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Urban migration and social exclusion: study from Indore slums and informal settlements
… of India’s future urbanisation will be the result of migration from rural areas and small cities and towns. These urban migrants are often … urbanisation agenda in the broader pursuit of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. …
Publication, 01 March 2016
Land cleared for palm oil in Riau Province, Indonesia. Only half of Riau's palm oil plantations have official permits (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Law in the natural resource squeeze: 'land grabbing', investment treaties and human rights
Article, 13 October 2016
Group of standing and seated people pose for a photo
CHOICES: community energy in South Africa
… in South Africa's Eastern Cape sought to enable communities to make sustainable energy choices that reduced energy poverty and stimulated local development. Funded by the  Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency … embedded in the belief that a green economy needs to be rooted at a rural level and include poor communities if it is to create …
Project, 31 October 2010
Does the development community focus too strongly on smallholders? (Credit: Flickr/United Nations Photo)
Fast track out of poverty: farm labour or smallholder?
… held in Manchester on 25 May, lived up to expectations. Asked whether development efforts should focus on smallholders or farm labourers, … Some argued that supporting smallholders offers the safest route to sustainable rural economic development. “In the end you are much safer with … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 02 June 2011
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Making cash work for cities and towns affected by humanitarian crises
… principles’ for use of cash — to date it has mostly been used in rural areas. As humanitarian agencies increasingly face emergencies in … of urban humanitarian response and could contribute to longer-term development objectives. If humanitarian CTP in urban contexts is to be effective and sustainable it requires cooperation, coordination, capacity and …
Publication, 01 March 2016
An elderly woman bends over while planting rice
Q&A: Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss
Article, 03 June 2021
Agriculture is crucial to Senegal's economy, employing more than 60% of the population (Photo: Jelle Goossens/vredeseilanden, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Using legal tools to make agribusiness investments more accountable
… is driving up pressures on land and bringing the rights of rural communities under serious threat. A recent IIED webinar examined … to investors.  Samuel Nguiffo, from the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) , talked about a project in Cameroon that selected and … is a qualified solicitor and IIED associate focusing on law and sustainable development.   Further resources   Improving accountability …
Insight, 19 June 2017
African-style ecotourism boost for Cambodia
… Cambodia will conserve species through the involvement of poor rural communities - which know the area best - in all aspects of tourism development and operation. "Being pro poor, pro wildlife and pro tourism … can be happy bedfellows," said IIED's James MacGregor. "This is what sustainable development should be about - managing natural resources to …
News, 04 January 2006
Saba bananas, a cooking banana from the Philippines. Grassroots organisation FARMCOOP works with Philippine farmers’ cooperatives to negotiate fair contracts and build capacity (Photo: Obsidian Soul, Creative Commons via Wikimedia)
Supporting small-scale farmers in negotiations with agribusiness
… farmers. Commercial investments can bring both risks and benefits for rural livelihoods, and power imbalances and lack of information can be obstacles to achieving sustainable development outcomes. Ensuring that farmers can make informed choices …
Insight, 25 May 2018
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development February: Our most-read blog of 2016 put forward a powerful … With cities growing and urbanising across the world, supporting rural-urban migrants will be a key task.  McGranahan was summarising an …
Article, 28 December 2016