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A woman sells palm oil in a market in west Africa.
Four actions to reduce the ‘forest footprint’ of commodities
… made by a company known to destroy Indonesian rainforests. Another is multi-stakeholder commodity “roundtables” that set standards and …
Insight, 18 March 2013
The Tanah Abang district of the Indonesian capital Jakarta has chronic traffic problems. Attempts to clear informal settlements and street vendors are frequently met with protests (Photo: Ikhlasul Amal, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Ten urban planning principles every humanitarian should know
… Committee's (IRC)  Livelihoods Center in Beirut, a multi-story building located near a central roundabout and at the …
Insight, 10 November 2015
Cambodia's rural population is heavily reliant on small-scale rice production. The Clean Sugar Campaign campaigns against large-scale plantations that push smallholders off their land (stefans_box, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Holding actors in agricultural investment chains to account
… its home country National CSOs filed a complaint with Bonsucro , the multi-stakeholder organisation that promotes sustainable sugar cane They …
Insight, 22 October 2015
This week in Myanmar, pictured, the Forest Farm Facility is funding a national exchange between forest and farm producer groups and many other producer groups (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest and Farm Facility: Getting resources to those who matter
… They must balance competing claims and priorities – ensuring that a multi-functional mosaic of land managed by smallholder forest-farm …
Insight, 24 March 2014
A goal worth scoring: Lessons from winning football teams can improve the supply chains of commodities that drive deforestation. Credit: Cusia-Inc
Football’s winning ingredients can help forests in Kenya and Tanzania
… Strategic opportunities exist to develop certification schemes and multi-stakeholder roundtables, and for companies to actively seek to …
Insight, 20 March 2014
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… claims. But these policy responses can misunderstand the complex and multi-tiered labour structure that exists within informal ASM. More …
Article, 21 July 2015
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PLA 65 - Biodiversity and culture: exploring community protocols, rights and consent
… and Harry Jonas Using stakeholder and power analysis and BCPs in multi-stakeholder processes Herman Brouwer, Wim Hiemstra and Pilly …
Article, 31 May 2012
Analysing the cost of adapting to climate change
… benefits of such projects, and that’s the difference between it and “multi-stakeholder analysis” or participatory stakeholder analysis, says …
Insight, 08 May 2012
The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, headquarters building in Vienna (Photo: Michela Mazzoli, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investor-state arbitration: an opportunity for real reform?
… investment . Reform could also help turn the one-way street into a multi-directional one: some respondent states have brought counterclaims …
Insight, 07 December 2018
In the foreground, a hotchpotch of buildings close together, towered over by large buildings in the background.
Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… together once more, this time in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico on the multi-partner Transformative Urban Coalitions programme, which seeks to …
Article, 14 June 2022