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Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… an easy word to say. But it has profound implications, not least for how we address the largest – yet often least visible – part of the … that gives strength to economic ecosystems," said Camilla Toulmin of IIED. 2. Build platforms for exchange If informal workers are to … as part of any formalisation effort.  Sian Lewis ( sian.lewis@iied.org ) is a staff writer in IIED's Communications Group. Resources We …
Insight, 10 March 2016
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… world long enough to read this wise and inspiring book". Another was how grounded her writings were in what they proposed. Time magazine … life not only now, but also for future generations. The birth of IIED The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) … She replied: "It is our duty to hope." More on Barbara Ward: www.iied.org/BarbaraWard David Satterthwaite (David.Satterthwaite@iied.org) is a …
Insight, 27 May 2014
Participants at the meeting establish how their NGO works with communities in DRC (Photo: Alessandra Guiliani/IIED)
Poverty and conservation in DRC – what role for a network?
… biodiversity. Helping close the distance Recognising these concerns, IIED's biodiversity team has worked over the past year to understand … to continue the dialogue and lesson learning the meeting initiated; How this network should be structured; Specific activities a DRC-based … forward for the group. Alessandra Giuliani (alessandra.giuliani@iied.org)   is a researcher in IIED's Natural Resources Group . …
Insight, 24 August 2014
Durban Beach, South Africa (Photo: Darren Glanville, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investing in natural capital to deliver the SDGs and reduce poverty
… (PEP) meeting . PEP seeks to build a wider understanding of how an integrated approach to reducing poverty and the sustainable use … of positive natural capital investment.  Paul Steele  ( paul.steele@iied.org ) is chief economist at IIED. …
Insight, 17 July 2017
Stunted crops in the Kaffrine region of Senegal are the result of a lack of rainfall, jeopardising farmers’ harvests (Photo: Daniella Van Leggelo-Padilla/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Local climate adaptation: bridging the funding gap
Insight, 09 July 2015
Heads of government will pledge action on climate change at the UN Climate Summit in New York on 23 September (Image: UN)
Leaders take note: There are two sides to the climate change coin
Insight, 18 September 2014
The construction of the CCCF Mega Dam in Makueni County, Kenya is an example of local action during a devolved climate finance pilot project (Photo: Japheth Mutuku)
Decentralised model gets climate finance moving
… – despite their first-hand experience and relevant knowledge of how to manage the shocks and stresses of climate change – have little say in how the funds are spent. But a side event  co-hosted by IIED and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent … viewed on its YouTube channel . Teresa Corcoran (teresa.corcoran@iied.org) is content officer in IIED's Communications Group . …
News, 02 December 2016
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… I joined IIED in November 1987 to set up the drylands programme . What was it … and control over large areas of land. We have seen only too clearly how vulnerable local rights can be, especially over common resources, … to keep my successor busy! Camilla Toulmin (camilla.toulmin@iied.org) is director of IIED. …
Insight, 22 June 2015
Modern energy services are crucial to economic development. In Afghanistan, less than 10 per cent of the population has access to the electricity grid. French NGO GERES has been working to introduce low-cost passive solar building designs, reducing fuel poverty (Photo: Oriane Zera, GERES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Facing up to the awkward realities of the post-2015 agenda
… in some of the fast-growing developing countries such as India. IIED researchers have found that the reality of poverty numbers is far … the official poverty figures suggest. The World Bank has highlighted how boosting the incomes of the bottom 40 per cent, compared to the … weather events and citizens' choices. Tom Bigg ( tom.bigg@iied.org) is head of Partnerships at IIED and works with the  Independent …
Insight, 28 January 2015
2015 is a critical year for sustainable development: IIED is tracking the route to Paris and COP21 in December (Image: IIED)
Walking along the road to Paris
Insight, 15 June 2015