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An image of a man with a wheelbarrow in the Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, the biggest in Africa and one of the biggest in the world. The rights of all must be incorporated into the 'new urban agenda' (Photo: Steffan Jensen/www.reversehomesickness.com, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Recognising urban rights: global debates and local struggles
… to extensive discussion around the role of human rights in promoting sustainable, inclusive and equitable urbanisation. The recently-released zero draft of the ' new urban agenda … support for landmark international agreements such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement .  While the Universal …
Insight, 26 May 2016
Brazil's favelas are a legacy of a more passive resistance reflecting an unwillingness to plan for anticipated population growth (Photo: Chris Jones, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Exploring inclusive urbanisation and other migration crises
… will be addressed at a workshop co-hosted by IIED, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the  United Nations Population … and that to achieve this they need to be open and welcoming. The 11th Sustainable Development Goal is to 'Make cities and human settlements … cities cannot be inclusive and "for all" if the official response to urbanisation and population growth is to try to keep out those who …
Insight, 28 October 2015
Congolese refugees proudly display the cup they won in a football tournament for youths from refugee communities in Kampala (Photo: Stephen Luke, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Beyond self-reliance: recognising the relationships that matter for urban refugees
… humanitarian assistance and livelihood opportunities into something sustainable and meaningful for them".  Recognising the role of cultural … youth groups, including Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) , work to support young refugees in Kampala through …
Insight, 07 November 2017
An image of crouching community members in a village in Champasak province, Laos identify areas where open defecation is taking place ahead of implementing sanitation measures (Photo: Viengsompasong Inthavong/World Bank, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
An urban approach to 'leaving no one behind'
… ' leave no one behind ' is one of the most memorable pledges from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, understanding its potential to … behind and the actions required to avoid this.  Inadequate measures Development approaches have often failed to adequately recognise the …
Insight, 02 June 2016
Woman cooks using wood fire
Feeding all city inhabitants
… adults, and underweight and stunted children. Achieving the second Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and all forms of …
Insight, 27 June 2021
In the foreground, a hotchpotch of buildings close together, towered over by large buildings in the background.
Firm and fair foundations to transform cities, transform lives
… 50th birthday by exploring the organisation’s contribution to ten sustainable development movements. In it, IIED’s decades of work with the movement for grassroots sustainable urbanisation rightly credits influential urban researcher Jorge Hardoy, …
Article, 14 June 2022
Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture
Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture
… on 11 October 2016 will be delivered by Debra Roberts, head of the Sustainable City Initiatives portfolio in eThekwini Municipality, … on urban issues ahead of Habitat III, the United Nations' first urbanisation conference in 20 years. Roberts' lecture will be based on … at the summit − is actually capable of driving sustainable urban development at the local level and in the real world, outside of UN …
News, 19 July 2016
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Urban Transition, Poverty, and Development in the Philippines- DRAFT (not for citation)
… cities particularly their roles and functions in urban and national development for the last 50 years, with special focus on the last 15-20 … of local-global forces during the last decade or so have shaped urban development patterns. In particular, it depicts the dominance of the … the key challenges faced in promoting in promoting inclusive and sustainable cities. Hopefully, this can serve as blueprint for the …
Publication, 01 September 2009
Getting water from a tanker in Vijinapura, India. Partnerships between local government and slum/shack dweller organisations can help deliver urban development goals (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Why do we ignore the local processes that deliver global goals in urban areas?
… The global discourse on development and all its goals has become almost entirely divorced from … allocated. So in discussions at the United Nations on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and now on the new urban agenda (to … least developed countries. Of course, what is recommended has to be sustainable (although with much confusion as to whether this is …
Insight, 16 August 2016
Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals
… was conducted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) with support from UNFPA, the United Nations … women. These efforts are indispensable for making progress towards sustainable development.” “When people talk of poverty they focus on … can tackle all forms of gender inequality and seize the potential of urbanisation to improve people’s lives,” according to IIED’s Director, …
News, 07 March 2012