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Business models for sustainable development
… at scale. See our Overview briefing paper: Business models for sustainable development: innovation for society and environment What are business models for sustainable development? At the centre of any business model is the … Business models for sustainable development …
Article, 10 May 2010
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Urban informality and building a more inclusive, resilient and green economy
… are widely promoted as solutions to 21st century challenges facing sustainable development. As the world continues to urbanise, the role of cities in …
Publication, 01 December 2014
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Regional workshop report, Hanoi
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at … Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformation. Regional workshop report, Hanoi …
Publication, 01 December 2015
Woman hanging laundry
What women want – part one
… long-term impacts of the pandemic. This included developing long-term sustainable solutions as well as addressing the deficits that impacted … to recognise that women’s networks are fundamental to building more sustainable and resilient cities. The third step is to support women’s …
Insight, 18 May 2021
Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)
2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation
… be viewed above or on IIED's YouTube channel . Roberts heads the Sustainable and Resilient City Initiatives portfolio in eThekwini … before the start of Habitat III , the United Nations' first global urbanisation conference for 20 years. The UN summit was to agree a 'New Urban Agenda', setting out proposals for urban development over the next 20 years.  Roberts said the draft New Urban …
Article, 11 October 2016
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Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformations. Regional workshop report, Nairobi
… In 2014 IIED launched the project Food transitions: sustainable consumption policies across the rural-urban divide aimed at … Food Consumption, Urbanisation and Rural Transformations. Regional workshop report, Nairobi …
Publication, 01 December 2015
Citizens at Risk: From urban sanitation to sustainable cities, The
… improving health conditions in deprived urban settlements, ensuring sustainable development in a globalizing world, and achieving environmental justice … with the greening of development. They argue that current debates on sustainable development fail to come to terms with these challenges, and … Citizens at Risk: From urban sanitation to sustainable cities, The …
Publication, 01 January 2001
Water kiosks in Zambia provide safe drinking water for poor households in peri urban areas of Chipata. Careful consideration of the affordability of water services for the urban poor is vital to provide universal and equitable access to safe and affordable water for everyone by 2030 (Photo: SuSanA Secretariat, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Improved water access unaffordable for urban poor
… Millennium Development Goal (MDG) assessments have demonstrated that access to an … as a way to improve provision and modernise water utilities. The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) include a target (6.1) to provide universal and …
Insight, 22 March 2016
Skyline view of a city with houses and short buildings in the front and skyscrapers in the background.
Q&A: Citizen participation in planning − from the neighbourhood to the city
… officially sanctioned experts. There is a need to: 1) demystify urban development knowledge; and 2) understand how technical knowledge can … boroughs are unlikely to be appropriate in boroughs where informal urbanisation is more recent.  SC: In the context where I work (Dhaka, … everyday lives. However, the extent to which projects create lasting, sustainable change, and incorporate the voices of those commonly …
Article, 10 December 2021
Temporary settlements in Kirtipur, Nepal, which was devastated by earthquakes in 2015 (Photo: Zahrah Nesbitt-Ahmed)
Cash transfers in urban crises: do they work for women?
… shows how efforts to incorporate gender equality into broader development policy  can help secure fairer access to jobs and education, … out in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015), the Sustainable Development Goals (2015), and a host of UN Security Council resolutions …
Insight, 08 March 2017