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Annual report 2007/08
… savings schemes and initiatives can improve life dramatically for the urban poor. IIED began co-running a fund that channelled US$4.8 million … such projects in 17 developing countries. Revealing the positives in urban growth:  IIED worked on untangling the complex realities of urban … to ensure future agreements are democratic and effective. Supporting India’s crop resilience experts:  many village women in India’s …
Page, 23 December 2008
Sandbags in a doorway to prevent flooding
Adapting to climate change in Europe: building a systemic and urgent vision
Insight, 15 May 2019
Responding to the realities of rural youth
… Rural Youth (MIJARC) . For Fernandez, strengthening the links between urban and rural areas is vital to supporting mobility and enabling young people to return to rural areas. “Many people go to urban areas thinking that there are opportunities but in many cases that is not the reality…In India, young people going to big cities often end up in precarious jobs …
News, 31 May 2012
Cover for 10561IIED.pdf
Community finance: the news from Africa and Asia
… Lao PDR, Vietnam, Indonesia, Fiji, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Nepal, India, Mongolia, Pakistan, Thailand, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, … Urban …
Publication, 01 September 2008
Members of the Zimbabwe Homeless People's Federation learn techniques for building houses on land that is affected by climate-related hazards, including waterlogging. Picture: David Dodman.
12 Christmas crackers from IIED
… report says Zimbabwe's climate change strategy should focus more on urban communities, give a greater role to civil society participation, … report , a four-page briefing paper or read the press release . 2. Urban poverty, food security and climate change This report says … . 11. Media perceptions and portrayals of pastoralists in Kenya, India and China This report is one in a series from a project that shows …
Article, 27 December 2013
Cover for G02314.pdf
An offer of partnership or a promise of conflict
… An open letter by Jockin Arputham, National Slum Dwellers Federation, INDIA. The homes and livelihoods of a million slum dwellers are … Urban …
Publication, 01 May 2007
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… economy: lessons from Ethiopia’s progressive climate policy’ . 6 Urban transformation and the politics of shelter: understanding … access to adequate shelter and basic services for the most vulnerable urban residents. More about this work: From October 2017 to February … to documenting health and climate risks for informal urban workers in India and Zimbabwe, and from working to grow networks to support green, …
Article, 23 December 2020
Book urges new development agenda for small-scale farming
… civil society that spanned Central America, the Andes, East Africa, India and Indonesia. It was led from Bolivia by the Mainumby Ñakurutú … supply, increased trade between developing nations and a growth in urban markets. At the same time, many small-scale farmers are …
News, 29 November 2012
Cover for G01616.pdf
PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 9 Children's rights and the changing face of work in the field
… been by proxy than direct contact. Work in During a recent visit to India and Nepal a rural areas tended to be part of community- number of … the Articles as a basic framework for developing based projects and urban programmes usually criteria for the evaluation of children's only …
Publication, 01 January 1996
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 14 Scaling up or scaling down?
… Projects (SIPs) in CMC had been implementing the programme India aim to improve the standards of living of in their own way. Area … integrate achievement, fund utilisation, report different facets of urban development, SIPs preparation, were important indicators of …
Publication, 01 January 1996