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Innovation in Securing Land Rights in Africa: Lessons from experience
… researchers and practitioners actively engaged in land tenure policy research, debates and implementation. This briefing paper aims to inform …
Publication, 01 September 2006
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… engaging with urban issues since the 1970s. Our  Human Settlements research group  works on urban environmental issues at all levels – from …
News, 19 July 2016
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Survey Instruments Tool
… consumer goods company Unilever, IIED and the Centre for Value Chain Research at the University of Kent have worked together to develop such …
Publication, 01 October 2012
A Potato Park farmer in Peru leads the Potato Guardians collective (Photo: Adam Kerby)
Return of potatoes from CIP to Andean farmers proves critical for climate adaptation
… agro-ecosystems, and through collaborative and mutually beneficial research with the farmers, it has continued to enhance knowledge, … that are tailored to difficult environments. Sonja Vermeulen, head of research with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and food Security …
News, 27 November 2014
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Lessons from a transboundary water governance project in West Africa (PLA 60)
… This article draws on research carried out in Ghana and Burkina Faso to explore the impact of …
Publication, 01 December 2009
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Enhancing publication impact monitoring at IIED
… evaluates the impact of its work within international development, research and educational communities. In particular, the project focused …
Publication, 01 November 2010
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Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in housing development: The case of Keko Machungwa informal settlement, Dar es Salaam
… and recommends measures for improvement. Key methods employed for the research included physical observation, household interviews, mapping, …
Publication, 01 February 2017
A community workshop. Social learning processes were a key element of a successful 10-year collaboration between the International Potato Centre (CIP) and indigenous communities in the Peruvian Andes (Photo: IIED)
It's the process, stupid 
… Adaptation (PACCA) in East Africa, and The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative for Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Our findings confirm … ) is senior researcher in IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group . Marissa Van Epp is a consultant working for IIED. …
Insight, 16 March 2017
The 2015 Development & Climate Days at COP21 is promising tough talk on poverty and climate
Paris talks have historic chance to include everyone in a fairer, greener future
… Knowledge Network (CDKN) , Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , the International Institute for Environment and … and far-sighted in pre-empting climate effects." Ilmi Granoff, senior research fellow, ODI climate and environment, said: "The evidence is …
News, 26 November 2015
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Climate Policy 2(2002) 145-159 From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of Adaptation Policy
… much less developed than mitigation as a policy response. Adaptation research has been used to help answer to related but distinct questions. … of adaptation policies and measures. While both types of research are conducted in a policy context, they differ in their character, application, and purpose. The impacts/mitigation research is orientated towards the physical and biological science of …
Publication, 01 January 2002