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Buenos Aires, Argentina: luxury skyscrapers contrast with a shanty town of small brick dwellings with aluminium roofs. It is estimated that 10 per cent of the city's population lives in informal settlements (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)
Facing an increasingly urban world
… the language of rights and see concrete changes in the conditions under which women negotiate access and rights to assets on which they …
Insight, 13 May 2016
Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)
If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
… As such, it echoed an outdated narrative that describes unsustainable under-production in rural areas and overlooks what limits people's …
Insight, 23 February 2015
Agricultural biodiversity in a Peruvian market. Photo: Bioversity International/A. Camacho
Building resilient food systems
… biodiversity and livelihoods This project analysed how and under what conditions decentralised governance, capacity building and …
Project, 14 August 2013
This map of the covered and open drains in Jamshed Town, Karachi illustrates how communities have led on installing sewers and drains (Image: Orangi Pilot Project–Research and Training Institute)
Reducing risks in urban centres: think 'local, local, local'
… (Malawi), Nairobi (Kenya), and Niamey (Niger). Additional research is under way in Freetown (Sierra Leone), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Mombasa …
Insight, 08 May 2017
Solar-powered irrigated water pumps such as this one in Bangladesh can help villagers cope with unreliable rainfall patterns (Photo: Neha Rai/IIED)
Climate finance must reach poor families
…     For example, many natural resources, such as water, are coming under increasing pressure from climate change. Local governments can …
Insight, 16 February 2015
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PLA 51: Civil society and poverty reduction
… to share their experiences in PRS processes. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 31 March 2005
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PLA 45: Community-based animal healthcare
… book reviews, events, and e-participation. This work is licensed under the  Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 …
Article, 30 September 2002
New Potato Deal in Peru Signposts Global Drive to Open Up Food Genebanks to Indigenous Peoples
… because it will "ensure that genetic resources and knowledge remain under the custody of local communities and do not become subject to …
News, 18 January 2005
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 6 Delta and village level planning in Sierra Leone: Possibilities and pitfalls
… adaptive planning DELTA (Development Education and approaches are under current debate and early Leadership Training for Action) was …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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Adaptation to Climate Change and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
… average estimate of the GDP per capita. The GDP per capita must be under US$900 to be included in the LDC group and above US$1,035 to …
Publication, 01 January 1970