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Plan Vivo partners at a conference in Sweden commit to actively engage in the implementation and accountability of the SDGs (Photo: Plan Vivo Foundation)
The SDGs speak and we like what we hear
Insight, 15 October 2015
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… and build trust in communities their activities affect. It includes research from Africa, Asia, the Russian Far East and Azerbaijan that …
Article, 27 December 2013
Cover for 9116IIED.pdf
Exploring Rural-Urban Interactions in Tanzania: A critical review of the methods and tools used
… difficulties but also of the benefits of using participation in research which is not immediately linked to action. …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Cover for G02532.pdf
IIED Institutional Strategy 2009-14
… To achieve our goals we will prioritise rigorous evidence-based research, communications and influence, and will invest in improved …
Publication, 01 April 2009
Cover for G03710.pdf
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
… and companies do, or do not do, to respond to these threats. Yet research on public understanding of climate change and surveys of …
Publication, 01 January 2014
A farmers’ house in Bandevouri, South Region, Cameroon. Bandevouri is one of several locations where the Centre for Environment and Development seconded a law graduate to assist rural people in legal matters (Photo: Thierry Berger)
IIED webinar: improving accountability in agribusiness investments
… carried out with the aid of a grant from International Development Research Centre (IDRC) , Ottawa, Canada. The views expressed do not … land governance in Ghana. LRMC is an NGO that focuses on education, research, advocacy and dissemination of information on land matters. …
Event, 06 June 2017
Small producers in the global market
… on this agenda. The network provides a space that combines action research and learning on some of the critical challenges that … place from 4th to 8th April in Fort Portal, hosted by the Kabarole Research and Resource Centre (KRC), Uganda. Much has happened since the … perspectives. The enquiry has taken the shape of a collaborative research programme and dialogue with a multitude of actors ranging from, …
Insight, 28 March 2010
A wholesale fish market in Cox's Bazar on the Bay of Bengal. Fishing communities need access to finance and infrastructure such as clean water, refrigeration and transport (Photo: Aftab Uzzaman, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Untangling the net: what does 'leave no one behind' mean for fishers?
… approach to 'leave no one behind' can be complicated. In our research, we want to identify constraints along the hilsa fish supply … ) is a senior researcher in IIED's  Shaping Sustainable Markets research group .  Further resources: Mohammed has recently authored an …
Insight, 11 July 2016
Cover for G02894.pdf
An extract from 'Views of the Poor' (PLA 57)
… Development and Cooperation (SDC) during a four-week participatory research study in the Morogoro region, Tanzania. The resulting report, …
Publication, 01 December 2007
A 'peace wall' in Mukuru, one of the largest slums in Nairobi, Kenya (Photo: Urban ARK)
A special approach to slum upgrading: the Special Planning Area in Mukuru, Nairobi
… A report on living conditions in the area , which also drew on a research project (involving SDI Kenya, AMT, the Universities of … ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Human Settlements research group , and a co-investigator of Urban ARK. This blog was …
Insight, 18 October 2017