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Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development
… E C T I V E S 3 2005Y on Corporate Responsibility for Environment and Development NUMBER JUL How can Corporate Social Responsibility Deliver … that poverty income countries, with gross national reduction and sustainable development per capita incomes of US$400 and Both Kenya and … sector to urban areas. Both have a significant poverty reduction and sustainable such policy objectives.1 The concept natural resource base, …
Publication, 01 July 2005
Waste pickers packing up the recyclable materials, Peru (Photo: Alex Proimos, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Workers in informal economy need say in global environmental agendas
… agencies is to green the economy by reorienting markets toward more sustainable economic activities. But this green economy agenda risks … that affect the labour force and small enterprises; address the development deficits that underpin climate vulnerability in the home, workplace and neighbourhood; and create employment and skills development opportunities for low-income communities. Women's savings …
Insight, 07 December 2015
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Towards housing justice
… crisis, and limit progress towards achieving and localising the Sustainable Development Goals. Most housing policies and practices ignore the … and climate change. This will encompass research, capacity development, policy advisory and advocacy, based on local and global …
Publication, 13 March 2023
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IIED at COP26
… and ambitious actions to tackle the climate and nature crises. The Development and Climate (D&C) Days event  from 9-10 November brought … and nature , establishing resilient cities and infrastructure, sustainable and effective adaptation to climate change at the local … latest research, commentary, news, analysis during COP26 . Key events Development and Climate Days 2021 Date: 9-10 November 2021 This two-day …
Event, 01 November 2021
A new sanitation block being constructed in Kibera settlement, Nairobi, Kenya. Most of Kibera's residents don't have access to electricity or running water (Photo: Sustainable Sanitation, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Finance for whom and for what?
… in Addis Ababa for the 3rd international conference on Financing for Development . A draft (PDF)  for the Addis Ababa Accord (a global framework for financing sustainable development) is out.  If this was the first document you had … change so fundamentally what is currently achieved? And to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ?  What do they have to do and how …
Insight, 31 March 2015
The Deccan Development society works with poor women in Andhra Pradesh, India. It facilitates a network of women seedkeepers who conserve and exchange seeds (Photo: Deccan Development Society)
IIED's best of 2016: blogs
… Why women's empowerment is essential for sustainable development February: Our most-read blog of 2016 put forward a powerful … – particularly in the environmental movement. Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda? March: The Sustainable …
Article, 28 December 2016
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Analyse widely, act deeply: forest and farm producer organisations and the goal of climate resilient landscapes
Publication, 01 April 2019
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City
… begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City Gustavo Romero, Patricia … organisations in low-income urban Neighbourhood1 Plan for local development areas of Mexico have been working with non- and … PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Community participation in the sustainable development of human settlements in Mexico City …
Publication, 01 January 1994
People need at least US$50 to survive for a month in Hanoi. This is twice the official urban poverty line (Photo via Commons Wikimedia/Google licence)
If we don't count the poor, the poor don't count
… United Nations all use poverty lines to set policy. The Millennium Development Goals, for instance, use US$1.25 a day as the line that marks extreme poverty. The post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals will probably do the same.  But this poverty line and …
Insight, 12 June 2014
How can decentralised finance drive sustainable development? A new interactive story produced by IIED's Human Settlements Group highlights successful examples from the global South (Image: Kiln/IIED)
It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
… An interactive story highlighting how decentralised finance can drive sustainable development     Enter the architecture of aid   The upcoming United … money will come from but how it will be used. It is clear that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will only be realised if …
Insight, 08 July 2015