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People need at least US$50 to survive for a month in Hanoi. This is twice the official urban poverty line (Photo via Commons Wikimedia/Google licence)
If we don't count the poor, the poor don't count
… adequate accommodation and basic services. As one respondent to the research there noted, people need at least US$50 to survive for a month … Human Settlements Group ([email protected])  Download the research papers: Poverty lines and lives of the poor: Underestimation of …
Insight, 12 June 2014
Members of the Learning and Leadership Group, Georgette Sakyi-Addo and Collins Oppong, observe artisanal and small-scale miners in Tarkwa, Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores)
Leaders join forces for productive and equitable artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana
… a four-day 'action dialogue', which included visits to ASM sites and research-based debate.  The dialogue, convened by Friends of the Nation …
News, 28 January 2016
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In touch (PLA 53)
Publication, 01 December 2005
Food vendors give people living in Nairobi's informal settlements easy access to fresh food (Photo: Grace Githiri)
Nourishing livelihoods: the food vendors sustaining Nairobi's slums
… livelihoods. Shared learning, training, and advocacy Grassroots-led research in Nairobi's informal settlements has highlighted the … Livestock Institute , and the  African Population Health and Research Centre .  Nancy Njoki, an FVA leader, said these initiatives … city planning at the University of California, Berkeley, and a former research assistant at IIED. This blog was written with the support of …
Insight, 15 January 2016
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… is a senior researcher in IIED's Natural Resources research group ;  Felia Boerwinkel is food and energy change lab …
Insight, 05 June 2017
Knowledge gained from interviews carried out in Kenya by Chinese journalists will be presented to a meeting in Beijing (Photo: Angelo DeSantis via Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Chinese journalists study growing links between China and Africa
News, 18 March 2014
For the first time, IIED has produced a bespoke online annual report (Photo: IIED/We are Tangerine)
2014 annual report: online and in print
… , Kenya Ghana Homeless People Federation , Ghana Kenya Forestry Research Institute , Kenya RuralNet Associates, Zambia Association … Bank Green Economy Coalition Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) , Australia Landesa , United States …
News, 11 November 2014
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Land Tenure Lexicon. A Glossary of Terms from English and French Speaking West Africa
… surrounding their use. The lexicon stems from a joint Franco-British research initiative on land tenure in West Africa during which the … selection - or even invention - of terms was an integral part of the research process. This English version gives French translations and …
Publication, 01 January 2000
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Biofuels trade and sustainable development: the case of Pakistan
… The study also presents anticipatory policy measures and identifies research gaps where more work needs to be done to maximise sustainable …
Publication, 01 January 2007
Women living in informal settlements in Harare (Photo: Diana Mitlin/IIED)
Co-production in urban areas: evolving form, enduring presence
… where practitioners and academics share knowledge and produce research is emerging as a concept, while co-production as a term is … individuals to institutionalise the process. Experience of the research programme Mistra highlights the importance of securing such …
Insight, 24 October 2018