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The Nobel and poverty alleviation: "A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure"
… help to alleviate poverty. It is great to see that the importance of research has been recognised through this award. Kremer et al have … real way. Writing as the comms director of an international policy research think tank – just coming up to our 50th birthday – many of the … in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019 While the kind of research that we do in IIED does not focus on randomised control trials …
Insight, 23 October 2019
Women sitting next to vegetables wear masks and keep social distancing.
What lessons can we learn from COVID-19 responses in African cities?
… As part of the  Covid Collective , research projects led by IIED and the Global Development Institute (GDI) … COVID-19 crisis across a number of African cities. At African Cities Research Consortium's recent  meeting in Nairobi , researchers from … created significant obstacles for vaccine rollouts. In Lilongwe, the research uncovered high levels of vaccine hesitancy and scepticism – …
Insight, 04 July 2022
A bleak urban landscape. In the foreground, a painting of two hands reaching towards each other, painted in red and blue on a black background.
Mediation and development-related conflict report – launch event
… of development finance projects.  Based on their experience and research on land, rights, mediation and environmental and social …
Event, 07 June 2022
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Latest IIED podcast puts the focus on energy access
… for all. The recording features Ben Garside , who leads IIED's research on energy access and renewable energy, together with … can be a powerful driver for many development goals . IIED's energy research  largely focuses on how to deliver sustainable energy access …
News, 15 November 2019
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Money where it matters for people, nature and climate: driving change through support for local level decision making over resources and finance
Publication, 23 May 2022
Vegetable garden in the middle of a city street
Argentinian city Rosario wins award for urban sustainability
News, 08 July 2021
New approach to debt could raise over US$400 billion for climate and nature projects in developing countries
… are also those on the frontlines of the climate crisis. Recent IIED research found that five of the top 10 countries most affected by …
News, 14 July 2022
People wading through the flood waters and carrying their belongings.
Tackling loss and damage in countries vulnerable to the effect of the climate crisis: improving evidence and co-generating pathways to impact
… a social and collaborative knowledge network: the Loss and Damage Research Observatory will help develop a dynamic knowledge network with … This platform serves as a repository for methodologies and supports research through the Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship , while fostering …
Project, 27 October 2021
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Children and local governance in urban areas
… in tackling urban poverty and exclusion. This paper is part of the Research Series: Cities for Children and Youth …
Publication, 01 October 2021
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Indigenous biocultural heritage for sustainable development
… the Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP), Kenya Forestry Research Institute and the Indian NGO Lok Chetna Manch . Objectives This … What did IIED do? The project undertook participatory action-research in four communities (each comprising several villages or … and tourism development. IIED and the four country partners held a research planning workshop in January 2019 to develop a common …
Project, 29 April 2019