How much should SANParks’ visitors pay?
With rising operating costs and no increases in state subsidies, SANParks needs to find alternative ways to fund its national conservation parks in South Africa. But conservation and entrance fees…
With rising operating costs and no increases in state subsidies, SANParks needs to find alternative ways to fund its national conservation parks in South Africa. But conservation and entrance fees…
Researchers in South Africa recently presented a report to the provincial government of the Western Cape Province, showing the cost to the economy of degraded ‘natural capital’ is estimated to be at…
A fisheries quota allocation that over-estimates Namibian fish stocks can compromise the long-term profitability of the private sector fishing industry by encouraging an over-investment in its fleet…
Policymakers need to take a cross-disciplinary approach to tackling South Africa’s twin challenges of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, at the same time as making pro-poor development choices for the…
The presentations on forest management reform research conducted by EfD in Tanzania, Ethiopia and China addressed major issues such as how effective the reforms are in preventing deforestation and…
A research project proposal entitled ‘Digitization and the Scope for Public-Private Partnership in Agricultural Extension in Ethiopia’, submitted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation under the…
The EfD organized and offered another round of PhD-level Panel Data Econometrics course at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia in April-May 2014. The course was taught by EfD Research Coordinator Yonas…
The most recent issue of the GU Journal, a magazine for employees of the University of Gothenburg, includes interviews with EfD fellows Elizabeth Robinson, Thomas Sterner, and Olof Johansson Stenman…
EnvEcon conducted an external evaluation of the EfD and Academic Capacity Building programs at University of Gothenburg and presented their findings on 19 May 2014. The attendees included directors…
A research project entitled “Adaptation to increase resilience to climate change in Ethiopian agriculture: empowering farmers to adopt the right water management technologies for their farms” is to be…