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Tricky questions and frank discussions: a participatory forum on protracted displacement in Afghanistan
… 2. “We want to expand the city – but new informal settlements block our plans” Urban plans for Jalalabad have been developed − but sticking … provide. While people used to come to the city to learn skills and work, he explained, Afghans are now leaving the city as it is not … that exists in the countryside is lost in cities”. 3. “We need to work together to get positive results” – civil society calls for …
Insight, 10 June 2021
Families living within the 'No Dwelling Zone' in Guiuan in the Philippines one year after super Typhoon Haiyan (Photo: Victoria Maynard)
Urban planning after crisis: lessons from Southeast Asia
… Alliance for Urban Crises urges humanitarian agencies to support and work with municipal authorities. But in practice, humanitarians often … or fear corruption and conflict.   Collaboration in practice Our research project, funded through IIED's Urban Crises Learning Fund , … to plan recovery and reconstruction after a major urban crisis. Our first case study comes from Indonesia, where UN-Habitat undertook …
Insight, 10 November 2016
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Project flyer: Mainstreaming biodiversity into development
… Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plans (NBSAPs). Now we want to work with an expanded group of African countries to support how revised … budgeting processes and monitoring systems. This flyer outlines our project activities and objectives. …
Publication, 01 July 2015
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Mozambique’s REDD+: the challenge is scaling success
… what works. The challenge is in scaling it up. This briefing sets out our learning and recommendations. …
Publication, 01 December 2016
Social learning on climate change and food security issues can take place anywhere - in schools, farmers' organisations, groups or in workshops. Credit: F. Fiondella
Making it real: social learning in practice
Insight, 09 December 2013
Saba bananas, a cooking banana from the Philippines. Grassroots organisation FARMCOOP works with Philippine farmers’ cooperatives to negotiate fair contracts and build capacity (Photo: Obsidian Soul, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Supporting small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… the Philippines.  Different approaches to support small-scale farmers Our speakers outlined two approaches in two very different contexts, … them tailor their products and arrangements to suit farmers’ needs. Our second speaker was Koronado Apuzen who works for the Foundation for … to farmers. Challenges: mistrust and tensions among actors Both our speakers highlighted challenges. As a facilitator, PA had to address …
Insight, 25 May 2018
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IIED Annual Report 2012/13: Sharing knowledge for change
… Learning is at the heart of IIED’s work: we place value on building our knowledge, creating the space to … or making a change. We wouldn’t be the organisation we are without our partners. We pay tribute to Perween Rahman, tragically killed in …
Publication, 01 September 2013
African women provide the majority of food production labor in the family, but do not necessarily own the land. Research has shown that ensuring land rights for women, such as these Kenyan farmers, can positively influence food security and economic development (Photo: Bonnie McClafferty/IFPRI, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
What women want
… would propose in relation to their land rights. And, according to our research , it's not just the right to make a marriage proposal once … years. Women want to be involved in discussions about land use change Our work on gender, land and accountability , which looks at large-scale …
Insight, 29 February 2016
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IIED Annual Report 2010/11: Shaping decisions for development
… institutions across the world. This year’s annual report focuses on our governance work: our efforts across all areas to secure transparent, sustainable, …
Publication, 01 October 2011
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Rethinking urban climate resilience: time for a reset?
… modes of building urban resilience.  This provides the context for our book ‘Resilience Reset: Creating Resilient Cities in the Global … settlements), actors (‘barefoot planners’) and practices (the work of informal builders and artisans). …
Insight, 18 July 2021