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Cover for G04375.pdf
Towards a Transformative Post‐2015 Development Agenda - retreat 6
… an informal setting for open and substantive exchange of views (under Chatham House Rule) on issues critical to framing the global …
Publication, 01 February 2015
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Poverty lines in Greater Cairo: underestimating and misrepresenting poverty
… because the household survey data which inform poverty-line studies under-sample people living in informal settlements, as they are based on census data which under-count the populations of informal areas. …
Publication, 01 May 2009
Two elephants.
Online learning series helps practitioners engage communities in tackling illegal wildlife trade
… the comprehensive training course on FLoD, which is currently under development with support from the BIOPAMA  programme supported by …
News, 12 October 2020
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Addressing the impact of large-scale oil palm plantations on orangutan conservation in Borneo: A spatial, legal and political economy analysis
… within undeveloped oil palm estates. This project has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 July 2017
People protesting
COP25 policy and activism: we deserved better
… thereof, was hugely disappointing. Silenced and shut out As COP25 got under way, I was not alone in being shocked by the lack of space given … year, countries will be formally held to account on their pledges under the Paris Agreement. We will find out who is taking the process …
Insight, 13 January 2020
The logo for the Sustainable Development Goals (Image: the United Nations)
Public-private partnerships and aid's 'private turn': addressing the investment law dimensions
… turn sour, governments could be exposed to arbitration claims under applicable investment treaties, leading to substantial financial … would need to be mindful of international investment law. Under the New Alliance country cooperation frameworks, participating … of which would enable businesses to seek damages via arbitration under investment treaties?   Given the large amounts that tribunals have …
Insight, 30 January 2018
A row of women sitting with baskets of freshly picked tea leaves
We need more than business as usual, to leave no one behind
… chain pose considerable ‘risks’ to companies. With companies coming under ever greater scrutiny, and growing demands to address these … consumers and vigilant civil society watchdogs bring companies under growing pressure to prove that sustainability is embedded in their …
Insight, 10 January 2020
A Zambian farmer in his maize field. The overdependence on maize is having a negative impact on diets in Zambia (Photo: Wesley Wakunuma)
Promoting diversity on the farm – and the plate
… dwellers alike, a bumper harvest will do little to alleviate the under-nourishment that affects 48 per cent of people in Zambia. Some 40 per cent of Zambian children under the age of five are stunted (too short for their age and often …
Insight, 05 June 2017
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Measuring what matters in the Energy SDG
… clear milestones. It discusses whether the indicators currently under discussion are fit for purpose and suggests changes to ensure they …
Publication, 01 May 2015
G20 must massively scale up debt offer to help low-income countries tackle climate crisis, nature and COVID-19
… in the same way that poverty reduction strategies were signed off under HIPC. Last year, the G20 established the Debt Service Suspension …
News, 07 July 2021