Since August 12th, Helena Munther started her position as acting communications manager for the EfD Initiative. She is based at the University of Gothenburg and will work close to the EfD Secretariat…
In most of research and development projects there’s a capacity building component, but are these efforts effective? EfD researchers conducted a study that shows that capacity building workshops had…
The importance of economics researchers working with cities to drive water-use behaviour and evidence-based water planning during a climate shock, such as a drought, comes through in a new book…
Squid fishing along the coast near Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, is a precarious business for the hand-line fishermen employed to work on the small commercial boats that fish these…
The EfD Initiative welcomes Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah as Research Manager. Dr. Amuakwa is an economist with a strong background in environmental and natural resource economics, agricultural economics &…
On Friday May 24 th, 2019, EfD Colombia hosted by the Economics Department at Universidad de los Andes, together with the Center for Sustainable Development Goals (CODS), organized a policy day at the…
Cape Town made international news during the three-year drought which threatened to shut down the city’s water supply at the height of the crisis in January 2018. During this time, a team of…
As part of its institutionalization, EfD is now proud to announce its new strategic board. ‘This board is constituted of my dream-team’, says Director, Gunnar Köhlin. Each of the board members brings…
Families that benefit from the income earned through the state’s community wildlife conservation initiative around nature parks in Zimbabwe are more likely to get their children educated because they…
Families who receive cash payouts as a result of their participation in wildlife conservation efforts near some nature parks in Zimbabwe have not seen a measurable increase in their accumulated wealth…