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Esilalei, Tanzania: Teresia Olotai uses a refrigerator plugged into a solar powered micro-grid. Delivering energy access in rural Tanzania could help transform local economies (Photo: Morgana Wingard, USAID, Creative Commons via Flickr)
How energy can generate growth in Tanzania's rural economy
… in towns and cities and not matched in remote areas; poorer, rural communities are being left behind.   A major factor underpinning this disparity is Tanzania's huge rural-urban energy divide. According to the Tanzanian government's Energy … of rural households.  Rural communities cannot lift themselves out of poverty without safe, reliable and affordable energy. Indeed, the …
Insight, 21 September 2017
Hội An, Vietnam: in many towns in the developing world, street vendors constitute a significant share of total employment in the informal economy (Photo: Khánh Hmoong, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Green economy must work for street vendors as well as Wall Street
… and trade in this part of society, these people risk being further marginalised by the planned low carbon, green economy changes. Experts … – representing 11 per cent and 18 per cent respectively of all urban workers – are likely to leave a smaller carbon footprint than … other development targets such as gender equality and fighting child poverty. …
News, 24 February 2016
An association of farmers in northeast Myanmar carries out value chain analysis of elephant foot yam (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Strengthening producer organisations is key to making finance inclusive and effective
… on his 25 years of experience of working with smallholder groups and communities to strengthen their capacities to run forest-based … microfinance is rarely at a scale that can lift people out of poverty. Microfinance does, however, help to build individual capacities … can subsidise such costs, their reach is unlikely to extend beyond urban centers. A more innovative solution is to develop business …
Article, 12 March 2019
Jack fruit vendor spreads out their wares on the ground.
Putting informal food systems at the centre of sustainable diets
… the measures to contain it disproportionately affecting low-income communities. The pandemic may trigger a wave of hunger and malnutrition … sustainable diets in ways that are more relevant for people living in poverty. Affordability and informality must be central to a revised … food systems are working in the background, connecting farms with urban centres, often across vast distances, and doing the heavy lifting …
Insight, 16 October 2020
Diagram showing the traditional channels for delivering aid (Image: IIED)
Money where it matters: local finance to implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement
… resources.  The local dimension The most effective way to reduce poverty and respond to climate change varies by location. This means … or small businesses. Where money is invested in low-income and other marginalised communities, the intended beneficiaries often have little … of different local financing mechanisms , including community-managed urban funds, devolved climate funds and finance for decentralised energy …
Article, 25 January 2017
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions (Image: IIED)
Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
Article, 24 November 2015
Two rice terraces with a small forest growing between them in Nepal.
Nepal: Forestry and agriculture and the story of their fake divorce
… groups, small holder farmers, women’s groups and groups representing marginalised people, advocacy organisations, government officials and … initiative was crucial, especially in Nepal. Despite some progress in poverty reduction in the last twenty years, the country remains one of … T. Rudel, M. Uriarte, and M. Hansen, 2010. Deforestation driven by urban population growth and agricultural trade in the twenty-first …
Insight, 18 July 2013
Old woman in profile in front of thatched hut and mud house. Niger.
Making gender and generation matter
… in the South, and contributed to the emerging debates on poverty reduction and sustainable development. Background Social change … example the growing number of young women and girls who migrate to urban centres responding to demand for domestic service by urban … REDD+ readiness plans should not only avoid harming women and other marginalised groups , but actively seek to address their needs and …
Project, 26 April 2011
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, … , a four-page briefing paper or read the press release . 2. Urban poverty, food security and climate change This report says policies to … — could be a source of sustainable livelihoods for millions of marginalised people, according to this report, which identifies …
Article, 27 December 2013
Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles
Article, 01 April 2010