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Women selling bananas in a street market (Photo: International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Creative Commons via Flickr)

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Jakarta: migrants from rural villages sleeping in an area that they rent for Rp 1.000,- (10 cents Euro) per night per person. There can be more than 50 people living and sleeping in this area at one time (Photo: Henry Ismail, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Stopping rural people going to cities only makes poverty less visible, and stripping migrants of rights makes it worse

Insight, 18 March 2015

Street food: the debate on food security must adapt to consider how consumption and urbanisation are transforming rural spaces and economies, food systems and food security (Photo: Cecilia Tacoli/IIED)

If food security is the answer, is it time to change the question?

Insight, 23 February 2015

Myanmar is undergoing rapid economic change and urbanisation. Many new settlements like this one in Lashio lack basic services (Photo: Alex Drainville)

Introduction to urbanisation and rural-urban linkages

Article, 02 September 2014

Ejura Market in Ghana is an important centre for farmers selling their yam crops (Photo: IITA)

Rural urban linkages

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The Multidimensional Poverty Index only has one indicator to assess housing quality – whether floors are made of dirt, sand or dung. So these houses in Manila would not be classified as sub-standard (Photo: Mark Edwards/IIED)

The Multidimensional Poverty Index: Another underestimate of urban poverty

Insight, 18 June 2014

Provocation 6: Rural youth today, farmers tomorrow?

Article, 24 May 2012

Agricultural development: business as usual is not an option

Insight, 05 April 2012

Urban poverty’s hidden dimensions threaten development, new research reveals

News, 07 March 2012

Many inhabitants of the city of La Paz in Bolivia live in extreme poverty. A persistent myth is that urban poverty is driven by large numbers of poor migrants (Photo: Lemurian Grove, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Debunking the myths about migration and climate change

Insight, 16 November 2011

The 2011 monsoon season brought unusually heavy rains and severe floods to many south-east Asian countries. Thailand was worst affected, with large parts of the Thai capital Bangkok under water (Photo: Chrisgel Ryan Cruz, Creative Commons via Flickr)

Thailand's floods: complex political and geographical factors behind the crisis

Insight, 02 November 2011

Pakistan: floods and after

Insight, 01 September 2010

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