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Sixty-two-year-old Elizabeth Mukwimba has a solar-powered lighting system. She no longer has to buy expensive kerosene and has been able to use the savings to re-roof her house (Photo: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development)
Electricity supplies in Tanzania: putting people first
… Tanzanians are pushing for better power. Ben Garside ( ben.garside@iied.org ) is senior researcher in the Shaping Sustainable Markets …
Insight, 13 December 2016
Dialogue participants visited ASM operations (Photo: Mkhululi Nkosilamandla Ncube)
Can ASM lead the Africa Mining Vision?
… a dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) organised by IIED with HakiMadini and MTL Consulting  in Tanzania. Participating in …
Insight, 07 December 2017
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
Insight, 11 February 2014
Lake Bogoria is home to one of the world's largest populations of Flamingos. It has been a protected reserve since 1973. The lake area was the traditional home of the Endorois people, who were forced to leave the area in the 1970s (Photo: Geoffroy Mauvais/IUCN)
It's time to end conservation injustice
… Yet more than a decade after that agreement, research undertaken by IIED and Natural Justice shows that many protected areas continue to be …
Insight, 17 November 2014
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Gouvernance des hautes mers: priorités pour les pays les moins avancés
Publication, 01 July 2017
Animals gather in the shade of a rusting ship near the Aral Sea (Photo: Mark Pitcher)
Are Kazakhstan's plans for a greener future at risk?
… on transition to green economy is now also part of the new ministry. IIED assessed Kazakhstan's laws, regulations and procedures, referred to …
Insight, 31 October 2014
A farmer in Tanzania shows the effects of drought on her maize crop. Farmers in developing countries, and women farmers in particular, find it difficult to get multi-peril crop insurance (Photo: Anne Wangalachi, CIMMYT, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Insuring farmers – adapting to climate change
Insight, 16 July 2015
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Defesa dos direitos à moradia em Lagos. Uma perspectiva histórica sobre as disputas entre o Estado e os cidadãos e as oportunidades emergentes para a reforma da política habitacional
Publication, 12 December 2023
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… A workshop in Dar es Salaam in July organised by the  Hivos/IIED Energy Change Lab brought together government agencies, energy …
Insight, 21 September 2017
Climate change advocacy fund good news for poor countries
Insight, 08 September 2011