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Pope Francis is providing global leadership in the battle to take action on climate change (Photo: Raffaele Esposito, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
A papal message reaching out to everyone
Insight, 18 June 2015
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 5 Participatory needs assessment in the peri-urban areas of Lusaka, Zambia
… purchasing development process to build individual and power of most people has fallen dramatically; institutional capacities. with the slump … decisions had to be made: alarmingly. · How to reorient project staff, half of whom Consequently the World Food Programme were … to make food available for a Food-for- development workers, but all of whom Work (FFW) programme and in January 1992 were used to a …
Publication, 01 January 1994
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
Partnership and participation are central to IIED's work: this exchange visit organised with our partners in Nepal allowed community foresters to share their experiences with civil society activists from the Lao PDR. (Photo: IIED)
How does IIED seek to make a difference?
… toolkit for advocating for change that benefits poor and marginalised people and the environment. As the review notes, we look to bring … or obliged to levy a percentage of our income to pay dividends. Our staff are the organisation's greatest asset, so we strive to create a … in our work, we also strive to be equitable and transparent in all our dealings. Making a tangible difference And finally, IIED's work …
Insight, 24 April 2017
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 5 Economic classification of a community using locally generated criteria
… using locally generated criteria Parmesh Shah We (a team of about 5 staff members of the limits they were asked to classify the rest. Aga … first tested during subsequent discussions. group to classify. Then all the names against which there was some hesitation, debate, Two sets … heads. were taken up to find out the criteria for Both these people were very articulate and classification. This was later followed …
Publication, 01 January 1988
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… small-scale mining is also significant, employing up to 30 million people worldwide – with another 120 million involved in related … where informal workers – including the poor, ethnic groups and all genders are given a seat at the table on their own terms. These … of any formalisation effort.  Sian Lewis ( [email protected] ) is a staff writer in IIED's Communications Group. Resources We published …
Insight, 10 March 2016
IIED director Camilla Toulmin speaks in a plenary session on day one of IIED's Fair Ideas event in Rio de Janeiro, June 2012 (Photo: Tom Broadhurst/IIED)
The things that make me proud
… to be a revelation over my first months there. Rather it was most of all the sense of possibility I felt when I visited – a place where I … my own ideas and activity. A place with the same interests as me, and people interested both in research and making a practical difference – … and  Offering an attractive but demanding environment for committed staff, maintaining the strong collectivist spirit that underlies the …
Insight, 22 June 2015
A farmer in a buckwheat field close to harvest time in Gansu Province, China. The country's agriculture is currently facing major environmental challenges (Photo: Han Jianping)
Sustainable agriculture in China: then and now
… effects both domestically and internationally therefore concern us all. With these issues in mind, IIED and China Agricultural University … together 30 practitioners, researchers, government officials and NGO staff working on sustainable agriculture. The workshop had several … Wanzai's experiment with organic agriculture began in 1999, when the People's Congress of the town voted to convert the entire township to …
Insight, 26 March 2015
Forest Connect: championing local forest enterprises
… different groups have learnt from their mistakes. For example, the staff from one project that has spent almost a decade domesticating … and early indications suggest that this benefits both forests and people. Spreading support The Ethiopian story is not unique. In many of … It is local forest people who are best placed to reduce deforestation all over the world. But they must be provided with the incentives to do …
Insight, 24 February 2011
The 2011 monsoon season brought unusually heavy rains and severe floods to many south-east Asian countries. Thailand was worst affected, with large parts of the Thai capital Bangkok under water (Photo: Chrisgel Ryan Cruz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis
… Human and financial cost of the flooding So far, over 400 people have been killed in flood-related incidents, and it is estimated … which are located in a river valley, were affected in mid-October. All of these areas were (and many still are) 60-70% submerged under up … combined with the end of the fiscal year, which usually brings in new staff to key posts. The new government and the previous government have …
Insight, 02 November 2011