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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
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
Cover for 9002IIED.pdf
Land Management in Ghana: Building on Tradition and Modernity
… the authors show that the mechanisms for customary management are under increasing pressure, particularly in areas of high population …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Cover for 9031IIED.pdf
El Mezquital: A community's struggle for development
… their incapacity to respond to the needs of the community, their under-estimation of community capacity, and the attempts at political …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Cover for 9072IIED.pdf
Negotiating Access to Land in West Africa: A synthesis of findings from research on derived rights to land
… In some areas such delegated rights cover more than half of the area under cultivation. These flexible and dynamic arrangements allow the …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Cover for 14570IIED.pdf
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
Cover for 9156IIED.pdf
Making a Killing or Making a Living: Wildlife trade, trade controls, and rural livelihoods
… of conservation-motivated trade controls such as those required under CITES. This study is intended to be a first step to address that …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Cover for 9232IIED.pdf
Engendering Eden Volume 2: Women, Gender and ICDPs in Africa - Lessons learnt and experiences shared
… and capacity building. However components still remain fragmented and under resourced. There is much room for improvement. …
Publication, 01 January 2003
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
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