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Food and farming futures for small producers and indigenous peoples
… that are often collectively described as participatory action research, this deliberative process aimed to link local voices and … power and knowledge: The politics of participatory action research in development
 Part 1: Context, process and safeguards Part 2: … a global network of practitioners from civil society organisations, research institutions and governments working to deepen democracy …
Article, 15 July 2009
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E-participation page. In: 58 - Towards empowered participation: stories and reflections
Publication, 01 June 2008
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In touch. In: 58 - Towards empowered participation: stories and reflections
Publication, 01 June 2008
A toilet block in Mumbai, India, where people living in different informal settlements experience distinct forms of inadequate sanitation (Photo: Renu Desai)
Sanitation in informal settlements: a networked problem
… nature of the global sanitation crisis presents a vital challenge to research, policy and practice, indeed to anyone concerned with more just … both the dimensions of the problems and the possible solutions. Research has shown that the questions we need to answer are not only … and political life of people and places. Drawing on ethnographic research in two informal settlements in Mumbai, we look at how people's …
Insight, 26 August 2015
Clearing forest for a palm oil plantation in Borneo (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Commodity cycles, economic treaties and pressures on land rights
… changing, for three reasons. 1 ‘Land grabbing’ starts at home Recent research from SOAS reminds us that endemic land conflict in many parts … localised land issues have received less attention in international research and media reports. Yet they affect large numbers of rural …
Insight, 25 May 2016
IIED's expenditure increased from £7.6 million in 2005/06 to £19.4 million in 2013/14. IIED helps give local savers, such as these in Cochabamba, Bolivia, a global voice (Photo: Shack Dwellers International via Creative Commons 2.0)
Financial summary 2014
…  is ambitious, anticipating continued growth in our four principal research groups and other areas, and bringing together staff across the …
Page, 20 October 2014
A boat sits on a river in Bangladesh.
Developing nations to pioneer system to track climate change adaptation and development
… Working with policy and research partners in these regions, the International Institute for …
News, 19 March 2013
A village in North Sri Lanka benefits from energy provided by a solar panel (Photo: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
IIED and Hivos set up 'Change Labs' on food and energy
… both IIED and Hivos to share skills and knowledge, innovate in their research and advocacy agendas, and identify new opportunities to advance …
News, 22 January 2014
The British Library will host the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture, with guest speaker Dr Fatima Denton (Photo: Wikipedia Commons licence)
2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change
… is also a trustee of IIED . Before joining UNECA, Denton directed research on adaptation strategies at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). She directed a portfolio of more than 45 …
News, 07 October 2014
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Biomass energy use in Malawi
Publication, 01 December 2010