Items tagged:
Poverty reduction
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Mozambique case study shows that poverty is about much more than income
Poverty is often defined by assessing income. But guest bloggers Sam Jones and Inge Tvedten say that using a wider lens can help to understand the social and political mechanisms that help to create and reproduce poverty
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If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise…
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is a magnet for tourists wanting to see gorillas in the wild, but surrounding communities don't get much revenue from the tourist trade. Dilys Roe describes a project that is helping local people who live close to the edge of the forest to develop products and activities that will attract visitors – and much-needed income
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Building evidence on how biodiversity affects poverty
There is an explicit assumption that reducing the rate of biodiversity loss can help in efforts to tackle global poverty. But the evidence for this assumption is surprisingly weak. This project aims to review the existing evidence base, identify knowledge gaps and make evidence more widely available.
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It's time for the Davos super-rich to pay their fair share
As the rich and powerful gather in Davos, IIED director Camilla Toulmin urges a change in attitudes to taxation to tackle growing inequality
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Fairness can address the resentment that drives hunting in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Poverty is not the only reason people illegally hunt wildlife in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, according to the Uganda Poverty and Conservation Learning Group (U-PCLG), whose new research shows that resentment toward conservation projects is just as big a factor
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Transforming energy access: a conversation with Kandeh Yumkella
What will it take to deliver modern energy services to the poor – particularly those in rural Africa who need decentralised energy? What are the barriers to transformative change and what opportunities should be seized today?
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Ten ways to secure social justice in the green economy
IIED and CAFOD have published guidelines that policymakers can follow to improve the social outcomes of green economy strategies
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Time for a new look at social impacts of protected areas
A new framework for assessing the social impacts of protected areas will be key to ensuring conservation is effective, and contributes to human well-being and poverty reduction
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Designing REDD+ to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty
From 2009-13 this IIED project looked at how REDD+ could be designed to promote sustainable development and reduce poverty, as well as reduce deforestation and forest degradation
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Linking ape conservation with economic development and social justice
Great ape conservation organisations are increasingly aware of the need to integrate issues relating to economic development and social justice if they are to be successful. This project aims to build capacity of organisations to do this internationally and in key African great ape range states.
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Assessing social impacts of protected and conserved areas (SAPA)
IIED has developed and is now rolling out a relatively simple, low-cost tool for assessing the positive and negative social impacts of protected or conserved areas
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Uganda: conserving Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and reducing local poverty
Despite interventions aimed at improving the livelihoods of communities in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park in Uganda, the illegal use of the park's resources continued. This IIED project aimed to better understand who is carrying out the unauthorised use of resources and why, so that interventions can be more effective in the future
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PCLG: an international learning network on the links between people and nature conservation
PCLG international shares opportunities and research through two regular newsletters, and supports PCLG national groups in Cameroon, DRC and Uganda
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Energy equity: can the UN Sustainable Energy for All initiative make a difference?
The Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (abbreviated to SE4ALL) has set three goals to be attained by 2030: 1) ensuring universal access to modern energy services; 2) doubling the rate of improve
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Local organizations: introduction
Profiles: Gatekeeper seriesAbout the Gatekeeper seriesThe role of loca
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Achieving the Millennium Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) commit the international community to an expanded vision of poverty reduction and pro-poor growth, one that vigorously places human development at the centre of social and economic progress in all countries.
