For the second year in a row, social protection, loss and damage and debt relief are the hot topics in IIED’s 10 most ...

In early December, donor governments met in Korea to agree the replenishment of the International Development Association (IDA) – the World Bank's fund for 78 low-income countries. Laura Kelly ...

As 2024 draws to a close, we're showcasing some of the content we've published during the last 12 months. Our insights offer a place for IIED staff and guest authors to share their personal views and ...

A majority of the world’s estimated cobalt reserves are in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 10-30% of its annual production mined artisanally (Photo: Fairphone, via Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0) ...

The 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification concluded last week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In the wake of the talks, IIED’s David Pertaub ...

A series of insights and interviews designed to share the experiences of community leaders, professionals, researchers and government from the global South Fishing community slum of Sai Baba Sahi ...

Some of the world’s poorest countries are being trapped in a vicious cycle of debt because of a credit rating system that punishes disaster-linked debt relief and fails to adequately measure ...

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. Ejura Market ...

Two learning partnerships have helped IIED to address gaps in knowledge, skills and understanding among national and international humanitarian actors and local and national governments, in order to ...

The pressure is on to prove the effectiveness of efforts that claim to lead to more sustainable development. Over the past fifteen years, funding agencies have invested much effort, money and faith in ...

Many researchers and development actors know that if their work is to benefit people and planet they need to communicate it. But we need to guard against focusing on individual products such as books ...