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A woman on a protest march holds up a sign that says "enough"
Our progress towards being an anti-racist organisation
… have outlined some of the activities below, many of which are already under way. What we learn as we work through these actions will inform …
Article, 15 December 2021
Matoke sellers in Uganda. Photo: Bill Vorley
Small producer agency in the globalised market
… crises of the past five years, have placed small-scale producers under the spotlight as part of the answer to creating a more sustainable … reacted to economic modernisation in China and to small-scale farmers under socialist governments , and on agriculture and youth . Provocation …
Project, 14 May 2013
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Measuring Farmers' Agro-ecological Resistance to Hurricane Mitch in Central America
… with increasing levels of storm intensity, increasing slope and years under agroecological practices, though the patterns of resistance … thresholds. For some indicators agroecological resistance collapsed under extreme stress. …
Publication, 01 January 2002
The new university in Ségou. Mali's capital city, Bamako, is the nation's political and economic power base – greater decentralisation will bring many benefits (Photo: Camilla Toulmin/IIED)
Four challenges facing Mali amid efforts to rebuild
… Last month I spent a fortnight in Mali to get my new research project under way. It was the height of the hot season, before the monsoon rains … zone around the Canal du Sahel.  About 100,000 hectares are currently under controlled irrigation but further investments are planned. In … of power.  The beginnings of a shift in power and activity are under way with the setting up of a University in Ségou in 2012, and new …
Insight, 21 June 2016
A woman market trader hands over a bag of produce to a male customer, who is giving her money in return
Financial summary 2021
… more important for organisations using public funds. With aid budgets under pressure, development organisations need to show that they are …
Page, 30 November 2021
A person's baby finger is covered in ink so they can vote during the 2013 Presidential elections.
Mali election: A Presidential run off
… were announced five days after the vote, the maximum time allowed under the constitution. Former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, … Dembélé’s party, Adéma-PASJ, had been the leading political force under Alpha Oumar Konaré, the President of Mali for two terms, after the … Amadou Sanogo. Equally, Mali has remained a firmly secular state under the constitution, so the spread of Islamic influence in the …
Insight, 06 August 2013
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Urban Poor Funds; development by the people for the people
… are located some distance from major economic centres with under-serviced and expensive transport routes. However, it is equally … The working paper is not concerned with documenting the conditions under which people are living, but rather concentrates on understanding …
Publication, 01 July 2008
Cover for 17055IIED.pdf
Where every drop counts: tackling rural Africa’s water crisis
… Africa, ‘water poverty’ can destroy lives and livelihoods. Children under the age of five are especially susceptible to waterborne diseases. …
Publication, 01 March 2009
A gate blocks access to the customary lands of the Long Teran Kanan people in Sarawack. Malaysia has seen a huge expansion of oil palm plantations backed by international investors. The customary rights of local people are often ignored (Photo: Wakx, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Investment treaties, land rights and a shrinking planet
… growing global consumption is placing the world's natural resources under unprecedented pressure. Petroleum and minerals are extracted in … standards of protection for investors than are available for people under international human rights law.    Investors have increasingly … compensation requirements that go beyond the standards applicable under national and international human rights law. At scale, applying …
Insight, 08 July 2015
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Christiana Figueres: 2012 Barbara Ward Lecture on an 'energy revolution' (1 Birdcage Walk, London)
… in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.” Already in the 1970s, Barbara knew that …
Publication, 01 March 2012