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A community sanitation facility in Jinja, Uganda (Photo: David Dodman/IIED)
World Toilet Day: People need equality and dignity when they 'have to go'
… inequalities in sanitation between groups. It's still true that rural populations tend to have less access to improved sanitation than … open also harms other aspects of wellbeing, from dignity to social development. MDG7 Overall, the world is unlikely to meet the Millennium … 7c, to "halve, by 2015, the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation". Even if …
Insight, 18 November 2014
CBA12: Key messages
… countries, technologies need to use or build on assets that the rural population and smallholder farmers already have – to ensure these … allocation. While this is seen as critical to delivering better development responses, it takes time to build trust and capabilities To …
Article, 11 June 2018
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RRA Notes 21: Participatory Tools and Methods in Urban Areas
… of urban settings and how they differ from the type of rural contexts in which PRA is commonly used. It also compares and … emerging from the contributions of both PRA practitioners and urban development agents. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons … René Reusen and Jan Johnson Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City Gustavo …
Article, 01 November 1994
Land cleared for palm oil production, Indonesia (Photo: Rainforest Action Network, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How investment treaties protect 'land grab' deals
… lease with an Indian investor, alleging lack of progress with land development.  A few weeks ago, the Indian investor was quoted as saying … against the legitimate land claims of indigenous peoples, small-scale rural producers, the landless and more generally poor and marginalised … IIED's revised and updated handbook on foreign investment, law and sustainable development provides guidance to governments and advocates …
Insight, 17 February 2016
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107 7 How will West African countries meet the MDGs?
Publication, 01 January 1970
Annual report 2007/08
… shaping futures all around the globe: in short, the human face of sustainable development. Featured project highlights Climate change Making … it takes to forge a fairer ‘food chain’: bringing the 1.9 billion rural poor who depend on small-scale agriculture into today’s ‘plot to …
Page, 23 December 2008
An example of crops grown through no-till farming in Western Australia (Photo: Bill Crabtree)
Spreading the word about the no-till agricultural revolution
… was a real no-till revolution, which has radically transformed the rural landscape. Large areas of degraded agricultural land* have been … environmental problem that poses a threat to food production and rural livelihoods. It reduces agricultural productivity, leaving … looking to adapt to the effects of climate change and develop more sustainable agricultural techniques could learn a thing or two from …
Insight, 31 March 2014
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 Delta and village level planning in Sierra Leone: Possibilities and pitfalls
… Melissa Leach In Sierra Leone, local level adaptive planning DELTA (Development Education and approaches are under current debate and early … and large-scale Nigeria. The approach combines integrated rural development projects. `conscientisation' ideas derived from Paulo …
Publication, 01 January 1970
RRA Notes 6 cover
RRA Notes 6: General Issue
… methods were adapted for the appraisal of the artisanal activities of rural carpenters. The second article looks at how a 19th century English … woodland resource management project run by ENDA (Environment and Development Activities) in Zimbabwe. This work is licensed under the  … Zimbabwe Godfrey Cromwell The rural rides of William Cobbett: RRA and sustainable agriculture in 1820s Jules Pretty A note on the use of …
Article, 31 May 1989
Australia's Border Ranges National Park: more than three-quarters of the park is managed as wilderness and access is by foot only. The World Parks Congress will look at how to protect and manage areas such as these (Photo: Michael Dawes)
IIED at the World Parks Congress 2014
… discussed and created original approaches for conservation and development, helping to address the gap in the conservation and sustainable development agenda. The importance of equity, governance and … Chadau, Kyaramacan Peoples Association; Friedrich Alpers, Integrated Rural and Nature Conservation; Jaime Siqueira Jr, Fundacao Nacional Do …
Event, 12 November 2014