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A woman stands to the side of a barren area through which small shoots of a mangrove forest can be seen
Community solutions for a nature-based, resilient future beyond COVID-19
Article, 07 October 2020
Cover for G01616.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 9 Children's rights and the changing face of work in the field
… Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 9 Children's rights and the changing face of work in the field Brian Milne Introduction After more than a decade of … them into community-based For as long as aid and development work has projects, many focusing specifically on women, we now have to … the front line existed, and whether we have been involved in in our work. In the CRC there are six Articles, research, assessment, …
Publication, 01 January 1996
A series of grey abandoned and crumbling stone houses in an unwelcoming landscape
New website for research into refugee wellbeing and livelihoods
… making between camps and urban areas.  “But the way we are doing the work is also innovative - the website will allow us to share more about how we are working and the insights we are gaining from our participatory approaches.” The website offers an accessible platform …
News, 14 June 2021
The gender balance of the panel of special guests at the opening of IIED's 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) attracted criticism from the institute's staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Gender lens: putting on the spectacles
… where we will reflect on gender equality and equity – scrutinising our organisational policies, structure and cultures, and our work. We want to know where we are good or not so good at applying this …
Insight, 26 May 2015
People planting trees
Planting pilot has vision to nurture young tree ambassadors
… is really booming in Kisumu. IIED is curating a blog series via our Facebook page . We're inviting our followers – particularly our younger audience – to write for us … pilot tree-planting programme. I took inspiration from the voluntary work I do with Loitokitok Community Forest Association , which promotes …
Insight, 11 February 2020
People bending over a field of crops
Framework guides local governments towards people-led climate-resilient development
Insight, 04 August 2021
Nazhat Shameem Khan, Fiji's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and chief COP23 negotiator, addresses the LDC Group and chair Gebru Jember Endalew. IIED principal researcher Achala Abeysinghe, who provides legal support to the LDC Group chair, is pictured right (Photo: Collin Beck)
LDCs approach Fiji COP with high expectations
Insight, 01 November 2017
Protesters with a banner
IIED's best of 2019: blogs
… with business and investors to deliver positive change. As part of our new strategy we’re scaling up our work with businesses (of all sizes) and communities to identify how to …
Article, 27 December 2019
Mobile devices enable people to access a wide range of resources: in Kampala Jane Zamukunda got free legal advice from Barefoot Law via her phone (Photo: King Baudouin African Development Prize, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Going 'mobile first' to reach African audiences
… is not reflected in IIED’s website analytics – we still see 70% of our visitors accessing our online content via desktops and laptop computers. Is this because we … and types of people in terms of which communications approaches would work best for them. There’s no getting away from the fact, for example, …
Insight, 23 August 2018
Vendor cutting fish in the market.
Evaluating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small-scale fisheries and its markets
… of million more engaged indirectly.   This project is part of  IIED’s work to support the  International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and … information is critical to understand the implications of COVID-19 in our progress to the achievement of  Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 … post-COVID era? This knowledge is critical to contribute to continue our progress to the achievement of  SDG14.B : provide access of …
Project, 28 January 2021