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Globalization and Cities
… funds; and the world’s first transnational corporation (the East India Company). In the feedback section, there are papers on Durban’s Local Agenda 21; maternal mobility between rural and urban areas in Kenya; the role of NGOs in Korean society; the right to … Urban …
Publication, 01 January 2002
Women distributing seeds in Andhra Pradesh, India (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
Q&A: Why indigenous seed-saving women are the stewards of biodiversity
… – Centre for Chinese Agricultural Policy, China; Lok Chetna Manch, India; Kenya Forestry Research Institute; and ANDES Peru – to learn how … many communities where men, particularly younger men, are moving to urban areas to find work. There is also a tendency in some communities … reintroduced duck-in-rice farming to produce organic rice for urban ecological restaurants, which has significantly increased incomes. …
Article, 18 October 2018
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Urban management training, action learning and rapid analysis methods
… Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 1 Urban management training, action learning and rapid analysis methods … `look and see'. For officials, it involves them in approach to urban management training. This actually analysing a particular problem … Organisation (TCPO) in the Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi, India. In training terms the process is more important These notes are …
Publication, 01 January 1994
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The struggle for Shelter
Publication, 01 January 1997
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Report of a meeting on innovative housing finance between researchers from Brazil, Mexico, Philippines and Thailand
… Mexico, the Community Mortgage Programme in the Philippines and the Urban Community Development Office in Thailand. Reviews of housing finance programmes in the state of Ceara (Brazil) and India gave a broader perspective offering further insights into … providing loans to lower middle income households. In Thailand, the Urban Community Development Office has merged with a rural fund to form …
Publication, 01 December 2000
An African man makes a speech in front of a banner in Chinese
Our previous work on China
…   reframing pejorative narratives around drylands in China, India and Kenya to ones of potential and resilience in the face of … be a viable energy strategy for rural households in China.    BRICS urban transition: sharing key lessons for the future of urbanisation in … of the BRICS bear heavy burdens from past failures to accommodate urban population growth equitably and efficiently. Read ' Urban growth …
Article, 01 August 2019
A street vendor sells produce in Surabaya, Indonesia (Photo: Schristia, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Showcasing innovations in policy approaches to informality
… in formalising street vendors as part of its process of inclusive urban transformation.  Using a dialogue-based approach and formally … the city enabled them to make a meaningful contribution to urban transformation and economic growth. Innovations for inclusivity in India's informal e-waste markets The vast majority of India's huge waste …
Article, 21 July 2015
Outdoor workers in Da Nang are prone to heat stress. Credit: COHED.
To build climate resilience cities must assess diverse drivers of vulnerability
Insight, 30 October 2013
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… ).  What’s more, a hard-hitting film telling the stories of Nairobi’s urban refugees in their own words won best documentary at the Eldoret … gardens on vacant city plots were providing vital nutrition for the urban poor , and this was accompanied by a video with her and the Quezon … of the year . 6 Increasing climate information and resilience in India [VIDEO::https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCTDqny0E-A] Animations …
Insight, 28 December 2021
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Outlining the breadth and diversity of microfinance for housing and related activities. South Africa, Sri Lanka and India
… Urban … for housing and related activities. South Africa, Sri Lanka and India …
Publication, 01 April 2003