtuous circles’ can help secure food supplies and address climate change
… A book published today by IIED paints a vivid picture of an alternative future in which food, … areas,” says co-author Dr Michel Pimbert, a principal researcher at IIED. “This ensures that wealth created stays within the local and … of the book – Virtuous Circles: Values, systems and sustainability — IIED invites bloggers to join a virtual circle to share their blog posts …
News, 22 November 2011
The UK flag and the logo for the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable development in the UK – an issue for party manifestos?
Insight, 03 May 2017
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Whose debt is it anyway? A sustainable route out of the crisis for low-income countries
Publication, 08 June 2021
Millions of Kenyans depend on the Ewaso Ngiro river and its tributaries, but over-abstraction and changing weather patterns are reducing river flows (Photo: Denis Onyodi/Kenya Red Cross Society, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Building research capacity for sustainable water and food security in drylands of sub-Saharan Africa (BRECcIA)
Project, 27 July 2018
New web resource helps to boost development with sound environmental management
… in sharp decline," says Dr Barry Dalal-Clayton, a Senior Fellow at IIED. "Governments make countless speeches and policy statements that … these tools don't function as effectively as they could. Research by IIED partners shows, for example, that in southern Africa environmental … those that do rarely make good use of them," says Steve Bass, also an IIED senior fellow. "Decisions are often made before an environmental …
News, 10 August 2010
Rosalind Goodrich's tweet about developing communications strategies (Image: IIED)
Planning for communication starts at research design stage
… the answer for me, working at a policy research institute such as IIED, is that you do research to make a difference and promote change. … as a matter of routine. Rosalind Goodrich (rosalind.goodrich@iied.org) is head of research communications at IIED. This blog was orginally posted by Research to Action . …
Insight, 27 March 2017
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwest Uganda (Photo: Mariel Harrison)
Taking a more rigorous approach to evaluation
… getting clear evidence can be hard. Barbara Befani explains how IIED used a different approach to evaluate whether the Uganda Poverty … Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group evaluation.  Resources IIED has published a briefing paper about the evaluation methodology and … the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Group's work. Stefano D'Errico, IIED's monitoring, evaluation and learning lead, also gave a …
Article, 18 May 2017
A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… per cent of the 40,000 jobs in dairy marketing and processing (PDF) . IIED has been working in partnership with the International Livestock … had the power to change.  Initial results from the forthcoming IIED/ILRI study suggest that the training improved vendors' milk … way of approaching informality. Emma Blackmore (emma.blackmore@iied.org) is a consultant researcher in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group …
Insight, 03 November 2015
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… NAFTA (PDF) .  Over the past year, separate reports published by IIED , Tufts University (PDF)  and the Columbia Center on Sustainable … interventions at the grassroots.  Lorenzo Cotula  ( lorenzo.cotula@iied.org ) is a principal researcher (law and sustainable development) in IIED's  Natural Resources Group .  This blog was originally posted on …
Insight, 25 May 2016
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Planning for high density in low-income settlements. Four case studies from Karachi
Publication, 01 March 2010