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Financing for development
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Financing sustainable infrastructure: a tale of two cities
How can cities in poor countries raise funds for major infrastructure projects? Sarah Colenbrander and Denise Chan look at two success stories and suggest how local governments can build their financial skills and credibility with investors
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Are impact investors missing a trick by overlooking local communities?
Guest blogger Katharina Neureiter explores whether impact investors are missing a trick by not engaging with community groups
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What's happening to aid to the Least Developed Countries?
New figures show an overall decline in aid to the world's Least Developed Countries, yet commitments made in Paris and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda call for more aid, not less
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Climate finance for sustainable development: regional forum
IIED is co-hosting a regional forum with UNDP in Jakarta, Indonesia, to share learning and experience on making sure climate finance works for sustainable development
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A step change in our approach to development
IIED's chief economist Paul Steele says the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognise the crucial challenge of achieving zero poverty and zero net emissions
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Call for chapters: financial inclusion for poverty alleviation
IIED has issued a call for chapters for a new book on how to improve access to financial services for millions of poor people around the world
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Finance for inclusive investment in climate resilient development
Inclusive investment that allows the poorest to invest in climate-resilient development requires practical solutions, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda points the way, says Nanki Kaur
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Why universality is a taxing agenda…
IIED's director Andrew Norton reflects on the Financing for Development conference in Addis and the challenge of 'universality'
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Local climate adaptation: bridging the funding gap
Communities often know how to adapt to changes in the climate and extreme weather events but they lack access and control over the funds which could help them put these solutions into practice
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It's the thought that counts: how can Addis deliver for the world’s poorest?
When the world's leaders meet in Addis to decide how they fund the SDGs, the real question is whether this money will support the world's poorest to shape their own futures
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Finance, Addis and the Sustainable Development Goals
Ahead of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, some of the world's Least Developed Countries have been sharing their priorities
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Will new development banks help or hinder on climate change?
New development banks have the potential to both help and hinder efforts to tackle climate change. With development finance under scrutiny at the Addis Financing for Development conference, now is the time to ensure that they take climate change into account
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Will climate change render the SDGs impossible?
Later this year, countries will be meeting at a UN Summit in New York to agree on a set of post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will build on the Millennium Development Goals
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Development finance and climate finance: achieving zero poverty and zero emissions
Ahead of the Financing for Development conference in Addis, Paul Steele asks whether changes are needed to the way we address climate and development finance
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2015: a critical year for the Least Developed Countries
As four major strands of global decision-making come together in 2015, IIED senior fellow Saleemul Huq explains why they are so important for the world's least developed countries