ENRRI-EfD Ghana organized training on the environment and natural resource reporting for journalists from key private and public media outlets in Ghana. The two-day training (19 – 20 November) – very…
Who Benefits from Climate-Friendly Agriculture? The Marginal Returns to a Rainfed System of Rice Intensification in Tanzania Invitation to African Association of Environmental and Resource Economists'…
We compare the effects of price and quantity instruments (an emissions tax and a quota with tradable permits) on the incentive to innovate to reduce the cost of an emission-free technology. We assume that the government cannot commit to the level of a policy instrument before R&D occurs but sets the level to be socially optimal after the results of R&D are realized. The equivalence of price and quantity instruments in inducing innovation that is seen in end-of-pipe abatement models does not hold.
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The production of charcoal to meet cooking needs of urban households is one of the main causes of deforestation and degradation of Africa’s tropical forests, which offer significant carbon sequestration capacity to the global economy.
In collaboration with a reputable local micro-finance institution, we designed a randomized controlled trial in urban Tanzania and offered LPG stoves through subsidy and on credit to measure their impact on charcoal consumption and the corresponding reduction in deforestation.
On November 23, the Women in Environmental Economics for Development (WinEED) collaborative held a seminar as an opportunity for researchers to present their work on the intersection of EfD’s themes…
This study examines how female board directors and top managers may influence an organization’s decision to adopt ISO 14001. Upper Echelon Theory (UET) argues that an organization’s outcomes are
based on the decisions made by its directors and managers, who
Does the fact that an area is both an indigenous reserve and a national park help saving it from deforestation? That is what Camilo De Los Rios Rueda wanted to find out in his master’s thesis, that…
Dr Zhaoyang Liu, or Leo as he is called by most people, was given the prestigious Peter Berck’s Best Discussion Paper Award at the last day of EfD’s Annual Meeting. The paper focuses on methods of…
Water use in agriculture, cooking fuel, development and health, weather effects (will it be too hot to work due to climate change?) are some of the important topics that were covered in the Tuesday…
Over 400 participants have registered for EfD's Annual Meeting! The first webinar featured keynote speaker Uvashi Narain, Lead Economist at the World Bank. A long list of recognized speakers are to…