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Rural-urban linkages
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Reframing food security for an urbanising world
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030 means taking account of changes in both rural and urban contexts. Cecilia Tacoli reports back from a workshop organised with IFAD on some of the issues raised
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Urbanisation, rural-urban transformations and food systems
Urbanisation drives profound transformations in rural areas and in food systems, presenting both challenges and opportunities for poverty reduction, rural development and food security. Policies at the local, national, regional and global scales are of critical importance in shaping rural-urban linkages and the political economy of food systems
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Is more inclusive urbanisation essential to the 2030 Agenda?
Efforts to better accommodate rural migrants moving to cities could play an important part in resolving conflicts in the 2030 Agenda and ensuring no-one is left behind
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The informal economy and sustainable development
The informal economy – broadly defined as economic activity that is not subject to government regulation or taxation – sustains a large part of the world's workforce. It is a diverse, complex and growing area of activity
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Making sure Fort Portal's 'modernisation' plan feeds the poor
An innovative research project in Fort Portal, Uganda is seeking to prevent a rise in inequality as the city modernises
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RurbanAfrica
RurbanAfrica was all about collaboration. Linking rural and urban parts of sub-Saharan Africa and addressing the critical connections, this project championed progress and challenged some of the myths that hinder development
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Stopping rural people going to cities only makes poverty less visible, and stripping migrants of rights makes it worse
There is growing concern that rural migrants transfer poverty to urban areas, but excluding them is not the solution. Ensuring full citizenship rights to all groups and proactive planning for urban growth are more effective ways to reduce disadvantage and poverty
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If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?
The growing number of people living in cities – and changes in rural-urban linkages – are re-shaping our relationship with food. Policymakers need to take note
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Introduction to urbanisation and rural-urban linkages
Understanding urbanisation and the links between rural and urban areas is fundamental to making the most of the global transformations happening around the world, and to challenging the many myths that exist
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Rural urban linkages
Rather than looking separately at urban and rural areas and what matters to each of them, it is vital to look at the linkages between them: it is from here that lasting change will come
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The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Another underestimate of urban poverty
Yet another global study has understated the scale and depth of urban poverty, by failing to appreciate the differences between rural and urban contexts
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Provocation 6: Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow?
This seminar is the sixth in a series being initiated by the IIED /HIVOS Knowledge Programme: Small Producer Agency in Globalised Markets.
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Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option
Following the 2008 global food price hikes and riots, national governments and transnational corporations are increasingly interested in investing in large-scale African agricultural projects. While these land acquisitions gather pace, 925 million people remain undernourished worldwide, with 239 million living in sub-Saharan Africa. In this new context, the question is not only how sustainable large-scale industrial agriculture is, but also what model of food production and farming is most effective in addressing the question of hunger – and for whom.
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Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals
The study, which was conducted by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) with support from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, shows that although urbanization pr
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Debunking the myths about migration and climate change
After years of alarmist predictions of hundreds of millions of climate refugees fleeing their homes, there is now a broad-based consensus that while the impacts of climate change will increase the number of migrants, it is not the only factor that drives people to move
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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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Pakistan Floods - UK Government response
UKaid announced so far will provide help for around one and a half million people in Pakistan affected by the floods. The UK Government has earmarked up to £134 million in response to the UN Pakistan appeal. In addition, a £10 million bridge project has been brought forward. For full details of the UK Governments response, and information on how YOU can help, please visit the DFID web site.
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Pakistan - Floods and after
Arif Hasan, IIED Visiting Fellow, 27 August 2010 'For a sustainable reconstruction of the physical and social infrastructure of flood ravaged Sindh, it is necessary to understand to what extent the damage caused by the flood is man-made. Some of the broad indicators are obvious'.
