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Maureen O'Neil and Rebeca Grynspan, the incoming and outgoing chair of IIED's board of trustees, discuss the institute's key challenges and successes over the last six years (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Trustee chairs in conversation: Maureen O'Neil and Rebeca Grynspan
… on results'.   O'Neill said the biggest challenge was funding IIED's work. She said it was important to find funding and at the same time to … of many different countries who were contributing to the IIED's work through donor framework agreements.  She said: "We are those who … should be very good ambassadors for IIED out in the world, using all our connections to advance their work." Part three …
Article, 11 August 2014
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Intellectual property tools for products based on biocultural heritage
… and small producers. Follow the links below for more about our work on Biocultural heritage and Shaping Sustainable Markets. …
Publication, 01 November 2011
A growing call for organisation
… About the series: Making markets work for small-scale farmers? One of these is the need for organisation. … this call was re-iterated at the latest provocation ‘ Making markets work for smallholders or wage labour? ’ — held in Manchester, United … that whether we’re talking about smallholders or wage labourers, our efforts to reduce rural poverty will be limited without …
Article, 02 June 2011
A family living in a cemetery in Cebu City, the Philippines. A lack of affordable housing has led some 100 families to set up home among the mausoleums (Photo: Karl Fluch, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Who can we trust to measure urban poverty?
… Development practitioners must demand as much economic rigour in our poverty assessments as we do in our per diem calculations. Measuring access to services Because of the … household, what amenities they have, where they came from, where they work, how much they earn, how much they can save, how much the land …
Insight, 13 June 2017
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… diversity on Zambian farms and in local diets is the dilemma that our Zambia Food Change Lab seeks to address. This lab, convened by Hivos … durable coalitions for change. One of the most powerful aspects of our change lab process is that it works on multiple levels. While it is …
Insight, 05 June 2017
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Navigating ocean investments
… Concerns about the health of our ocean are rising up both the public and political agendas. … are damaging marine life: we need to take effective action to protect our ocean. Marine protected areas (MPAs) – reserves in the ocean – can … government ministries to maintain core functions (such as approval of work and management plans, enforcement of regulations, and fisheries …
Article, 01 October 2019
A community sanitation facility in Jinja, Uganda (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
… including lowered healthcare costs and reduced absenteeism from work and school. Inequality of toilet access The quality of toilets in … Adressing the problem of toilet access So what can be done? IIED and our long-term partner  Shack/Slum Dwellers' International  recently … bathroom.  Sharing knowledge about urban sanitation And we're doing our bit too, by connecting people working on urban sanitation and …
Insight, 18 November 2014
Peru's Quelccaya ice cap is the largest glaciated area in the tropics; glaciers play a significant role in Lima's water provision (Photo: Wikipedia via Creative Commons)
Recognising the risks – what do people in Lima think about climate change?
… change is a fabrication, asking "Why are we Peruvians spending our money on this?" Resistance: functional cognitive dissonance The most … most important thing is the rain –  and we still have the rain for our water'. But this is illogical – people in Lima know it only rains … She is currently exploring the issue with interest and hopes to work with social psychologists and experts from political sciences to …
Insight, 22 December 2014
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Circling the point: from ICT4D to Web 2.0 and back again (PLA 59)
… holistically appropriate, adapt and integrate these technologies in our work with people, information and technology. Participatory Learning and …
Publication, 01 June 2009
Isilda Nhantumbo, Bright Sibale, and Duncan Macqueen exchange ideas at a Forest Governance Learning Group Learning Event in Mozambique. Photo: Leianne Rolington
Private sector involvement with REDD+
… in ecosystems services commodities, such as carbon. For example, our research has shown that  carbon rights legislation is not yet ready … focused on Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mozambique. Our analysis found important insights into innovative ways to secure … REDD+ funded projects. The private sector Finally, this area of work looked at how the private sector is beginning to make commitments …
Project, 12 September 2013