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Remembering Nigel Cross and Brian Walker, leading lights of IIED
… president during a vital period in the 1980s, who has died aged 88 . Under his leadership, IIED made major contributions to the hugely …
Insight, 16 October 2019
The 2011 monsoon season brought unusually heavy rains and severe floods to many south-east Asian countries. Thailand was worst affected, with large parts of the Thai capital Bangkok under water (Photo: Chrisgel Ryan Cruz, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis
… All of these areas were (and many still are) 60-70% submerged under up to 2 metres of water, forcing people to either evacuate their … In the case of Bangkok, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration  is under the governorship of the opposition Democratic party, so developing … to the north and west of the city which, in some areas, are already under 2 metres of water. But the situation is critical as the Chao …
Insight, 02 November 2011
The COP23 venue in Bonn nears completion (Photo: Achala Abeysinghe/IIED)
IIED and partner events at COP23
… International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and IIED under Friends of EBA  Speakers: Including Nathalie Seddon, IIED Related … University (UNU), Center for Development Research (ZEF), and IUCN under Friends of EBA  Speakers:  Including Xiaoting Hou Jones … University (UNU), Center for Development Research (ZEF), and IUCN under Friends of EBA  Speakers: Including Nathalie Seddon, IIED         …
Event, 06 November 2017
Women are sat at tables selling food a distance apart
Uganda’s hungry food vendors: counting the cost of COVID-19
… Food Change Lab  seeking to drive local food system change. This sits under the IIED-Hivos Sustainable Diets for All programme . Seeking …
Insight, 11 June 2020
Old Indonesia coins. In Indonesia, like the UK, the income of the poorest 40 per cent has to grow at twice the rate of the national average if the income gap is to stay the same (Photo: Anis Eka, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
How serious are the SDGs about tackling inequality?
… other one earns $100 per day. The poor person currently receives just under one per cent of total national income.   Let us assume that the … much faster, increasing their share of total national income to just under 1.5 per cent. Yet the income gap has widened from $99 to $99.50.  …
Insight, 04 October 2016
A man stands as he speaks to a seated group of people surrounding him
How to get the most out of dialogue
… and enabler to bring together and engage different stakeholders. Work under the CBA initiative, and the support to learning exchanges among …
Insight, 03 June 2020
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Sustaining the Rag Trade
… Retailers are under increasing pressure to take a share of the responsibility for the …
Publication, 01 January 2000
Two people carrying containers on their heads
COVID-19 and the sites of rights resilience
… do not de-centre the role of the state as the duty bearer under international human rights law. The scale of COVID-19’s economic …
Insight, 26 May 2020
IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)
'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania
… and small-scale mining. Further locally driven processes are already under way in Ghana  and Madagascar . Related links Longread:  Small …
Project, 19 January 2017
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The organisation of rural associations for progress, Zimbabwe: Self-reliance for sustainability
… to address poverty and rebuild this area after the destruction and under-development associated with the fight for independence. It works …
Publication, 01 August 2008