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A slum is upgraded in Zambia. Local urban poor organisations are working with local governments to solve problems, but need financial support (Photo: Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI), via Google licence)

Show me the money!

Insight, 18 October 2016

Dharavi slum, Mumbai, India (Photo: Akshay Mahajan, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Data that supports local development

Insight, 22 September 2016

Getting water from a tanker in Vijinapura, India. Partnerships between local government and slum/shack dweller organisations can help deliver urban development goals (Photo: cstepin, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Why do we ignore the local processes that deliver global goals in urban areas?

Insight, 16 August 2016

Washing in Kolkata. Urban poor groups must engage with city government and utility companies in order to become drivers for change (Photo: Wolfgang Sterneck, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Can global funds be accountable at the local level?

Insight, 09 August 2016

A new map produced by IIED shows seven types of innovative governance. Click on the image to see the map (Image: IIED)

Driving change by supporting action at the local level

Insight, 24 November 2015

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?

Insight, 31 March 2015

A Subanen harvest dance during a colourful street dancing competition of Kinabayo Festival. Community action by the Subanen tribe in Midsalip prevents mining companies from encroaching their land (Photo: Mark Navales/Google Licence)

Citizen power: Sustaining paralegal programmes to put knowledge back into communities' hands

Insight, 14 October 2014

Covers of Environment and Urbanization publications

Environment & Urbanization local organisation profiles

Active Project

People sitting around a table

Unleashing the potential of local organisations in linking conservation and development

Archived Project

A woman sells cardboard on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan.

Rethinking finance for development in city ‘slums’

Insight, 12 October 2012

Image of Namibian drylands with a stone hill rising in the background.

3-point action plan for leaders at Rio+20 summit

News, 22 May 2012

Gatekeeper series: Local organization Profiles

Article, 01 April 2010

local organizations

Local organizations: introduction

Article, 01 April 2010

Cover for G02341.pdf

Towards an integrated system for measuring the social impact of Protected Areas: A discussion document Poverty and Conservation Learning Group TILCEPA UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre: Vision 2020 WCPA/CEESP Taskforce on Protected Areas, Equi

Publication, 01 November 2007

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