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Cattle herds settle on village fields.
The Sahelian Great Green Wall: start with local solutions
Insight, 04 February 2021
Construction of a dam and hydropower plant on the Konkouré River at Kaléta in Guinea. The new plant came on line in September 2015 (Photo: Jamie Skinner/IIED)
Should the Green Climate Fund flow to hydropower? 
… to improve planning of large dams in light of water, energy and agriculture policies. The WCD's guidelines also included approaches to river basin and sectoral planning.   This approach was broadly endorsed by civil society organisations (CSOs) on the basis that it was the only way non-dam options to meet development needs could be properly discussed, and 'bad dam' projects …
Insight, 31 October 2016
An aerial view of Entebbe airport. The airport is located on the shores of Lake Victoria, close to numerous environmentally sensitive wetland areas (Photo: Niranjanoak, Creative Commons via Wikipedia)
Environment or the economy? How Uganda uses natural capital accounts in policymaking
… Sustainable development is never straightforward: in a traffic-clogged … many potential champions for promoting the natural capital accounting approach. So coherence, collaboration and communication, but for what? … of small-scale fishers’ livelihoods, fish processing businesses, agriculture and tourism. There have to be policies that do not consider …
Insight, 09 January 2019
A view of the Houses of Parliament, home of the Environmental Audit Committee which has warned that the government risks undermining new global development goals (Photo: Skeeze, via pixabay)
SDGs 'not just for overseas'
… The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) submitted evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC)  that the government's position on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) threatened the universal scope of … trade and financial impacts as well as foreign aid.  A more coherent approach would avoid the conflict currently very much in evidence in …
News, 15 December 2014
Example of Volanta pump in use - note pump parts external to mounting - Niger
Global Water Initiative: Niger
Project, 16 February 2018
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Taxes and transition: formalising small-scale farmers in Peru?
… demand formality in their supply chains becomes central to policy and development interventions, formalising the very significant sector of … in Peru and beyond, the lessons learnt can contribute to a revised approach to formalisation that is ‘win–win’ — acting both as a lever for … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2015
A cereal shop, a corner shop and a computer, printing and photocopy shop.
Energy, finance and community business – show us the money
… Electricity drives economic development. But uptake of ‘productive use of energy’ (PUE) – energy … their business case. Other loan schemes targeting sectors such as agriculture have different lending criteria and risk appetites, but … in supporting businesses to use PUE but require a cross-sectoral approach. Nuanced needs of micro businesses need to be better understood …
Insight, 18 August 2020
New Community Forest Instructions give communities rights to commercially sell timber and non-timber forest products, such as such as rattan and honey (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Forest rights create new livelihoods in Myanmar
… the military – the NLD is supporting positive changes in forest and agriculture through the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and … and ecosystem services, in line with the government's 'market-led approach to community forestry'.  These developments are bearing fruit. … 'Forest users to producers: scaling up FFPOs business to implement Sustainable Development Goals in climate resilient landscapes', …
Insight, 05 December 2017
Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… of poverty without safe, reliable and affordable energy. Indeed, the Sustainable Development Goals recognise that energy access is crucial for giving … businesses, provide better health and education services, and drive agriculture production. A workshop in Dar es Salaam in July organised by …
Insight, 21 September 2017
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Turning green the strategic way: the role and potential of strategic environmental assessment in securing a green economy
… social and economic concerns into policy-making, planning, programme development, mega projects and development decision-making. Over the … policies, plans and programmes; climate change and low-carbon growth; sustainable transport; waste management, water and sanitation; … ecosystems and sustainable use of biodiversity; sustainable agriculture/food production and supply; green energy and trade. It also …
Publication, 01 May 2013