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Action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Tanzania
… was informed by a number of stakeholder engagements, in-country research and ‘thematic dialogues’. The dialogue resulted in the …
Publication, 01 July 2018
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Urban ARK 7: Applying multiple methods to understand and address urban risk
… other is poorly understood. A wide-ranging multicountry programme of research has shown that using a “spectrum of methods” is an effective …
Publication, 01 July 2017
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Biodiversity, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation: What constitutes good evidence?
… evidence in biodiversity, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation research. The paper has been produced as a component of the project … the Current State of the Evidence”, funded by an Evidence and Impact Research Grant, under the DFID-NERC-ESRC Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) research programme. This paper provides a brief overview of the …
Publication, 01 January 2013
Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics
… the way the film was received. The discussion was led by Sam Geall , research fellow at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), at the University of Sussex , and executive editor … was led by Geall, an anthropologist and writer on China, whose research interests include environmental journalism, the politics of …
Event, 16 March 2015
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Women’s empowerment through collective action: How forest and farm producer organisations can make a difference
… (Poschen 2015). Entrepreneurial empowerment of women matters. This research report explores different organisational structures and social …
Publication, 01 June 2020
Tomatoes and other vegetables on a shelf outside a house
How can farmers in Ethiopia work safe and smart during COVID-19 lockdown?
… while minimising the risks of virus transmission.  Planning our research My students and I are planning to research these two options. With regards to market fragmentation, we …
Insight, 03 July 2020
Climate change costing rural women in Bangladesh up to 30% of their outgoings
… of climate change including flooding and storms, according to new research from IIED, Kingston University, the International Centre for …
News, 18 May 2022
Like many East African cities, Rwanda's capital Kigali faces the challenges of rapid growth and insufficient infrastructure (Photo: Kigali Wire, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why low-carbon urban development in African cities makes economic sense
Insight, 01 April 2016
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Conflict and Crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya
… proper solid waste management (SWM), and which have received little research attention is the role of conflict and criminal activities in …
Publication, 01 December 2016
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Annexes: A review of evidence of humanitarian cash transfer programming in urban areas
… urban areas' available at http://pubs.iied.org/10759IIED. Annexes on research methodology, country case studies and key informants. …
Publication, 01 December 2015