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RIP BoP?
… the BoP concept containing a set of new business models targeting new markets - outside of the niche circles of corporate social … A strategy to undermine promising domestic businesses in emerging markets by encouraging large multi-nationals to enter BoP markets that … legacy. May he rest in peace.    Ben Garside is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group. …
Insight, 19 September 2010
Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)
2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism
Article, 15 June 2018
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… NGOs, micro-enterprises and others – have a critical role in sustainable development. They are best placed to know local concerns and … projects. Fulfilling the Paris Agreement on climate change, the Sustainable Development Goals and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda on … Smith (2019), IIED Briefing Money where it matters: financing the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement through local finance …
Article, 25 January 2017
This 500W solar system in a rural village in Uganda powers a home, a public broadcasting system, a barbershop and a video hall (Photo: SolarNow via USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
What is 'aggregation' and how can it get climate finance working for the most vulnerable?
Insight, 19 June 2018
Woman selling vegetables
Agricultural contracts and farmer agency: a shift in perspective
… On the other hand, informal transactions in local to regional markets account for the bulk of staples trading. These transactions can … based on their own priorities. Blind spots as regards informal markets render invisible many farmers’ main market channels and options. … decisions and private sector conduct for locally beneficial and more sustainable investments in commercial agriculture. …
Insight, 16 May 2021
Women sit next to piles of vegetables like onions, tomatoes, garlic.
Five pathways to deliver rapid support for a green and resilient COVID-19 recovery in the LDCs
Insight, 30 September 2021
Large-scale debt swaps can help fight debt, climate change and nature loss together
… and private lenders as debt will be invested productively to increase sustainable economic growth and so reduce the need for further debt … back on track, they need to seize the opportunity not only to repair markets but also address the triple crisis of debt, climate change and … community to work with debtors to establish a technical working group, under guidance of an international body such as the World Bank, …
News, 07 September 2020
Meceburi Forest, Mozambique: a young woman harvests casava (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
Seeds of the post-capitalist forest?
… attended an unusually lively conference on tropical forests and sustainable development at Yale University  exploring how different … we be at one of those moments in history when the rules by which markets work are reshaped by public will? We certainly need to be … ([email protected]) is director of IIED's Natural Resources Group. Further resources Watch the keynote speeches from the 22nd Annual …
Insight, 11 February 2016
People sit on chairs two metres apart while listening to a man at a lectern
COVID-19: IIED in the media
Article, 14 April 2020
A man points to a wild chimpanzee up a tree
Markets and payments for environmental services
Project, 03 October 2008