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The sun glints on smoke above Beijing. China is on course to see overall coal consumption peak this year (Photo; GadgetDan via Creative Commons)
If the coal industry really cared about helping poor countries, it would shut itself down
… countries for forcing the poor away from coal. Organisations such as IIED, which exist to support the poor in their drive to develop, are … and the smokescreen fools no-one. Camilla Toulmin (camilla.toulmin@iied.org) is Director of IIED. …
Insight, 17 November 2014
Northern Ghana: a village chief learns forestry skills. Rural communities need investment to build up forest and farm enterprises and link them to markets and support networks (Photo: Treeaid, via Creative Commons)
It's time for revolution in forest business
… , Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)  and IIED are engaging local groups with the concept. Multi-donor trust … and forest peoples depend on it. Duncan Macqueen (duncan.macqueen@iied.org), is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . This post first appeared on the Kepa …
Insight, 17 November 2014
A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… is of course ahead of the game. As I reported in my blog post for IIED : China's reforms of forest tenure over the past five years have … for Environment and Development's Forest Team ( duncan.macqueen@iied.org ) …
Insight, 20 December 2013
local organizations
Local organizations: introduction
… is managed. To date, a set of twelve profiles has been published in IIED’s Gatekeeper series . The journal Environment and Urbanization has … the local organizations they profile. Association Andes Casa Pueblo IIED-América Latina ORAP Pastoral Women’s Council The Urban Resource … Employed Women’s Association Community Integrated Development, Cairo IIED and its partners are grateful to Irish Aid, the Dutch Ministry of …
Article, 01 April 2010
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PLA Notes 44: Local government and participation
Publication, 01 June 2002
Caspian Energy Initiative
… and good governance in the energy sector. It followed other IIED projects in the Caspian Region, including: Governance of oil and … with BP-Azerbaijan   (2006-09) This project was also related to IIED's work on Managing risks and opportunities in oil and gas industry contracting chains . What did IIED do? A series of multi-stakeholder dialogues in Turkmenistan, …
Project, 11 November 2011
A 'peace wall' in Mukuru, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Urban ARK)
A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi
… informal settlements around the world.  David Dodman (david.dodman@iied.org) is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group , and a co-investigator of Urban …
Insight, 18 October 2017
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Afirmando los derechos a la tierra de la comunidad utilizando los procedimientos de quejas y reclamos de la RSPO en Indonesia y Liberia
Publication, 01 August 2015
A farm in Uganda. There has recently been much debate about responsible investment in the agricultural sector (Photo: US Aid, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Responsible investment provisions in international investment treaties: where next?
… third parties, such as people affected by the investment. A recent IIED report found that third-party perspectives are often overlooked in … lessons and explore ways forward.  Lorenzo Cotula (lorenzo.cotula@iied.org) is a principal researcher (law and sustainable development) in IIED's Natural Resources research group . This is a lightly revised …
Insight, 16 October 2017
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The capacity of communities to improve their lives in adverse conditions and the potentially valuable contribution of donor agencies and local government. Zimbabwe, South Africa, Thailand, Cambodia, Uganda, Zambia and Latin America
Publication, 01 May 2002