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Researchers talk to villagers in Sheikhuwal village in rural Pakistan
Tracking adaptation and measuring development (TAMD)
… at local and national levels, NGOs and development partners. IIED is working with the climate change consultancy Garama 3C Ltd to …
Project, 10 September 2014
Testing the water in Kenya's Tana River watershed. The river's ecosystem is being affected by a range of factors. Public and private organisations are exploring ways to improve ecosystem management (Photo: Georgina Smith/CIAT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
'Sustainable development science' for transforming our world
… building on the approach pioneered by the MA. Steve Bass  (steve.bass@iied.org) is a senior associate at IIED and independent chair of the ESPA programme executive board. This …
Insight, 09 October 2015
Making food systems work for people and planet
… audio files, whose first three chapters are now freely available at IIED's website. "Rising food prices and fears that biofuel production … says the book's author Dr Michel Pimbert, who is the director of IIED’s Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity and Livelihoods programme. …
News, 06 May 2008
Four men pose with their backpacks on the floor
Can community rangers help tackle illegal wildlife trade?
… Last month, IIED and the IUCN Sustainable Use and Livelihoods Specialist Group …
Insight, 12 April 2021
Biomass: boon or bane?
… A new IIED briefing paper asks some hard questions about biomass investments … direct investment in biomass plantations. A new briefing paper from IIED asks some hard questions about the likely pattern of investment in …
Insight, 31 August 2011
Man stands next to a hut and a jerrycan. Another man, wearing red, points to the right.
Can COP26 lay firm foundations for an ambitious new climate finance goal?
… negotiations, both of which are explored in greater depth in a new IIED policy briefing . For example, assessment of the $100bn goal is …
Insight, 11 October 2021
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China: Supermarket penetration in rural China: the Suguo model and its impacts on smallholders and SMEs
… small-scale producers and SMEs with dynamic markets as part of IIED's Regoverning Markets Programme. The case study focused on Suguo's …
Publication, 01 May 2008
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Humanitarian responses by local actors: Lessons learned from managing the transit of migrants and refugees through Croatia
Publication, 01 August 2016
A farmer in Tattaguine, Senegal benefits from an irrigation project. IIED is advocating for the Green Climate Fund to speed up the process of getting finance to local levels, those who need it most (Photo: Ryan Kendrick Smith, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Q&A: a message to the Green Climate Fund board
… voice by the poor and climate vulnerable to prioritise their needs. IIED is supporting the ministries of local government in Tanzania and … finance gets to those who need it most. Paul Steele (paul.steele@iied.org) is chief economist at IIED. …
Article, 10 October 2016
Closing sacks of sorted plastic for recycling at the Banvari Compound at Dharavi.Credit Meena Kadri. Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en_GB
Work and shelter – two struggles, one reality
… Foundation, with participation from Asiye eTafuleni (Durban), IIED and Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing … they are stronger. Diana Mitlin is a Principal Researcher in IIED's Human Settlements Group (diana.mitlin@iied.org). …
Insight, 09 December 2013