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Gastro(eco)nomic revolution in Peru
… responsibilities chefs and cooks hold within the countries where they work. In Peru, chefs have become political actors whose voices are heard … are working hard to include them in value chains that reward their work . Gastón Acurio said in this Guardian article:  "It's something which has bred tolerance in our historically conflictive country." …
Insight, 16 October 2011
Seaweed farming in Nusa Lembongan, Bali, is an example of an alternative livelihood project (Photo: Yeowatzup via Creative Commons)
IIED's best of 2014: blogs
Article, 31 December 2014
Study reveals immense importance of ‘invisible’ water to urban poor
… way. "The policy trend is to promote the use of piped water but as our research shows, large proportions of urban populations are not …
News, 12 November 2010
Manganese mining in Gabon (Photo: jbdodane, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD)
… download. They can be browsed using the links below or you can search our Publications Library . If you cannot find what you are looking for, …
Project, 03 March 2009
MMSD – final report
… Documents are grouped together in the links below, or you can search our Publications Library . Please contact us if you can't find what you …
Article, 03 March 2009
People gesture and point at a man with a microphone.
G8 summit: A revolutionary agenda
… closely who pays taxes (and who doesn’t but ought to). In the UK, the work of advocacy groups like UnCut , and the media stories of the last … on the road to accountability and fair and sustainable development. Our research has made big contributions to policy debates about … What You Pay (PWYP) questions remain on how to make transparency work for sustainable development . It’s clear that just implementing …
Insight, 14 June 2013
The Kob population in Uganda is being depleted by poaching, pictured in Queen Elizabeth National Park (Photo: Roger Day Photography)
Building capacity for pro-poor responses to wildlife crime in Uganda
… concern for livelihoods by gathering empirical evidence that improves our understanding of the interactions between wildlife crime and poverty …
Project, 22 July 2014
Solar-radiation management aims to reduce the amount of solar energy warming the planet by blocking the sun with tiny particles (Photo: Mike, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Geoengineering and development – what price on equity and justice in the coming climate culture wars?
… for coal has never proved workable at scale), and even if it did work, would use vast amounts of land. Various propositions exist for … be massive (historically humans have been very bad at predicting our influence on climate systems). Rainfall, temperature and weather …
Insight, 20 December 2017
A cup of coffee. We are drinking more coffee: the International Coffee Organisation says world coffee consumption has been rising by an average of 2.3 per cent per year (Photo: Benedicto de Jesus, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A new kind of brew: smallholder coffee and carbon
Insight, 08 December 2015
In the absence of electricity, students in Bangladesh are given charger lights so they can study at home (Photo: G.M.B. Akash/PANOS)
Ensuring an Energy Sustainable Development Goal delivers for poor people and the planet
… Developed Countries Independent Expert Group . IIED's energy team work with a network of partners interested in energy issues across the … CAFOD and Practical Action and representing the combined voice of our three organisations, this post looks specifically at the energy for … the private sector and civil society in delivering solutions that work for the energy poor. Private sector finance alone cannot deliver …
Insight, 25 March 2014