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The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Does green growth miss the majority?
… food sellers on the streets of Cairo and networks of waste workers in India, to artisanal miners in Peru and charcoal producers in Kenya, the … the government started to recognise the Zabaleen cooperatives in the urban waste management system. Though not a smooth or easy transition, …
Insight, 18 February 2016
An interactive data visual that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation that research by IIED has sought to document and describe
IIED's best of 2014: multimedia
… this interactive data visual  that illustrates the scale and speed of urban transformation and exposes patterns that couldn't otherwise be … photos of these culturally important areas in Peru, China and India to explain how such communities promote simultaneous goals of … introductory screencast video focusing on the BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – that featured IIED principal researcher …
Insight, 12 January 2015
Freedom or a free for all? Creating an open but safe cyberspace
… crime with delegates from 60 countries including Russia, China and India. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia , said that the biggest … with high illiteracy rates. “We face many challenges, mainly this urban/rural divide and the digital divide,” she said. “In countries …
Insight, 01 November 2011
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PLA 40: Deliberative Democracy and Citizen Empowerment
… and Jose Pizarro Neyra Lessons from malaria control activities in urban West Africa using a research-action-capacity building approach G. … harm than good Peter Glasner Farmer foresight: an experiment in South India D. Satya Murty and Tom Wakeford Telecommunications and the future … on the first US citizens' panel Dick Sclove Scenario workshops and urban planning Isa-Elisabeth Andersen and Birgit Jæger The Danish …
Article, 01 February 2000
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PLA 49: Decentralisation and community-based planning
… in Panchayat-based planning in the mountains, Himachal Pradesh, India Rajeev Ahal and Silvio Decurtins Some experiences from the Philippines in urban community development planning Edna Co, Jan Velasco-Fabonan, and …
Article, 31 March 2004
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Sustainable Development and the Global Commons
Publication, 01 January 1992
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PLA 51: Civil society and poverty reduction
… Trong Hieu and Yann K Eguienta Working with municipalities to develop urban health systems in Bangladesh  Dipankar Datta, Michelle Kouletio … Scaling up the use of PLA in a pilot health and nutrition programme, India Amita Jain, Rajiv S. Saxena and Subir K. Pradhan River management …
Article, 31 March 2005
IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system
A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward
… the Millennium Development Goals – for food and nutrition, rural and urban water and sanitation, and health programmes. This includes the … develop the newly formed media information unit before returning to India to found the Centre for Science and Environment . She had other …
Insight, 27 May 2014
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PLA 50: Critical reflections, future directions
… sexual reproductive health, natural resource management, agriculture, urban issues, children's participation, advocacy and rights, local … empowerment developed by slum and pavement dwellers' federations in India Sheela Patel Natural resources, people and participation Michel …
Article, 30 September 2004
PLA 30: Participation and Fishing Communities
… Striepke Participatory concept mapping to understand perceptions of urban malnutrition Dan Maxwell, Margaret Armar-Klemesu, Lucy Brakohiapa … Getting fisherfolk off the hook: an exploratory PRA in Southern India R. Ramesh, N. Narayanasamy and M. P. Boraian Participatory group …
Article, 30 September 1997