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Emily Benson

Emily Benson was a senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets and programme manager for the Green Economy Coalition until February 2022

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Communications; research; writing; media outreach; stakeholder engagement; conducting global consultations to develop policy; and assessing the quality of stakeholder participation.

Before IIED

Head of communications and engagement at Stakeholder Forum for a sustainable future, an international organisation working to empower the voices of different stakeholder groups in UN policy processes. Prior to that, documentary-making as a researcher and producer.

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Latest publications

Informal and Green? The forgotten voice in the transition to a green economy

Green Economy Barometer: Who is doing what where, and why?

‘Post-2015’ international development goals: Who wants what and why

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Emily Benson's blog posts

The sale of matoke in a market near Fort Portal, Uganda: green growth planning must take account of the informal economy (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Does green growth miss the majority?

Blog, Feb 2016
A mom and her newborn baby at the Maternal & Child Health Training Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

New international development goals: score or miss?

Blog, Jun 2013

Nigerian subsidy crisis shows the road to a green economy isn’t smooth

Blog, Jan 2012

Green Economy Coalition gives Rio 2012 text a Grade B

Blog, Jan 2012

Glimpse of a green new future

Blog, Jul 2011
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50 years linking local to global

Find out more about IIED’s plans in our 50th birthday year: our achievements and what comes next…

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