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Environment for Development

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The agreement is signed – Sida and EfD continues cooperation for sustainability and poverty alleviation in the Global South

Sida has decided to grant 160,000,000 SEK in continued support of the Environment for Development…

Green economy program to be launched for East Africa

Environment for Development (EfD) and Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) at the…

Rice farmers can get better yields and more resilience to climate change

EfD researchers have studied the effects of a method of rice cultivation that can increase crop…

REPRC-EfD Nigeria Recommends Govt. Policy on Climate Smart Agriculture for Nigeria’s Food Security

Concerned by the debilitating effect of food insecurity on Nigerians, the Resource and Environmental…

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Long-rains crops, short-rains crops, permanent crops and fruit crops: The ‘hidden’ multiple season-cropping system for adaptation to rain variability by smallholder farms

To adapt is to survive. However, sub-Saharan Africa, although highly dependent on agriculture, is vulnerable, most…

4 Dec 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania

Subjective-wellbeing at the face of natural disasters. The case of the 2010 earthquake in Chile

It is well known that natural disasters have a significant effect on material well-being. The purpose of this study is…

4 Nov 2020 | Peer Reviewed | Chile

Foreign direct investment and economic growth. Analysis of sectoral foreign direct investment in Tanzania

This paper assesses the role of foreign direct investment in economic growth by analyzing the contribution of sectoral…

15 Jan 2021 | Peer Reviewed | Tanzania

La Gran Región Minera: Chile y Perú

The book "The big mining region: Chile and Perú" will be presented on December 15th. More information will be availble…

9 Dec 2020 | Books | Chile

The dividend of a pollution haven

Abstract In this paper, we provide new insights into the drivers of China’s strong economic growth, especially after its…

13 Jan 2021 | EfD Discussion Paper | China

What drives ecologically sustainable fisheries? A fishery-country level data analysis using fishery performance indicators

Abstract We empirically analyze drivers of the stock health of marine resources. We follow Copeland and Taylor (2009) to…

11 Jan 2021 | EfD Discussion Paper |

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2021 Annual Conference - Society for Benefit-Cost analysis

Tuesday 16 March — Friday 19 March, 2021

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis is now accepting abstracts for The 2021 Annual Conference, as…

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Keynote 4 by Farzana Afridi: “Women's work, production technology and the environment”

7 December 2020

Keynote 3 by Jan Steckel: “Emissions pricing in low- and middle income countries”

7 December 2020

Keynote 2 by Menale Kassie: “New Technologies for Green Growth or Greener agriculture”

7 December 2020

EfD Annual Meeting 2020, Keynote 1 by Urvashi Narain: “Air quality management in India”

7 December 2020

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