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Cover for G00065.pdf
Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 8 Conclusions
Publication, 01 January 1970
Cover for G00460.pdf
MDG3-ch2.qxd 31/8/05 9:43 am Page 27 27 2 Securing land and property rights in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of local institutions
Publication, 01 January 1970
Modern energy services are crucial to economic development. In Afghanistan, less than 10 per cent of the population has access to the electricity grid. French NGO GERES has been working to introduce low-cost passive solar building designs, reducing fuel poverty (Photo: Oriane Zera, GERES, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Facing up to the awkward realities of the post-2015 agenda
Insight, 28 January 2015
Global warming will push Asia into reverse says new report
… communities with appropriate political, legal and financial resources. New problems are emerging. For example, as some nations lose … Zones, and appropriate compensation funding, need to be developed. Resources, too, will need to target the appropriate level of government …
News, 19 November 2007
Lilongwe's residents call it the "Garden City" because of its many green spaces (Photo: Gome Jenda )
Seeds of change: Lilongwe City Council recognises the value of urban nature
… rural and remote issue but one that is central to the urban context.  Resources Stories of change: mainstreaming biodiversity and development …
Article, 21 March 2016
Women selling fish in Nyakrom, Central Ghana. The food economy is the largest informal sector in West Africa (Photo: aripeskoe2, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green grows the informal economy
… ) is a staff writer in IIED's Communications Group. Resources We published a round-up of the live coverage of the event , …
Insight, 10 March 2016
NGOs: friend or foe to markets for the poor?
Insight, 06 April 2011
Children stand on a dirt road in a village in Burkina Faso.
Global land rush: Contract transparency is crucial, but not enough
… sector action. Citizens have the right to know how governments manage resources on their behalf. As I argued in this presentation scrutinising …
Insight, 17 April 2013
Evidence of coastal erosion in The Gambia. Erosion is threatening not only Gambia's tourist industry but also wetlands, roads and infrastructure (Photo: Diego, Creative Commons via Flickr)
A diplomatic approach to raising climate ambition
Insight, 19 February 2016
Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Powering local development in Tanzania
… less attractive to developers as small farms and enterprises lack the resources and productive capacity to drive energy demand. And, unlike …
Insight, 24 February 2017