September 6-11, 2012 EfD-Kenya implemented an IDRC-funded (International Development Research Centre) workshop on Economic Analysis of Adaptation Options to Climate Change. The workshop took place at…
A half-day workshop was organized by the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia on Impacts and Profitability of Biofuel in Ethiopia on September 14, 2012 in Addis Ababa. Various…
EfD research fellow Dr Elizabeth Robinson from the School of Agriculture, Policy and Development at the University of Reading has been appointed to sit on Defra's Economic Advisory Panel which…
International top scientists and practitioners from EfD, WRI, UNEP, UNDP, IIED, SEI, World Bank and many more met at Sida on September 17 to discuss inclusive green growth, next steps and implications…
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania recently appointed Dr. Adolf F. Mkenda to be the chairman of the Parastatal Pension Fund, PPF, which is one of the largest pension fund in Tanzania. Dr…
In 2010 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011 – 2020 which comprised an ambitious set of 20 targets for slowing, halting, and…
EPRU Research Fellow Jane Turpie taught a course in economic valuation and environmental policy instruments as part of a course on the economic tools for conservation and infrastructure planning in…
This week the Economics Department at Rhodes University celebrated the launch of a Research Focus Area in Resource Economics, having won substantial funding from the university over a three-year…
Yonas W. Alemu (PhD), Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Environment for Development initiative, research officer conducted training from 2nd July to 6th July, 2012 at the University…
The EfD organized and offered the first summer course on “Panel Data Econometrics” at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Mekelle University, Ethiopia in July 2012. The courses were taught…