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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?
… at the country level. Sarah Colenbrander (sarah.colenbrander@iied.org) is a researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group ; Andrew Norton (andrew.norton@iied.org) is director of IIED. The data used to conduct this analysis …
Insight, 04 October 2016
Cover for G02091.pdf
DOUBLE ISSUE - 50th special participatory learning and action
… Research (PAR), Farming lished three times a year in April, August, IIED, 3 Endsleigh Street, Systems Research (FSR), Méthod Active de and … approaches is ternational Institute for Environment Email: sustag@iied.org the full participation of people in the and Development (IIED), Participatory Website: www.iied.org processes of learning about …
Publication, 01 October 2004
Cover for G00555.pdf
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development November 2001 No. 63 Development of the Minerals Cycle and the Need for Minerals
… Cycle and the Need for Minerals CRU International Copyright © 2002 IIED and This report was commissioned by the MMSD project of IIED. It remains the sole WBCSD. All rights reserved responsibility of … and MMSD project, Assurance Group or Sponsors Group, or those of IIED or WBCSD. Sustainable Development is a project of the International …
Publication, 01 November 2001
Early morning in Dogo, West Java, Indonesia: getting low-cost furniture ready for selling on the street corner (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Formalising the informal
… was one of the questions discussed at a recent event  organised by IIED and partners, And if the answer was yes, what, we wanted to know, … provide the broad base of so many economies. Sian Lewis  ( sian.lewis@iied.org ) is a staff writer in IIED's Communications Group. …
Insight, 30 March 2016
Cover for G04018.pdf
SIFOR submission to the UNFCCC on agriculture
… Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change draws on research by IIED and partners, notably: “Smallholder Innovation for Resilience: …
Publication, 01 March 2016
This family in the Mecati Forest, Mozambique, cut down trees and cleared the land on this hillside to grow a crop of cowpeas. They will use this land for two more years, use the cut timber for firewood, and them move on (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
2014: the International Year of Family Farming
… pressures and other economic, social and cultural factors. In IIED, we agree with the need to build frameworks, institutions and … the demand for sustainably produced food is increasing worldwide.  IIED's work on family farming IIED's work on family and smallholder farming cuts across many of the …
Article, 22 April 2014
Land cleared for palm oil production, Indonesia (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
… to achieve results without addressing the international dimensions. IIED's revised and updated handbook on foreign investment, law and … investment treaties: exploring the interface , Lorenzo Cotula (2015) IIED Report/paper Land deals and investment treaties: visualising the interface , Lorenzo Cotula, Thierry Berger (2015), IIED Report/paper Foreign investment, law and sustainable development: a …
Insight, 17 February 2016
Fishermen collecting the day's catch (Photo: Espen Rasmussen/PANOS)
Governing half of the planet for all the world's people – new rules for the high seas must include needs of poorest countries
… not just the wealthy few, can benefit from the ocean's resources. IIED is calling for the creation of a fund into which countries that …
News, 10 July 2017
Cover for G03599.pdf
Voices and Flavours from the Earth: Visualising Food Sovereignty in the Andes, Chapter 6
Publication, 01 June 2013
Cover for 14590IIED.pdf
Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices (emerging case study findings and recommendations)
Publication, 01 January 2006