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Asian Coalition for Housing Rights (ACHR)
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Knowledge in action for urban equality
Growing inequality is a key challenge to advance inclusive and sustainable urban development in the global South. IIED is a partner in the ‘Knowledge in Action for Urban Equality’ (KNOW) programme, which aims to address urban inequalities through knowledge co-production, transformative research and capacity-building activities
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Tackling widespread hunger in cities means listening to the urban poor
As urban food insecurity attracts growing interest in policy debates, Cecilia Tacoli makes the case for ensuring that the views of poor urban residents both inform and shape solutions.
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How the urban poor define and measure food insecurity
There is growing interest in food consumption and its links to urbanisation but the views of the real experts, the urban poor, do not get the attention they deserve. IIED and the Asian Coalition for Housing Rights are asking poor women in cities in Cambodia and Nepal about the challenges of putting food on the table
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Helping low-income groups in Karachi, Bangkok and Kathmandu to take advantage of urban density
IIED worked with local partners to seek out alternative routes to density, that don't force people to choose between being displaced to distant peripheries or being crowded into unhealthy "slums" or apartment blocks
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It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
When the world's leaders meet in Addis to decide how they fund the SDGs, the real question is whether this money will support the world's poorest to shape their own futures
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About the architecture of aid
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
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Improving housing in Asia – and turning traditional top-down funding on its head
Community involvement in improving housing for low income families in Asian cities is changing approaches to funding – and delivering impressive results as well
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Critical theme: Introducing the Asian Coalition for Community Action
Urban poverty reduction was the focus when the latest in a series of seminars at the International Institute for Environment and Development took place on July 2
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TEDx Talk: A small change to aid, a big impact on urban poverty
One small change to how donors provide development aid could unlock the power of poor people in urban centres to address their own problems, says Dr David Satterthwaite, senior fellow in IIED’s Human Settlements Group.
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How to ensure that aid empowers urban poor groups
Listen to David Satterthwaite speaking at TEDxHamburg.
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8 points on financing climate change adaptation in urban areas
As the urgency for governments and international agencies to address climate change increases, an expert meeting identified eight key points on finance priorities.
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How does a changing climate impact on urban poverty?
When floods hit a city, usually low-income groups are hit hardest. The devastation that such disasters cause can be linked to the failure of city governments to manage growth and build infrastructure.
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Rethinking finance for development in city ‘slums’
The Asian Coalition for Community Action is challenging the traditional model of aid by providing small grants to low-income communities to upgrade the ‘slums’ or informal settlements in which they live.
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6th World Urban Forum: will the agenda of slum and shack dwellers ever get considered?
David Satterthwaite asks why representatives from the federations and networks of slum or shack dwellers were absent from almost all the official events and wonders when their priorities will get the attention they deserve.
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Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis
The scale of Thailand's floods are unprecedented. In the midst of the crisis, water management has become a politically sensitive matter
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Urban poor transform slums in 100+ cities in 15 Asian nations
The lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Asian cities have been transformed thanks to an innovative project that enables the urban poor to improve their living conditions in partnership with city governments.
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World Urban Forum 2008
Fourth session of the World Urban Forum, 03 - 06 November 2008, Nanjing, China Theme: Harmonious Urbanization: The Challenge of Balanced Territorial Development
