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A stallholder measures her produce in a marketplace
Sustainable diets for all 
… to healthy and affordable diets from food that is produced in a sustainable way. The globalised food industry promotes low cost, highly … food sector actors and small businesses to connect cities with rural areas through trade in sustainable produce, and Healthy and … Sustainable diets in the informal economy Food systems , and Capacity development . SD4All was part of the consortium  ‘Dialogue and Dissent’ …
Project, 13 October 2016
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Regional workshop report, Hanoi
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at shaping a new narrative, challenging the … policy options inclusive of the needs and difficulties faced by rural and urban poor. Under this programme of work, a first workshop was …
Publication, 01 December 2015
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformations. Regional workshop report, Nairobi
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at shaping a new narrative, challenging the … policy options inclusive of the needs and difficulties faced by rural and urban poor. Under this programme of work, a first workshop was …
Publication, 01 December 2015
The Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group (Image: IIED)
Least Developed Countries Independent Expert Group
… The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represented a new approach to international … The members of the LDC IEG had expertise in different aspects of sustainable development, including community development, environmental … holds a PhD in economic anthropology from Laval University, an MA in rural sociology from Michigan State University and a masters in …
Article, 03 August 2015
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Remote but productive: Practical lessons from productive uses of energy in Tanzania
… Change Lab works with pioneers and changemakers in Tanzania to build sustainable, people-centred energy systems. Our productive uses of energy (PUE) programme helps rural communities increase their incomes and productivity. This paper … PUE uptake in rural villages through prototypes to build skills and sustainable supply chains. We hope that lessons from this work — …
Publication, 01 May 2019
Two men walk behind a herd in an arid landscape.
Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series
… to reflect on their strategies to push for more responsible and sustainable land-based investments. The series is part of a joint … are responding to the challenges of land-based investments so that rural communities, pastoralists and Indigenous Peoples can demand … or documentation can lead to conflict. Mining and Community Development Agreements: a panacea for community justice in Uganda?  – …
News, 31 March 2022
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Forest-based associations as drivers for sustainable development in Uganda
… forest-based associations play an important role in the country's sustainable development. They include community groups made up of individuals (and … out lessons about the types of association that contribute most to rural livelihoods and appropriate forms of support. … Forest-based associations as drivers for sustainable development in Uganda …
Publication, 01 June 2006
Which is the best approach when working for sustainable energy for all? (Photo: Bernard Polet, via Flickr)
How can we finance sustainable energy for all?
… The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) explored some of these challenges in November at a one-day workshop on 'Financing sustainable energy for all', co-hosted by the International Institute … to electricity Access:Energy provides solar and hybrid microgrids in rural Kenya, where the electrification rate is only 19 per cent and …
Insight, 15 December 2014
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Workshop report, London
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at shaping a new narrative, challenging the … policy options inclusive of the needs and difficulties faced by rural and urban poor. Under this programme of work, a first workshop was …
Publication, 01 February 2015
Thousands of workers assemble and test fiber optic systems in a Chinese factory (Photo: Steve Jurvetson, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Governments in developing countries need to act now to avoid technology's threat to jobs
… have rich ecosystems – such as forests and rivers – to focus their sustainable development strategies on the inherent value of these resources. Costa … In India, this can be seen with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act. The act provides for men and women …
News, 07 August 2017