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Global recognition of the importance of nature-based solutions to the impacts of climate change
Publication, 14 May 2020
Woman holds a hose in a greenhouse of pepper plants
New briefing supports greater ambition for countries’ NDCs
News, 12 August 2021
Two women sit surrounded by water facing the ocean
Reflections on a year of change and challenges ahead
Article, 05 May 2021
Niamey, the capital of Niger, is growing rapidly. Urban ARK is exploring the varied vulnerabilities of boys and girls from conflict-displaced and host communities (Photo: Jean Rebiffé, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Urban Africa Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
… Urban Africa Risk Knowledge was a three-year international research and capacity building programme on risk reduction in … led by Kings College London, which sought to open up an applied research and policy agenda for identifying risks in urban areas in … effort to reduce risk. Case studies The project conducted in-depth research in four key cities: Ibadan in Nigeria, Karonga in Malawi, …
Project, 21 December 2016
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A Systematic Review of Drivers and Constraints on Agricultural Expansion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Publication, 13 March 2021
Mobile devices enable people to access a wide range of resources: in Kampala Jane Zamukunda got free legal advice from Barefoot Law via her phone (Photo: King Baudouin African Development Prize, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Going 'mobile first' to reach African audiences
… in the future.  IIED commissioned Cheryl Brown to do audience research in five African countries, reviewing recent research findings and interviewing experts to discover what the … half of the students surveyed use mobile applications to download research publications and over a third would like to use their mobile to …
Insight, 23 August 2018
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Realigning responses to protracted displacement in an urban world
… displaced persons (IDPs) now live in towns and cities. This research project is the first large-scale study to compare experiences …
Publication, 01 July 2020
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Building local impact for better access to climate finance
… emerging evidence from this work and broader evidence from our MWIM research, this briefing sets out why donors and development actors …
Publication, 01 November 2020
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How contracts affect the agency of rural producers
… practices and agency. By taking an agency perspective, this research analyses a pool of 40 contracts to examine the extent to which …
Publication, 22 February 2021
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Contracts in commercial agriculture: enhancing rural producer agency
… practices and agency.  In analysing a pool of 40 contracts, this research takes an agency perspective to examine the extent to which …
Publication, 22 February 2021