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A toilet block in Mumbai, India, where people living in different informal settlements experience distinct forms of inadequate sanitation (Photo: Renu Desai)
Sanitation in informal settlements: a networked problem
… approach to the SDGs This means that global initiatives like the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must be geographical goals, i.e. they can only …
Insight, 26 August 2015
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Getting the Engagement of Local Institutions in the UN Development Agenda Post-2015
… of local governments in implementing and ‘localising’ the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is rarely recognised or acted on by national … This is also the case for much of the discussion on post-2015 sustainable development goals. The UN system and the official aid agencies and … Getting the Engagement of Local Institutions in the UN Development Agenda Post-2015 …
Publication, 01 September 2013
An image showing local people building a house in a slum in Bolivia, where Shack Dwellers International has worked with authorities. Many Latin American cities are leading the way in working with community organisations (Photo: Shack Dwellers International, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Is community-based adaptation suited to cities?
… that can fold climate change adaptation and mitigation into city development. But here is the challenge to national governments and … America Discussions within the United Nations on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals is mostly about national governments and national …
Insight, 26 April 2016
A young woman sits working at a sewing machine in a corner of a room.
Stitching with determination: stories of women garment workers in Indore, India
Article, 07 June 2022
Covers of top publications of 2020.
IIED's best of 2020: publications
… life’ introduction to evaluating progress on the 2030 Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is based on emerging country experience from … preserving the health of the oceans, and supporting inclusive urbanisation in the poorest countries – this annual review shows how we …
Article, 23 December 2020
Geographic patterns are seen out the window of an airplane traveling between Mwanza and Dar Es Salam, Tanzania on March 20, 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Connecting cities to basins
… of the city's inhabitants live in informal settlements. Delivering sustainable development in this environment is a significant challenge. The Sustainable Development Goals aim to promote the "availability and …
Long read, 06 February 2017
Women are sat at tables selling food a distance apart
Uganda’s hungry food vendors: counting the cost of COVID-19
… to drive local food system change. This sits under the IIED-Hivos Sustainable Diets for All programme . Seeking alternatives To comply … municipality, showing how food vending contributes to the city’s development.  And from service provider to consumer – what about the … Sustainable markets …
Insight, 11 June 2020
Screenshots from four of IIED's best videos
IIED's best of 2021: videos
… increase in how video was used in a variety of ways to communicate sustainable development issues in the wake of COVID-19, that trend continued over … and policy advisor who was among the earliest advocates of sustainable development. Former Costa Rica vice-president Grynspan used …
Insight, 28 December 2021
Some of the publications produced by IIED during 2015 (Image: IIED)
IIED's best of 2015: publications
… in natural resource investments in low and middle-income countries. Urbanisation, rural–urban migration and urban poverty Rural-urban … change on Least Developed Countries: are the SDGs possible? The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set the United Nations' development agenda …
Article, 31 December 2015
Woman walking through a field, carrying a bag on her head.
How to green Africa from the grassroots
… of travel and shift from carbon-intensive growth to low-carbon development. By investing in renewable energy, regenerative forms of … and better able to handle future crises. While Africa’s rapid urbanisation takes the headlines, agriculture remains vital for future … CAADP policies focus more on boosting production than ensuring sustainable food security and livelihoods for Africa’s predominantly …
Insight, 04 January 2021