Jan Steckel leads the Climate and Development group at the prestigious MCC in Berlin. He emphasizes that mitigating climate change can entail development trade-offs that need to be understood, and…
Urvashi Narain is a Lead Economist at the World Bank in Washington DC. According to her, EfD and the World Bank can benefit greatly from working closer together. Meet one of four prominent keynote…
She is dividing her time between the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi, the International Growth Centre’s India program, and the Institute of Labour Economics in Bonn. Currently, she is leading…
Prof. E Somanathan has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Lancet COVID-19 Commission Task Force on Green Recovery. The Task Force will focus on how economic recovery plans can support the…
EfD researcher Fredrik Carlsson is interviewed on the topic "Mapping the path of plastics to reduce ocean emissions". The article, which is published on the University of Gothenburg's website, gives…
Fisheries management reforms were actually carried out and we are already in many places solving the problem through fisheries policies. The big problem areas are where there is no effective policy at…
Environment for Development (EfD) Tanzania together with the Centre for Behavioral Studies (CBS) held a two-day (8th-9th September 2020) workshop for the purpose of policy interaction and training…
EfD’s Annual Meeting is approaching and the award jury is busy evaluating all the qualified nominees for Gunnar Köhlin’s Best Master Thesis Award. In the meantime, let’s meet last year’s winner…
Artisanal and Small-Scale gold Mining (ASM) is an important economic activity that has provided jobs and supported the livelihoods of many rural Ghanaian communities for over a century. Mineral sector…
One of the highlights of EfD’s Annual Meeting, is the announcement of the winner of the Best Discussion Paper Award. Last year’s winner says the award was not only a great recognition but also…