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Rwanda has made significant commitments on restoration. Kigali, surrounded by green hills, was a particularly fitting venue for the African Forest Landscape Investment Forum (Photo: atulinda Images, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Restorative insights at the pool in Kigali
… ) is principal researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group . …
Insight, 08 June 2017
Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees
… where they are expected to be immediately self-reliant.  Recent IIED research in Uganda, as described in this paper in Environment & … Queen Mary University of London . This blog is based on the following research published in the October 2017 issue of Environment & …
Insight, 07 November 2017
Cover for G02047.pdf
Participatory quantification in the water and sanitation sector (PLA Notes 47)
… for Participation Assessment (MPA), a form of participatory research that builds on other methods by collecting quantitative …
Publication, 01 August 2003
Cover for G03190.pdf
Editorial: Young citizens: youth and participatory governance in Africa (PLA 64)
Publication, 01 December 2011
Cover for G03513.pdf
Sustaining legal empowerment in initiatives to support local land rights
… concludes with recommendations for practitioners, donors and the research community on how to strengthen legal empowerment initiatives to …
Publication, 01 December 2012
Cover for G03407.pdf
Creating the Ulu Papar biocultural community protocol: process and product in the framing of a community agreement (PLA 65)
… process to develop the protocol, which built on a prior participatory research process to document the use of key resources for community …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Cover for G01253.pdf
Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge: implications of customary laws and practices (interim report)
… The purpose of this collaborative research project is to assist indigenous and local communities to … rights, through the active participation of local communities in the research process and in developing tools for TK protection (eg. …
Publication, 01 November 2006
Dr Andrew Norton will take on the role as IIED director from 29 June (Photo: Andrew Norton)
IIED's new director takes on the post-2015 agenda
… Dr Norton most recently held the position of director of research at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and will be based …
News, 23 March 2015
Cover for 10629IIED.pdf
The benefits and constraints of urbanization for gender equality
… women’s decision-making in rural and urban areas, drawing on research in Nicaragua;~• the changes in women’s participation in labour …
Publication, 01 May 2013
Cover for 10643IIED.pdf
Community consultation for long-term climate-resilient housing in Vietnamese cities: a comparative case study between Hue and Da Nang
… Nang – two Vietnamese cities most vulnerable to climate change – this research examines key issues of climate-resilient housing (CRH) in …
Publication, 01 October 2013