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Special economic zones: engines of development or sites of exploitation?
… for research, policy and practice. This publication has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 October 2018
Boji Drug Store: financed by the European Union through the Community Development Trust Fund (Photo: John Nyangena)
Funding local adaptation in Kenya: nationally vs. locally managed funds
… sources. Financing for community development initiatives falls under two main approaches - locally managed and nationally managed … funds.   Recent research commissioned by IIED compared how funds under these two approaches are disbursed; it used the Isiolo County … managed The ICCCF is being piloted by the Adaptation Consortium  under the National Drought Management Authority and with finance from …
Insight, 04 December 2016
US Secretary of State John Kerry, pictured with chairperson of the African Union, Abdel Aziz, is opposing African countries' desire for a legally binding agreement at COP21 (via Google Images licence)
Message to Secretary of State John Kerry: a legally binding treaty in Paris is essential
… that must be ratified by countries. Of course, countries are under no obligation to accept and ratify such international agreements. … to do so. Countries are more likely to deliver a requirement under international law than a mere pledge at international level   An … are calling for the Paris outcome to be a legally binding agreement under international law. These include the 48 countries in the LDC Group …
Insight, 13 November 2015
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Lessons learnt report: improvement of agro-meteorological and climate information
… Lessons Learnt Report Under the Food security and global framework for climate services, Irish …
Publication, 29 November 2018
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Community-based monitoring of land acquisition: lessons from the Buseruka oil refinery, Uganda
… empower the government to acquire land in the public interest. Under Ugandan law a person whose land is identified for a public purpose … meted on them by development projects. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 June 2015
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Investment treaties and sustainable development: investment liberalisation
… States wishing to regulate the conditions under which they admit~foreign investment generally use national law. … debate on IITs and sustainable development and has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Climate change, skills development and green jobs
… risks of conflict and insecurity. The skills development initiative under Irish Aid's education programme presents an opportunity to address …
Publication, 29 January 2019
A group of people stand on a bank next to a body of water.
LIFE-AR: Uganda roll-out progresses to district level, charts path for more countries to come on board
… climate change are met. Countries decide approach Mechanisms adopted under LIFE-AR will support countries achieve the LDC 2050 Vision , …
News, 30 October 2023
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Seize the moment: towards fairer capacity building and marine technology transfer
… A new international legally binding instrument, developed under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), will focus on …
Publication, 01 August 2018
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Land, Property and Sovereignty in International Law
… in the application of different international norms, for example under human rights and investment treaties, and they call for refining …
Publication, 01 August 2017