IIED will be at WUF13 to discuss and debate ways to secure housing justice for all, including people living in informal ...

In IIED’s 'Make Change Happen' podcasts, our researchers and guests discuss key global development challenges and explain ...

Governments are often seeking responsible investments for sustainable outcomes. Land-based investments are governed by a ...

Land-based investments are governed by a tangled web of domestic and international rules that overlap with one another. This ...

Least developed countries (LDCs) and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of ...

A resident of Moroto District expresses her views on the relevance of Community Development Agreements Community in an outreach session by ANARDE in Karamoja region (Photo: ANARDE) Between 2021 and ...

From new ways to speed up the application process, to more and better ways to access finance, to key changes in personnel, Clara Gallagher and Sejal Patel scan the horizon for developments within ...

Partnerships have always been central to IIED’s work. However, working within a complex ecosystem of diverse actors and contexts has its challenges. Relationships between organisations often reflect ...

The 20th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change (CBA20) will take place from 11-14 May 2026 in Manila, Philippines. The CBA conference series aims to bring together a ...

How is racial desegregation going in South Africa’s largest city? Guest blogger Owen Crankshaw reveals unexpected findings which challenge some commonly-held views. Many scholars and commentators ...

Can changing employment patterns in Johannesburg – one of the 40 largest metropolitan areas in the world, and one of Africa’s global cities – shed some light on the causes underpinning urban ...

A series of case studies from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America explore how economic policies, economic pressures and gender inequalities intersect to undermine women's access to land and natural ...