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Using digital technology to scan potential for change in sustainable development
… “Working with Marble Global, we developed a ‘relative importance index’ to help us tease out the different nuances we were looking for, …
Project, 24 August 2022
2017: pastoralists in Isiolo county in Kenya are digging for water in dried-up river beds. Agricultural insurance schemes can help pastoralists and farmers be more resilient to climate shocks (Photo: Denis Onyodi/KRCS)
Insuring against climate risk in Kenya
… risk-prone areas are taking out insurance at the county-level.  The Index Based Livestock Insurance scheme was developed in 2009 by the … Insurance and Risk Management Program, which provides yield index insurance for semi-commercial maize and wheat farmers, with … maize farmers have purchased insurance so far.  Finally, Weather Index Insurance in Kenya has been subsidised by a range of international …
Insight, 06 June 2017
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Wellbeing of Nations, The
… yardsticks such as the Gross Domestic Product, the Human Development Index, or the Environmental Sustainability Index. This book is co-published by Canada’s International Development …
Publication, 01 January 2001
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IIED research and evidence in academia
… reflecting the priorities of affected communities. The Ocean Equity Index , Nature 650, 123-128 (January 2026) The Ocean Equity Index is a framework for assessing and improving equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies. This paper applies the index to case studies at local, national and global scales, showing that …
Article, 23 September 2020
An oil flare in Port Harcourt Nigeria.
Transparency: can it work for sustainable development?
… joint 139th in Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index and Nigeria remains 153rd in the Human Development Index . While EITI is a relatively young international standard, it is … The Revenue Watch Institute has just launched the Resource Governance Index , with an online set of data for citizens to analyse their …
Insight, 23 May 2013
The Bandiagara plateau in Central Mali has been hit by repeated droughts. Climate change is making the weather unpredictable, resulting in poor harvests and increased malnutrition (Photo: Irina Mosel/ODI, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Mali is extremely vulnerable and unable to combat climate change impacts
… country's GDP. Mali now ranks 161 out of 178 countries in the ND-GAIN index (a University of Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index  project, which shows a country's vulnerability to climate change … in combination with its readiness to improve resilience. On this index Mali ranks seventh on vulnerability and 128th on readiness; this …
Article, 24 November 2015
An expanse of water next to a bank of soil
Policymakers take note: climate displacement is driving millions into slavery
… than at any other time in history. According to the Global Slavery Index , 40.3 million people worldwide are living in slavery; 71% are …
Insight, 05 July 2021
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Environmental Product Measures: Trade barriers for South-North trade?
… such environmental measures two indices are developed - the Frequency Index of Environmental Measures (FIEM) and the Coverage Index of Environmental Measures (CIEM) and applied to developing …
Publication, 01 January 1998
Crop field with man watering the soil.
Reconciling food production and forest conservation: priorities for the UN Food Systems Summit
… in risk mitigation and management strategies such as weather-based index insurance to build resilience against climate shocks. 3. Invest in …
Insight, 20 September 2021
A woman market trader holds up a small plastic bag of fresh fish.
The politics at play in Vietnam’s food system
… in the ‘quality and safety’ indicator of the Global Food Security Index . Vietnam’s score was the best of the eight countries that were …
Insight, 16 September 2020