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Hippos bask in the sun in Botswana.
Botswana: Biodiversity and dragons come together
… into policies across government – from agriculture, tourism and mining policies, financial strategies and budgeting. Policy tensions …
Insight, 22 May 2013
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
… the largest informal sector in West Africa. Artisanal and small-scale mining is also significant, employing up to 30 million people …
Insight, 10 March 2016
Why markets matter
… on the use and effectiveness of grievance mechanisms by oil and gas, mining and forestry companies. Get involved We hope to influence …
Insight, 19 March 2012
Algeria unveils its renewable energy strategy; Africa has a "huge appetite for renewable sources of energy that will power its industries" (Photo: Magharebia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
But, what is the Africa position?
Insight, 28 November 2015
A girl studies under the light of a rechargeable solar lamp.
New research series kicks off with look at energy delivery models
… Linking Worlds . The paper series looks across sectors – agriculture, mining, energy and textiles – at the characteristics and rationale for …
Insight, 12 December 2012
Men from Blitar, a city in East Java, Indonesia, sit in a circle on mats.
Climate change communication: 'A' is for audience
Insight, 07 December 2012
Buy me a river
… awareness to halt waste disposal into the river, control gravel mining, promote afforestation upstream and control the use of chemicals …
Insight, 25 October 2010
A typical Kenya milk bar. Packaged milk in supermarkets has been found to be no better at meeting food safety standards than raw milk sold from kiosks (Photo: International Livestock Research Institute, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Lessons in informality from Kenya's dairy sector
… markets more broadly – in agriculture, street vending, forestry and mining – provide jobs and incomes in many developing countries. We …
Insight, 03 November 2015
Cover for G03369.pdf
EITI and beyond: perspectives from Azerbaijan (in Russian)
… EITI process on transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sectors in Azerbaijan. It also poses a number of questions …
Publication, 01 May 2012
The Bailique community, mainly artisanal fishermen and forest users near the Amazon River, have established the first community protocol in Brazil (Photo: Roberta Ramos)
Brazil's first community protocol: the Bailique experience
… well-being, rather than as a response to any specific threat such as mining or illegal logging. The aims are to prepare the community to be …
Insight, 25 August 2015