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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
Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation
… Yet across the world, these resources are fast-diminishing under the weight of pollution, land clearance, coastal development, …
Publication, 01 November 2013
A street scene with pedestrians, stallholders, motorbikes and cars
Making Indian cities inclusive means making them more walkable
… than 30  skywalks have been built since 2008. But these have come under fire for being very expensive to build and difficult to use, given … resident of Hyderabad who quit his job to repair potholes full-time under his own steam. He’s filled more than 1,300 potholes so far, and …
Insight, 05 June 2019
A water connection to link the Lobé river to Kribi harbour, South Region, Cameroon
LandCam: securing land and resource rights and improving governance in Cameroon
… both between ministries and non-governmental bodies.  Meanwhile, land under customary tenure (some 85% of Cameroon's land) is becoming …
Project, 08 May 2017
An elephant feeds on Acacia trees in Kenya's Ol Kinyei Conservancy. The privately managed conservancy offers employment and training to local communities (Photo: Stuart Price/Make it Kenya Photo, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Turn up the volume: community voices on illegal wildlife trade
… to combat IWT.  Worldwide, many locally-driven initiatives are under way from community-based anti-poaching units helping to stamp out … participated in the IWT conferences have each committed to actions under these strategies. But overall, progress has been slow, with the …
Insight, 31 October 2018
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Institutional challenges for peri-urban water supply in Can Tho, Vietnam
… The two organisations operate in different concession areas, under the oversight of different levels of government, using different …
Publication, 01 November 2015
Cover for 12574IIED.pdf
Understanding agricultural investment chains: Lessons to improve governance
… is an important step in that direction. This report has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. …
Publication, 01 March 2014
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From legal caravans to revising the Mining Code: Lessons from experience with legal empowerment in communities affected by mining, Mali
… into the revision of Mali’s Mining Code. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for citizen empowerment project. This …
Publication, 01 March 2014
Cover for 17037IIED.pdf
Entangled in the web of life: biodiversity and the media
… our efforts to tackle poverty and climate change. Yet the media has under-reported this urgent environmental challenge, partly because …
Publication, 01 May 2008
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Climate change as a driver for displacement
… 2015, just three days after the adoption of the Paris Agreements under the UNFCCC. This briefing paper presents the issue with some …
Publication, 01 January 2006