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A line of Christmas trees. Photo: Brett Flanders (Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
Sustainable development requires an infusion of love
… convergence towards a more equitable consumption patterns (universal development goals). The latter is clearly the love-infused path – but … the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that end in 2015. Any new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or revamped MDGs would be New … It's not all perfect – but I'll wager that a higher percentage of rural people in China have reason to cheer in their New Year than their …
Insight, 20 December 2013
A woman wearing a chef's uniform and hat poses in front of a breadmaking machine
Getting personal: tailoring support to power up Tanzania’s rural businesses
… To increase income and productivity, small rural businesses need help in electrifying their operations. But the … to a local mini-grid. The businesses we interviewed are typical of rural areas and included hairdressers, restaurants, phone shops, millers … VETA and SIDO , who are experts in vocational training and business development. And community savings groups offer points of leverage to …
Insight, 01 December 2020
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Sustainability index of rural water services: Burkina Faso and Niger
… Africa with the aim of assessing the sustainability potential of the rural water services supported by GWI during this period and to learn … and evaluation of GWI's work. Between 2007 and 2012, GWI supported rural integrated water resources management (IWRM), water supply and … a consortium led by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and SOS Sahel UK, in partnership with CARE, the …
Publication, 01 August 2014
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)
MPs warn UK government against limiting sustainable development goals
… 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 … and Climate Change (DECC) and Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) . It seems that the SDGs are just as relevant for …
News, 15 December 2014
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Money where it matters: financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance
Publication, 01 April 2017
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The rural informal economy: Understanding drivers and livelihood impacts in agriculture, timber and mining
… countries, and contributes up to 38 per cent of GDP in others. In rural areas, the informal economy sustains livelihoods of~impoverished … based economic activities such as farming, logging and mining. The rural informal economy is messy and complex: activities are at times … Aimed at researchers and practitioners, the paper demonstrates that development interventions in resource governance need to be strongly …
Publication, 01 April 2015
Women farmers sorting their carrot harvest in Karnal District in the Indian state of Haryana (Photo: Nirmal Sigtia, IWMI/CCAFS, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Q&A: Women in rural India are nature’s guardians
… Reetu Sogani is a development practitioner and researcher who has worked at the grassroots … land and water conservation. These practices are environmentally sustainable and economically viable – often more so than many of the … situation is worsening as men increasingly migrate away from rural villages, into towns and cities. Women are left in rural areas to …
Article, 30 October 2018
Esther Msafiri demonstrates using electricity for oil pressing in Njombe region, Tanzania (Photo: Sarah Best/IIED)
Powering local development in Tanzania
… donors, local authorities and communities need to ensure that energy development has a positive impact on the local economy.  Research … Policymakers should encourage energy development in the remote rural areas where it will make the most difference (by boosting … water, gender, finance and business to ensure development is sustainable and meets local needs. Government and funders can help …
Insight, 24 February 2017
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The Market for Voluntary Carbon Offsets: a new tool for sustainable development?
… destruction, tree plantations, wind farms, solar powered lamps in rural communities, fuel efficient cooking stoves and small agro-forestry … potentially more scope to invest in small-scale projects with high sustainable development benefits to local communities in low income countries, as … Sustainable markets …
Publication, 01 March 2006
A group of women stand and sit around a table discussing and adding information to a large piece of paper
Scaling up CRAFT and Fairmined initiatives for responsible gold in Honduras
… and to support socially responsible mining that contributes to local sustainable development. Honduras is a conflict-affected country with more than half … sector that promotes inclusive and sustainable development in rural areas, improving livelihoods of miners and their communities Scale … Sustainable markets …
Project, 17 November 2021