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12608IIED

Socio-legal empowerment and agency of small-scale farmers in informal markets

… Producers trading in informal agricultural markets in low- and middle-income countries make daily choices concerning their livelihood and marketing strategies. Different contexts present varying … the role played by informal agricultural markets in sustaining rural livelihoods, and corresponding public policy aimed at strengthening and
Research report
  • Emma Blackmore
  • Emily Polack
  • Thierry Berger
17370IIED

From livelihoods to equity for better protected area conservation

… to meeting social goals has focused mainly on support for local livelihoods, but this has often proved inadequate for achieving either … to equity, where equity integrates issues of protected area costs and benefits with protected area governance. This briefing explains why an equity framing is important and how, in broad terms, a move from a livelihoods framing to equity …
IIED Briefing
  • Phil Franks
  • Adrian Martin
  • Kate Schreckenberg
10811IIED

Rural livelihood transformations and local development in Cameroon, Ghana and Tanzania

… This working paper explores the importance of livelihood diversification and mobility in livelihood transformation processes in dynamic rural … of sub-Saharan Africa. It focuses on poverty dynamics, food security and local development. Based on empirical research conducted in …
Working paper
  • Griet Steel
  • Paul van Lindert
12610IIED

Influencer collectivement les orientations d’une réforme foncière : enseignements de la mobilisation des organisations de la société civile au Sénégal

… Delville … Daouda Diagne … Camille Richebourg … Land acquisitions and rights … Law … Influencer collectivement les orientations d’une …
Research report
  • Philippe Lavigne Delville
  • Daouda Diagne
  • Camille Richebourg
G00433

37 3 Climate Change - Biodiversity and Livelihood Impacts

… Document begins: 37 3 Climate Change ­ Biodiversity and Livelihood Impacts Hannah Reid, IIED1 Climate change will put … This is known as climate change mitigation. The second is to learn to live with the inevitable changes. This is known as adaptation to climate …
Report/paper
7522IIED

Forests, Farmers and the State: Participatory forest management in the Ivory Coast

… This paper presents a historical analysis of development in policy and social practice relating to forest management and conservation, against the economic and social transformations undergone by the Ivory Coast this century. In …
Report/paper
  • Jonas Ibo
  • Eric Léonard
17355IIED

Shifts in the landscape: increased pressure on rural land and livelihoods in Ghana

… competition for this resource is having significant impacts on rural livelihoods and land governance. A recent study by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) highlights the key drivers of pressure on rural …
IIED Briefing
  • John T. Bugri
  • Eric Yeboah
  • Catriona Knapman
17773IIED

Avance en la Meta Global para Adaptación – temas clave

… da Silva Bernardo … Maria del Pilar Bueno … Climate change … Policy and planning … Avance en la Meta Global para Adaptación – temas clave …
IIED Briefing
  • Emilie Beauchamp
  • Cecilia da Silva Bernardo
  • Maria del Pilar Bueno
G01825

PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 We live on prayers: the use of video in community development

… Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 1 We live on prayers: the use of video in community development Hilde Van Vlaenderen Background matters and had subsequently left, never to return. The villagers argued that … the the Eastern Cape region of South Africa. people in the village lived. After further Kasigo Trust had allocated money for a discussion, …
Journal article
10808IIED

Urban livelihoods: reviewing the evidence in support of the New Urban Agenda

… Agenda (NUA) recognizes the role played by the urban informal economy and makes bold commitments to inclusive urban governance. This Brief … network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) to review the state of knowledge on the urban … with the informal economy. … 10808IIED … 10808IIED … Urban … Urban livelihoods: reviewing the evidence in support of the New Urban Agenda …
Briefing