We need to know before we do when climate aid increases
Climate aid promises to simultaneously reduce climate effects and combat poverty. Yet, to secure such double dividends, improved evaluations of the current aid interventions are needed. A key…
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EfD presented as part of the solution during the launch of SDSN Northern Europe
EfD was presented as a solution model for working towards the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals when the SDSN Northern Europe was launched on February 25-26. Particularly the Ethiopian EfD center…
ECRC presented five-year research plan in high-level workshop
Environment and Climate Research Center (ECRC) at the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI) presented its five-year research plan and program to stakeholders at a consultative workshop in…
EfD represented at the IGC Energy and Growth conference in London
EfD Research Director, Dr. Yonas Alem represented the EfD initiative at the International Growth Center’s Energy and Growth conference held in London, Nov 12-13, 2015. The conference brought academics…
Small Kenyan hydro research gets global exposure
The work by Mary Karumba, a doctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town’s Environmental Research Policy Unit (EPRU) in South Africa, recently received some international coverage when the…
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High profile Energy Workshop in Ethiopia completed
A workshop, titled ‘Sustainable energy transitions in low and middle-income countries: lessons for Ethiopia’ was held on June 1 st to 3 rd in Ethiopia to explore the potential for a new EfD research…
The importance of accounting for spillover effects in policy design
Marcela Jaime recently defended her thesis: Essays on behavioral Economics and Policy Design. What it is about? My thesis is about unintended effects of behavioral and policy interventions and its…
Understanding gender relations crucial when dealing with the ”killer in the kitchen”
Effective kitchen stoves that use less firewood and emit fewer greenhouse gases are both cheap and available to the rural population in many developing countries. But the demand for the stove is low…
Water, electricity and ‘nudging’ households to change behaviour: a South African study
What is the best way to nudge people towards using water and electricity more efficiently? This question is central to a study which kicks off this year in two municipalities in South Africa, with the…
Chilean National Commission of Lithium submitted final report
The "National Commission of Lithium" ("Comisión Nacional del Litio", by its name in Spanish), which included among its members NENRE-Concepcion researcher Carlos Chávez, submitted the final report to…