What do poor forest farmers want from China's ongoing forest land reform? Well, it is not private ownership of the land that makes them invest. What Chinese farmers value most and what attracts them…
Read María A. Naranjo' opinion article (Estrategias de adaptación al cambio climático en Costa Rica) in "La Nación" (January 28th), related to the EfD Central America Project "Small Farmers'…
The Myrdal Prize 2008 has been awarded to Professor Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg, and PhD Martin Persson, Chalmers. The Myrdal Prize 2008 has been awarded to Professor Thomas Sterner and…
Read Francisco Alpizar’and Róger Madrigal’ opinion article (Algo más que construir acueductos rurales) in “La Nacion” (January 18th) associated with the EfD Central America Project: Decentralization…
The Costa Rican Regulatory Authority (ARESEP) seeks a new methodology to set the prices of electric power generation that uses renewable and alternative sources of energy. We conducted a study to…
Edwin Muchapondwa has concluded his two-year commitment as the founding coordinator, and Martine Visser takes over as the coordinator of the EfD Center in South Africa. The EfD Center in South Africa…
The EfDT organized a training workshop to civil servants drawn from different ministries and departments. The 4 days training focus on the basic environment economics and natural resources management…
The EfD centre in South Africa, known locally as the Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU), has won accreditation as an independent research unit at the University of Cape Town. This means that…
Read Francisco Alpizar’ opinion article (Política integral para el sector transporte) about an Integral Transport Policy for Costa Rica published at “La Nacion” (January 8th). (Spanish only) Además de…
From January 2009 Alemu Mekonnen is the coordinator of the EfD Center in Ethiopia - EEPFE, Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia. Alemu Mekonnen has been an EfD research fellow ever since…