Items tagged:
Local markets
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The politics at play in Vietnam’s food system
Guest blogger Christophe Béné discusses how perception, personal beliefs and values can overrule science and evidence in policymaking – and how this is influencing policies and crisis narratives around food safety in Vietnam
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For street vendors, finding water and toilets isn’t just a nuisance, it’s cutting into earnings
Guest blogger Carlin Carr argues that providing street vendors access to safe, clean water, sanitation, and hygiene resources benefits not just sellers but the wider community
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New research funded to study local markets in the context of urban crises
IIED has announced that five research projects in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have received funding for work to improve our understanding of the effects of urban humanitarian crises on the functioning of local markets
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Mapping innovative governance for sustainable development
From decentralised finance to legal tools, this map showing real examples of innovative governance from around the world highlights seven tried-and-tested methods of empowering local institutions
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Supporting small-scale farmers: rights or markets?
Development support for small-scale farmers must be based on both the enforcement of basic human rights and a pro-poor development of markets.
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Supporting smallholders: markets, rights, or sovereignty?
But, according to one speaker at the event, smallholders aren’t helped by either.
