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Institutionalising participation and people-centered processes in natural resource management
… report presents the background and rationale for the IIED-IDS action research project on institutionalising participatory approaches and … with complementary studies undertaken in this collaborative research programme. It also contains highlights and summaries of all the …
Publication, 01 January 2004
Wind turbines on the top of a hill
Is Davos signalling the end of business as usual?
Insight, 21 January 2020
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Developing tools to secure land rights in West Africa: a ‘bottom up’ approach
… these efforts. This briefing distils lessons learnt through action research in West Africa that developed inclusive and locally rooted …
Publication, 01 April 2014
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?
… and experience-based knowledge creation is as valuable as scientific research. In short, creating space for voice and participation and … as much an essential part of IIED's strategy as is conducting policy research and providing expert advice. – external review 2017 How the … into policymaking, as well as more academically-recognised forms of research. That is why we make our work available free of charge online . …
Insight, 24 April 2017
What's the use of being an expert if no one listens to you? (Photo: Chris Pirillo, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Simply telling a good story
… And it is the destination that counts. An inspirational narrative Research quoted by Maria Konnikova in the New Yorker  on what made … world really look like rather than why it will be a better place. The research also looked at how many of the stories people shared related to … — Susan Juned (@susanjuned) July 26, 2016 Going back to the research on which articles were most read in the New Yorker – I was …
Insight, 10 August 2016
Ancestral miners rush to find gold and platinum ore at a mine wall opened by medium-scale mining (Photo: Ronald de Hommel)
Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… initiative in partnership with the University of Ghent's Conflict Research Group and the Alternate Forum for Research in Mindanao , highlights how formalisation efforts often focus …
Insight, 12 November 2014
IIED aims to contribute to the achievement of change which benefits poor people and the environment. The institute's strategy for the next two years has been published (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Engaging for change – refreshing our strategy for the next two years
… refreshed the focus for the coming two years in a strategy update . Research focus We have retained the four long-term strategic goals that orient the work of our research groups: Increased investment in locally controlled land and …
Insight, 09 August 2017
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Determinants of Small-Scale Farmer inclusion in Emerging Modern Agrifood Markets: A Study of the Dairy Industry in India.
… IIMA Working Papers from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Research and Publication Department. …
Publication, 01 February 2009
A family harvesting potatoes in front of a lake, with a landscape of mountains in the background.
Biocultural heritage territories: key to halting biodiversity loss
… (IPLCs) . A new briefing by IIED, Asociación ANDES and the Research Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) from …
News, 23 September 2020
Old Fadama, Ghana: health conditions in many low-income and informal settlements will be worsened further by rising temperatures and changing rainfall patterns (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
Climate change and urban health
Project, 29 July 2014