Through research and engagement with displaced communities in Mafraq City in Jordan and Lusaka in Zambia, as well as ...

Most of the world’s refugees and internally displaced persons live in towns and cities, while donors and aid agencies channel ...

The four countries that have submitted updated targets are the United States (PDF), Brazil (PDF), Uruguay (PDF) and the ...

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) ...

'Far Away from Home' follows urban refugees navigating the vibrant, bustling streets of Nairobi. Developed through a unique ...

We work to build partnerships, capacity and wise decision making for fair and sustainable use of natural resources, with a focus on local control ...

This series of insights and interviews, curated by IIED research associate David Satterthwaite, started in early 2020 and was intended to be an update to the IIED working paper 'The transition to a ...

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 ...

IIED's Human Settlements programme works through partnerships to create towns and cities that are sustainable, prosperous, resilient, healthy and safe, and inclusive and equitable. We do this by ...

Special economic zones (SEZs) have spread rapidly over the past 20 years, including in many low- and middle-income countries keen to attract private investment for industrial development. But while ...