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San Isidro Ketchi Cuisine and Craft Restaurant (SIKCCR - San Isidro) worked on their business plan (Photo: Duncan Macqueen)
Community forest-farm business training under way in Belize
… – Trio). The business training covered people and information; market research and development, and financial record keeping and planning.  … to take the initiative in organising their team to conduct market research as well as financial and business planning.They also need to …
Insight, 14 September 2016
Cover for G02476.pdf
Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment: Getting a better deal for natural resource investment in Africa - Highlights and lessons learned (2006-2009)
… Citizen Empowerment” programme is an initiative that through action research, capacity building, exchange of experience and policy advocacy … to better governance and livelihoods. This calls for empirical research and effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) in operational …
Publication, 01 March 2009
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging.
Zimbabwe needs “more urban, more public” climate change strategy
… The paper draws substantially on research and discussions with civil society organisations, as part of a … strong connections with vulnerable communities and international research networks, as well as experience of the UN climate change regime … 2012 national census. Download the 4-page briefing paper Download the research paper Climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation in …
News, 17 January 2013
Farmers analyse local maize varieties in the Karst mountains, Southwest China. IIED's work includes participatory plant breeding and community supported agriculture (Photo: IIED)
Can ecosystem-based adaptation help deliver the promise of Paris?
Insight, 13 January 2017
Somboun Saiborkeno farms coffee on his smallholding on the Bolaven Plateau in Laos. Smallholders in the region are being encouraged to grow high quality and organic coffee for export (Photo: Asian Development Bank)
Scaling up sustainability in smallholder-dominated agricultural sectors
… to inputs, credit and technical assistance. Phase one findings The research conducted in phase one found that despite considerable growth … developing a model for transformation Consequently, phase two of our research took a more comprehensive look at how to scale up …
Project, 23 April 2015
Book cover of 'Reducing urban poverty in the global south'
Reducing Urban Poverty in the Global South
Publication, 01 August 2013
Cover for G03560.pdf
What does it take to achieve pro-poor REDD+? Summary report from workshop held 29 November 2012, Doha, Qatar
… REDD+ and the practical experience of REDD+. It drew from recent research on the costs and implementation of pro-poor REDD+ approaches in …
Publication, 01 March 2013
"This workshop aimed to generate a shared learning on how climate financing for low-carbon climate resilient development can better reach the people who need it most" said Neha Rai about the event to discuss accessing climate funds for low-carbon resilience development projects (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Reaching those that need it most: learnings for climate finance programmes
… to encourage investments for the poor. IIED has been conducting research on the political economy of climate-resilient development planning since 2013.  This research focuses on countries such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Rwanda and …
News, 02 April 2015
Fishermen collecting the day's catch
Bangladesh: protecting the Hilsa from overfishing
… without its flaws. Knowledge gaps highlighted the need for further research into the effects the sanctuaries had on hilsa stocks, and also …
Project, 26 June 2013
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GUIDELINES FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS TO THE ISSUE PAPER SERIES
… with the Haramata bulletin, are designed to help you share your research results, practical development experience or conceptual ideas … publications, but they should present information based on either research or practical experience, and be written in a manner that will …
Publication, 01 January 2006