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Construction of Hyderabad’s new metro. The first phase, covering 30km and 24 stations, opened in November 2017 (Photo: banjaxx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities
… An innovative public-private partnership using mechanisms to capture land value. L&T, an Indian conglomerate, is covering most of the costs … in a transparent and systematic way, and improve the systematic planning and management of new infrastructure projects. While acquiring … environmental and private returns. Even cities in these countries can use complex financing mechanisms: Stockholm has introduced congestion …
Insight, 09 January 2018
Two women sitting in a field
No room for manoeuvre: debt prevents investing in the future
… who moved to the area from other parts of the country have to hire land. Farmers without secure land tenure are often unwilling to invest in sustainable land management.  We spoke with women farmers about their … maize (their food crop) with groundnuts (a cash crop). Farmers aim to use the cash income from groundnut sales to buy maize for food, and …
Article, 26 April 2020
Group photo Guinea
Global Water Initiative: Guinea
… used; rain-fed rice is the staple crop GWI focus dam: Fomi (in final planning stages) Water for agriculture (2013-17) We drew lessons from … to see how benefit-sharing mechanisms and improved security of land tenure can be incorporated into the planning of Fomi. Fomi dam The … who will need to accommodate the displaced communities. People's land rights and livelihoods will be affected and will need to be …
Project, 16 February 2018
Three asks for the G7 leaders
… “G7 leaders need to land three things at the summit in Cornwall to address this," he said. … “Finally, G7 leaders need to commit to enabling indebted countries to use debt management for strategic action on climate and nature, and …
News, 28 May 2021
Aurelio Fuastino lives near a primary forest in Mozambique. He sees the forest as an important source of many products including medicinal plants. He and other villages have no control over loggers who have been given licenses in the forest (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
IIED seminar on locally controlled enterprises for forest peoples
… self-determined development, including those based on local land use plans and community resource management. The seminar, part of … of peoples who live in forests and works to promote community-based sustainable forest management. The meeting also featured a presentation … Policy and planning …
Event, 07 July 2015
People gathering branches
Nature-based solutions to climate change: stories from Chile
Insight, 12 December 2019
Building split in half
From protector to evictor of slum residents – reversal of roles for the judiciary
… settlements on its fringes. They were supported by the state with land provided and services incrementally introduced over time. This form of development was accepted and became part of planning policy. The state also created ‘hawker zones’ and markets to … who constantly petition the courts against encroachments, ad hoc land use changes and violation of zoning laws, believe. This creates a …
Insight, 24 February 2022
Fishermen in Zanzibar, Tanzania (Photo: Yannick Beadoin)
Painting Africa's economy blue
… as a big island, whose water body is three times larger than its land mass, the importance of its oceans and seas cannot be overlooked. … Danny Faure of the Seychelles called on the continent to use its Agenda 2063 to "break the mould" of African development and … contributes to human wellbeing in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.  Africa is endowed with a variety of coastal ecosystems …
Insight, 22 July 2015
Bolivian family farming organisations show a poster about their award-winning coffee business development activity at the World Rural Forum in Bilbao, Spain (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Modern food systems to emerge in new decade of family farming
… sure they get the recognition they deserve as innovators for a more sustainable future.  Family farming involves almost 1.5 billion people … power Technical extension services and capacity-building around land use planning, cultivation, organic and other types of certification, …
Insight, 04 April 2019
Plan Vivo partners at a conference in Sweden commit to actively engage in the implementation and accountability of the SDGs (Photo: Plan Vivo Foundation)
The SDGs speak and we like what we hear
… comes when you feel they make sense. This is the case with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) , the 17 massive goals signed by … small farmers to restore ecosystems and move towards better land practices that secure food for the family and build resilience to … is senior researcher (environmental economics) in IIED's Sustainable Markets Group . …
Insight, 15 October 2015