… pioneered the idea of participatory budgeting in the late 1980s. Its initial success has been followed by a wave of attempts to set up similar schemes across the world. With the watering down of this radical power-sharing system following the loss of … network of activist-scholars committed to critical analyses of the global problems of today and tomorrow, with a view to providing …

… The Urban Reconstruction in Nepal Project is a research initiative to investigate aid governance, community-driven reconstruction initiatives and the rebuilding of historic urban settlements damaged by … the lack of a framework to support local community-driven rebuilding initiatives. … 10836IIED … 10836IIED … Patrick Daly … Jennifer Duyne …

… Providing safe and affordable water to the rapidly expanding urban population of the developing world … target populations that have sufficient income levels for business initiatives to be commercially viable. … G02677 … G02677 … Matthew Lynch …

… Goals and Paris Agreement endorsed an agenda for collective global action, bringing together national, institutional, and individual … NGOs and particularly with our unique network of partners in the global South. And we must keep doing this better. Without the … their own right. Our partnerships — from joining up with grassroots initiatives to working within consortia of many organisations — shape …

… Vanessa Richardson … Biodiversity … Social assessment of conservation initiatives: A review of rapid methodologies …

… explores what role, if any, the exception plays in the law of the global economy. The article first develops the conceptual lens to … the relationships between rule and exception, between the global and the national, and between territory and sovereignty. … X00183 … … Lorenzo Cotula … Law … The state of exception and the law of the global economy: a conceptual and empirico-legal inquiry …

… … Policy and planning … VNR reporting needs evaluation: a call for global guidance and national action …

… on Climate Change and Development.The Report, Up in Smoke, says that global warming threatens to reverse human progress, and make the … Noah, Oxfam, People & Planet, RSPB, Tearfund, teri Europe, WWF, WaterAid and World Vision. … 10010IIED … 9512IIED … Andrew Simms … John …

… frameworks to implement climate action and play their part in global ambition. While each country operates within a distinct context, … … Janna Tenzing … Policy and planning … Climate change … From global ambition to country action: Low-carbon climate-resilient …

… biodiversity in Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ). These waters do not exist in isolation: marine ecosystems are interconnected … What happens in ABNJ can therefore cause impacts in territorial waters. Many Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Small Island … yet so close: ecological connectivity between ABNJ and territorial waters …