Smiling older woman wearing glasses at bus station standing in front of a blue bus holding a ticket in her hands, Sweden

In search of sustainable and inclusive mobility solutions for rural areas

Journal article / Integration of the needs of various groups is essential when aiming to achieve environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable mobility in rural areas.

12 April 2022 / About Sustainable lifestyles and Transport

Hand holding pile of raw white coffee beans

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

21 March 2022 / About Business, Climate policy, Climate services, Disaster risk, Food and agriculture, Land use, Participation, Public policy, Sanitation, Water resources and Wellbeing

Close-up of mother and newborn infant's hands, Jakarta, Indonesia, August 2016

Economic evaluation of a conditional cash transfer to retain women in the continuum of care during pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period in Kenya

Journal article / Read an economic evaluation of the Afya trial: a demand-side financing intervention that promotes the uptake of maternal health services in rural Kenya.

15 March 2022 / About Wellbeing

Cutting through the aid reporting chaos: Recommendations for better procurement and reporting for WASH and beyond

SEI report / The authors suggest ways to change humanitarian and development reporting and procurement to improve WASH innovation.

31 January 2022 / About Disaster risk, Innovation, Sanitation and Sustainable Development Goals

Dryland nature based solutions for informal settlement upgrading schemes in Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers, planners, designers and local authorities in dryland areas in Africa.

1 February 2021 / About Cities

Four researchers standing beneath a tree with measurement equipment tied to a branch

Opportunity: Join the Programme Life Cycle Support

Feature / SweDev and the Development and Aid Policy Team is announcing an opportunity for development practitioners to show interest in the Programme Life Cycle Support.

12 January 2022 / About Adaptation, Behaviour and choice, Business, Cities, Climate policy, Disaster risk, Finance, Geopolitics, Public policy and Sustainable Development Goals

LPG refill sales in rural Koppal for general and PMUY beneficiaries (2016–2018)

Capital cost subsidies through India’s Ujjwala cooking gas programme promote rapid adoption of liquefied petroleum gas but not regular use

SEI brief / Although a subsidy programme in India has encouraged adoption of modern cooking gas, households have not shifted away from using highly polluting solid fuels.

20 January 2020 / About Behaviour and choice, Energy access, Household energy, Pollution and Public policy

Group of people in Africa looking at a city map

Socially inclusive urban policy making for climate resilient dryland Africa

Other publication / This policy brief shares ten practical recommendations for urban policy makers in dryland Africa to use when planning, developing and implementing policies.

1 February 2021 / About Cities

Solar cooker uses sun's energy to boil a kettle of water in Nepal

Defining and achieving clean cooking

Past event / SEI scientists join a panel of experts to unveil a new WHO household energy policy repository, which lists clean household energy policies for 30+ countries.

29 September 2021 / About Household energy

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