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EfD featured in BBC’s Story Works

EfD is delighted to be showcased in Aiming Higher, a production developed in partnership between the…

New EfD video on Carbon Pricing

A price on carbon? This is now a popular phrase in growing economies and business, where countries…

EfD researchers explore the effects of Covid-19 on relevant environmental dimensions across Latin America

A new multiauthor-perspective article discusses the potential effects of Covid-19 across Latin…

Energy access through a gender lens: SETI and WinEED virtual workshop results

EfD’s very own Collaborative Programs: WinEED and SETI co-organized the virtual workshop “Energy…

Recent publications

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A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries

The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe…

2 May 2020 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, India, Chile, Vietnam, Sweden, Tanzania, Central America

ifo DICE Report 1 / 2020 (Spring): Carbon Pricing

Since 2003, ifo DICE Report has offered a forum for the discussion of institutional questions written by internationally…

2 Jul 2020 | Report | Sweden

The influence of energy policy on charcoal consumption in urban households in Tanzania

The sustainability of energy use in the residential sector has relevance for global initiatives to achieve sustainable…

10 Jul 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania

The persistence of energy poverty: A dynamic probit analysis

This paper contributes to the growing literature on energy poverty in developing countries. We use a dynamic probit…

29 Jul 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, Global Hub

Network analysis: a novel approach to identify PM2.5 hotspots and their spatio-temporal impact on air quality in Santiago de Chile

Air pollution, particularly PM2.5 particulate matter, is a significant issue in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Santiago…

30 Jul 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Chile

Environmental Impacts and Policy Responses to Covid-19: A View from Latin America

COVID-19 is currently having major short run effects with possible serious long run implications for the environment and…

14 Jul 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Colombia, Chile, Central America

Upcoming events

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Research in Environmental Governance and Innovation (REGI)

Monday 6 July — Thursday 1 October, 2020

There have been increasing concerns in environmental governance and innovation within the topic of…

Special Issue on Energy Poverty in Energy Economics Journal

Monday 6 July, 2020 — Sunday 31 January, 2021

This call for papers for the journal Energy Economics seeks to attract studies that examine various…

6th ARE Energy Access Investment Forum September 23 - 24, 2020, Lusaka, Zambia

Wednesday 23 September — Friday 25 September, 2020

The Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) is excited to announce that the postponed 6th ARE…

Latest videos

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EfD Presents: Carbon Pricing

10 July 2020

Global classroom in Climate Change and Development Economics

18 February 2019

ESAforD

18 February 2019

Behavioural Insights for Public Policy - North and South America (West) Launch

2 March 2017