Expanding domestic capacity in developing countries for the practice of environmental economics is crucial for accelerating countries’ progress in sustainable development. The World Bank has recently…
The ambition to make EfD a truly global network of research centers devoted to the application of environmental economics for development is now being acted upon. The Coordination Committee of the EfD…
EfD researchers are well represented throughout a variety of sessions at EAERE 2013 in Toulouse. Thomas Sterner presented both in the Presidents forum session " Environmental and resource economics-…
The citizens of Gothenburg, Sweden will vote soon on whether to continue the already up-and-running congestion charge. New research from the University of Gothenburg shows that congestion charges are…
Since 2012, Environment for Development partners with Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP) . This month, the EfD initiative is featured as "Partner in focus" Please read more here.
Welcome to the new EfD website! After a few intensive months’ work, the new EfD website is up and running. The new site is structured in a less hierarchical way than the previous site. Examples of new…
Rural Chinese households are characterised by significant gender differences; men are more influential than women, and the genders also differ in the way they make decisions. Relative status is…
Deforestation is the second largest source of CO2 emissions after consumption of fossil fuels. So-called PES programmes (payment for ecosystem services), where landowners are paid to replant or…
EfD-CA Center research fellows Róger Madrigal and Eugenia León conducted the first field visits in rural communities in Nicaragua for the project. EfD-CA Center research fellows Róger Madrigal and…
EFD Kenya holds a one-day meeting on research and policy interaction as part of EfD’s annual cross-country visit to the EfD centres around the world. On Monday 12th January, EFD Kenya held a one-day…