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A review of evidence of humanitarian cash transfer programming in urban areas
… response objectives and potentially contributing to longer-term development objectives. However, effective and sustainable urban humanitarian cash responses demand cooperation, … capacity, commitment and funding across key humanitarian, development and private-sector stakeholders, under the leadership of a …
Publication, 01 December 2015
A man bends over and rummages through piles of garbage that surround him.
Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities
… Cities and Local Government (UCLG), in partnership with The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU) of University College London and IIED, … the uneven distribution of care burdens, challenges related to sustainable transport and digital connectivity, to dignified livelihood … actionable, by promoting a radical revision of urban and territorial development strategies and policies to safeguard the future of people …
News, 11 October 2022
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Post-2015 - framing a new approach to sustainable development
… note, prepared by the Independent Research Forum on a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda (IRF2015), offers principles and approaches for … issues such as water, agriculture, food and energy security and urbanisation in a way that integrates their environmental, economic and … Post-2015 - framing a new approach to sustainable development …
Publication, 01 March 2013
In urban and rural communities across the world, low income families lack the shelter and services they need to live with dignity, security, health and prosperity (Photo: IIED)
References: how can decentralised finance drive sustainable development?
… such funds set up –  for instance by the Department for International Development (DFID) and by the European Union . Since 2000, a growing … Citizen '. The importance of such funds for meeting the Millennium Development Goals was emphasised in a working paper in 2005 . There were … and Urbanization, Vol. 19, No. 2 (pages 483-500);  Urban Poor Funds: development by the people for the people , Diana  Mitlin (2008), Working …
Article, 08 July 2015
Building split in half
From protector to evictor of slum residents – reversal of roles for the judiciary
… and services incrementally introduced over time. This form of development was accepted and became part of planning policy. The state … to a welfare state ended in the mid-1990s, with new terms to define development and institutional arrangements. These include ‘direct … generation have either died or retired, their concept of development is no longer seen as relevant. … as well as politicians, and …
Insight, 24 February 2022
Old woman walks in the forest holding a stick.
How the Amazon bioeconomy can catalyse an inclusive green economy
… biochemicals, fibres and other products. It can contribute to sustainable development and even reverse the process of brain drain. We see the … generations Safeguards, restores and invests in nature Supports sustainable consumption and production, and Is guided by integrated, … and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and development …
Insight, 27 June 2022
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Environment & Urbanization local organisation profiles
… Grassroots organisations Developing new approaches for people-centred development: Jockin Arputham (2008) Jockin Arputham founded the National … to fight eviction and get government support for people-centred development. State and civil society in the barrios of Havana, Cuba: the … in local governance that underpinned it. Participatory democracy and sustainable development: integrated urban environmental management in …
Project, 18 August 2014
Just 0.03 per cent of the money spent annually on fossil fuel subsidies could provide 200 million people in cities with access to the grid (Photo: Pexels, via Google licence)
Action from UN's Habitat III key to lift urban millions out of poverty
… This week, the International Institute for Environment and Development's (IIED)  urbanisation experts are in Quito, Ecuador for the United Nations' … and productivity is crucial to enabling cities to achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. And using renewable technology is …
News, 17 October 2016
Informal settlements around Laguna Lake near Manila in the Philippines (Photo: Arlynn Aquino EU/ECHO, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Climate responsive cities: a road towards the 'New Urban Agenda'?
… adoption of the 'New Urban Agenda' – the UN's 20-year strategy for sustainable urban development. Now the agenda is formally in place, the real business of …
Insight, 15 November 2016
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Locally managed funds: a route to pro-poor urban development
… are scaled up through networks of local groups. As the Millennium Development Goals transition to new Sustainable Development Goals, international agencies can improve their … funds into their aid programmes. Find out more about our work on the Sustainable Development Goals and the post-2015 agenda: … Locally managed funds: a route to pro-poor urban development …
Publication, 01 May 2013