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Policymakers at a UN meeting in New York discuss how to end the legal 'no man's land' on 50 per cent of the Earth's surface (Photo by IISD/Francis Dejon)
Governing the ungoverned 50% of the planet
Insight, 11 April 2016
Hundreds of power-tillers from China lie unused in Ethiopia. They can be used to plow, power a water-pump, and generate electricity, but low sales were thought to be caused by a lack of technical information, showing how China's role in African agriculture must be researched (Photo: IFPRI-IMAGES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Chinese engagement in African agriculture is not what it seems
… on the ground, beyond the hype? As Deborah Brautigam's investigative research has so effectively shown, the assumptions about China's role in …
Insight, 06 April 2016
A hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh. Inadequate government compensation during periods when fishing is banned has a harsh economic consequence for families (Photo: BBC World Service Bangladesh Boat, Creative Common, via Flickr)
Forced to sell the roof over their heads
Insight, 04 April 2016
Certified tea is among the commodities to have experience strong market growth.
Study reports double-digit growth in market performance of 'eco-labels'
News, 31 January 2014
The sun glints on smoke above Beijing. China is on course to see overall coal consumption peak this year (Photo; GadgetDan via Creative Commons)
If the coal industry really cared about helping poor countries, it would shut itself down
… grid. With the costs of solar power tumbling, and with active research into expanding hydropower and geothermal generation, there …
Insight, 17 November 2014
Northern Ghana: a village chief learns forestry skills. Rural communities need investment to build up forest and farm enterprises and link them to markets and support networks (Photo: Treeaid, via Creative Commons)
It's time for revolution in forest business
Insight, 17 November 2014
Oxen plough teams bring bigger fields and easier farmwork (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)
Notes from the field – Dlonguebougou, Mali
… I am doing research on a small village in central Mali where I did my doctoral …
Insight, 11 April 2017
The Bairro Proletário do Dique in Rio de Janeiro was settled in the 1960s. The local infrastructure remains poor (Photo: Mariana Gil/EMBARQ Brasil, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?
Insight, 02 March 2016
The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Does green growth miss the majority?
Insight, 18 February 2016
Construction workers build a hotel in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Credit: Overseas Development Institute / Antony Robbins (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en_GB)
Time to hear LDC voices on Post-2015 development goals
… Goals , a network of southern-based think tanks that is doing research and contributing opinions to inform global and national …
Insight, 10 December 2013