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A smiling woman from Kenya sits beside her sewing machine.
Linking Worlds: linking ‘small-scale’ producers into large and formal markets
… may reduce poverty, offer broader livelihood benefits or ensure more sustainable natural resource use. Overall, they help tackle the … and exclusion small-scale producers and low-income consumers face in markets. Challenges like high transaction costs, difficulties in … for identifying ‘pro poor’ adjustments without compromising the key elements of a viable business, such as its ‘unique selling point’ or …
Article, 15 January 2013
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Protecting the world's oceans: three key tasks
… mark World Oceans Day, IIED director Andrew Norton has set out three key priorities for protecting oceans and the people who depend on them.  … undertaking research on how economic incentives help encourage the sustainable management of marine and coastal resources. Recently IIED … Related reading IIED has published a range of reports on encouraging sustainable fisheries and valuing marine and coastal ecosystems: …
News, 08 June 2016
A woman bends over to tend to rows and rows of small trees being grown
Unlocking public climate finance for sustainable business transformation in Africa
Project, 01 September 2021
Woman looking to the front holding a water hose, a solar panel in the background
Where’s the capital for homegrown companies? Why energy access investments in Kenya need to go local
… That is why more needs to be done to align investors and capital markets with Kenyan investment opportunities.   What are the obstacles … needed to accelerate and deploy the SHS systems necessary to achieve sustainable energy for all (as Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 … domestic companies throughout the region. If they do, they can play a key role in building greater shared value, while enabling energy access …
Insight, 29 December 2020
CBA12: Key messages
Article, 11 June 2018
Aerial view of a hydropower plant
Will green bonds boost finance flows to sustainable hydropower?
… expanded the criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard to include sustainable hydropower projects . Over US$1 trillion of green bonds have … using 50g/kWh for any new projects. It remains to be seen how the markets will respond to these thresholds. For broader social and … solely on its emissions, or give it special recognition as a key enabler of low-carbon renewables is an active area of IIED …
Insight, 05 April 2021
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… As part of the “Innovative finance for sustainable landscapes” interview series, IIED forest team leader Duncan … strengthen their capacities to run forest-based businesses and access markets and finance. NP: How do you define ‘inclusive finance’ and why … in better technology or to repay loans for investment – saving is the key common need. Once saving patterns are established, producer …
Article, 12 March 2019
Aerial view of two side of farming land, split down the middle by a river. the left side is the community land that has been planted with oil palm and the right side is the Padang Sugihan Wildlife Reserve - Sebokor, whose large trees are no longer visible.
New deforestation regulations must consider smallholder farmers
… play a vital role in four commodities linked to the EU and UK markets: cocoa (80% smallholder production), coffee (95%), rubber (85%) … of development over the last 20 years.  Smallholder farming is a key source of livelihoods in low-income countries, especially for women. … and capacities of smallholders is critical for achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals and for building climate resilience. When …
Insight, 09 July 2025
Man carrying a bag over his next next to a truck full of bags.
Formalising artisanal cobalt mining in the DRC: much work remains
… for the Regulation and Control of Strategic Mineral Substances Markets (ARECOMS) . The government granted EGC a monopoly to buy, … and partner Africa Resources Watch (AFREWATCH)  took stock of the key areas that the government needed to address to formalise the … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 25 July 2023
Modern agrifood markets: Marginalising small producers even further?
… The Regoverning Markets programme - a multi-party research initiative focusing on … concentration in the global food sector and its consequences for sustainable development -sought to: test this theory of change – is it … to exclusion and can proceed in a relatively pro-poor direction. The key variables are structure of land ownership and non-land assets, such …
Article, 20 September 2010