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Manantali dam in Mali (Photo: OMVS/SOGEM via Google license)
Dams in Africa: Combining national and local development
… $10 million USD trying to quantify the contribution of large dams to development, debate still rages. While recent research has provided new … model for Africa with its different topologies, often dense rural communities and intermittent rainfall patterns? Where dams force … what they think of these questions, but the true test of inclusive sustainable progress lies in giving equal weight to both local and …
Insight, 09 December 2014
Chinese timber business in Mozambique (Photo: Mike Goldwater)
China-Africa trade and investment: benefiting Africa's rural informal economy?
… I have found that the reception on the ground – especially among the rural poor – can be much more nuanced. Indeed, some rural communities … for poverty reduction, the informal economy is one of the biggest development challenges facing Africa today. The missing angle   In … area for them to flourish and persist. Ultimately, to promote China's sustainable and pro-poor engagement in the region, we need to understand …
Insight, 31 March 2015
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Domestic biogas in a changing China: Can biogas still meet the energy needs of China's rural households?
… has now reached around 100 million people, supplying a quarter of rural households with biogas digesters. This technology allows … in different regions of the country.~ ~It seems that domestic biogas development in China is now at a crossroads, and government investment … to create a more favourable enabling environment for the robust and sustainable development of the biogas sector. Find out more about our …
Publication, 01 September 2013
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Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development
… E C T I V E S 3 2005Y on Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development NUMBER JUL How can Corporate Social Responsibility Deliver … that poverty income countries, with gross national reduction and sustainable development per capita incomes of US$400 and Both Kenya and … challenges. action alone. Policy makers are paying predominantly rural population, with If we are to maximise the potential increasing …
Publication, 01 July 2005
The event was held in the Africa pavilion at the Paris climate summit (Photo: IIED)
COP21 side event discusses how to unlock climate finance for developing countries
News, 02 December 2015
Farmers and extension workers jointly assessing an okra field in Balkh Province, Northern Afghanistan
Agricultural Research for Development: Are we moving in the right direction?
… The first Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) held in 2010 aimed to address key challenges and … increasing the incomes and improving the livelihoods of farmers on a sustainable basis, while providing nutritional food to their family … surprising given that the CGIAR co-organised the 4th Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio+20, which demanded, in its Final Communiqué …
Insight, 07 November 2012
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Sustaining rural livelihoods
… a major networking and information channel for those working for the sustainable development of drylands areas, mainly in Africa, but also in Asia. Three … Sustaining rural livelihoods …
Publication, 01 October 2002
There is no government-provided water connection in the Shivaji Nagar slum area of Raipur. Under UN definitions, a household has "improved provision" for water even if it only has access to a public tap or standpipe. (Photo: indiawaterportal.org, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Setting the bar too low: is there really progress on UN development goals?
… United Nations claims great progress towards most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In a report  [PDF] published in September, the … people living in extreme poverty and the proportion of people without sustainable access to improved sources of drinking water. The proportion … may be that many of the indicators used to monitor MDG performance in rural areas are as inappropriate or inaccurate. Extreme poverty The 2013 …
Insight, 03 December 2013
David Arach presented Namati's approach to community land protection, focusing on the key stage of community by-laws drafting, in the IIED webinar (Image: David Arach)
Using community by‑laws to protect indigenous and rural land rights
… Indigenous peoples and rural communities who rely on customary tenure systems to access their … second speaker, John Samorai, program officer for the Ogiek People's Development Program  in Kenya, discussed how the indigenous Ogiek forest … solicitor and Legal Tools consultant at IIED focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources Les conventions locales, …
Insight, 01 December 2016
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Forest business incubation: Towards sustainable forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that ensure climate resilient landscapes
… incubation is a support process that accelerates the successful development of sustainable businesses in forest landscapes. While more than 7,000 … for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs), increases rural incomes, diversifies those incomes to improve climate resilience, … Forest business incubation: Towards sustainable forest and farm producer organisation (FFPO) businesses that …
Publication, 01 February 2018