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Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions
… an opportunity for employment and income generation. But a range of issues continue to prevent ASM from becoming a profitable and … local research and engagement include an unsupportive environment for business; gender discrimination; tensions with large-scale miners and … for positive reform. Dialogue will need to address a number of key questions including: how can policymaking and implementation be made …
Publication, 01 October 2017
Lumbering illegality: how to make timber sustainable and pro-poor
… But unless we tackle unsustainable logging to satisfy domestic timber markets, their actions will little benefit forests, or the millions of poor people that live within them. Making timber sustainable requires the use of both trade and climate strategies in … be ‘legalised’? Participants at the Tropenbos meeting agreed some key priorities, of which I will highlight three: (i) invest in the …
Insight, 26 January 2011
Workers at the Dakete Gold Mine explain health and safety procedures in a powdering station. The IIED dialogue aimed to engage key stakeholders, including mineworkers, in a conversation about the future of ASM mining in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
ASM dialogue creates ambition for change in Ghana
… and small-scale mining associations is crucial, that many of the issues witnessed are symptoms of the sector's widespread informality, … and that dialogue discussions should focus on how to address the key issues of access to land, unlocking geological data, finance, and … a 'roadmap for change'.  The roadmap outlines the need to develop the business case for formalising Ghana's ASM sector, to improve public and …
Insight, 15 September 2016
Youth looking at a landscape
Perspective of LDC youth: what COP26 outcomes will enhance global action on adaptation and resilience?
Insight, 18 February 2021
Fishing in Kenya's Lake Naivasha provides income for local people, but fish stocks have declined sharply due to over-fishing and the diversion of water for agriculture (Photo: Cheryl Q, Creative Commons via Flicker)
Green lessons for the blue economy
… year, but a decade .  The media and celebrities have also helped push key issues into the spotlight from the usual – documentaries from David … one into the country! I was going to Nairobi to participate in the Sustainable Blue Economy conference  – part of a run of efforts by the … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 11 December 2018
People wearing face masks and medical suits
IIED's best of 2020: blogs
… poor , who depend heavily on informal food systems such as street markets. Wertheim-Heck analysed the long-term effects of this shift in … have an outstanding value for the global economy, and all of them are key for the politics and the economy of their own nation and region. In … best way to save them April: Dilys Roe  reflected on the concept of  sustainable use of wild species and its role in reducing biodiversity …
Article, 22 December 2020
Building split in half
From protector to evictor of slum residents – reversal of roles for the judiciary
… part of planning policy. The state also created ‘hawker zones’ and markets to develop businesses and provide jobs for the refugee … buildings on the nalas has taken place. Not surprisingly, this is a key issue in other cities. For instance in Islamabad, the prime … foreign investment’ (replaced ‘planning by projects’), “it is not the business of the state to do business” (no need to say this anymore as it …
Insight, 24 February 2022
How mobiles stayed massive — talking down the recession
… reason for talking big. And developments down South are one of the key factors in that buoyancy. In fact, 2010 has been hailed by Nic … no small part by continuing growth of wireless services in emerging markets, which Insight said will offset the spending slowdown in the … attention. The multiplier effect of support networks established with sustainable development in mind allows for broader information sharing …
Insight, 26 January 2010
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IIED launches podcast
… your mobile phone – will feature IIED experts and guests focusing on key sustainable development issues and how we will play our part to make … episode, Mohammed and the director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, Laura Kelly , also look at international …
News, 23 August 2019
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IIED and partner events at COP25
… These investments can make an important contribution towards the Sustainable Development Goals. However, developing and financing dams in … The role of finance in supporting sustainable development in emerging markets – focus on hydropower Pavilion event Date: Thursday, 5 December … imperative. Private sector investors are expected to play a key role in supporting sustainable development in emerging markets, but …
Event, 02 December 2019